Author: Noah Gordon Rating: 5/5 All that Rob Cole wants to become is a proper physician. He has the ability to tell when someone is going to die simply by touching their hands. He travels halfway across the world to make his dream a reality. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy #1)
Author: Ginn Hale Rating: DNF’d at 18% Kiram Kir-Zaki is a prodigy and the first Haldiim to ever be given a place at the Sagrada Academy. He’s roomed with the one student who has a white hell trapped inside his body. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading Lord of the White Hell (Lord of the White Hell #1) (DNF)
Author: Costanza Casati Rating: 5/5 A retelling of the Trojan War from Clytemnestra’s POV. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading Clytemnestra
Author: Tamora Pierce Rating: 3/5 Alanna of Trebond is now squire to Prince Jonathan himself. She must continue proving herself and face her three biggest fears as the Goddess’ chosen one. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading In the Hand of the Goddess (Song of the Lioness #2)
Author: Tamora Pierce Rating: 4/5 Alanna of Trebond wants nothing more than to be a knight. She swaps places with her brother Thom so that Thom can become a sorcerer while she trains. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness #1)
Author: Erika L. Sánchez Rating: 2/5 When Julia’s older sister dies in a road accident, her family is grief-stricken and must deal with the repercussions of their grief. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Author: T. Kingfisher Rating: 3/5 Slate, an accountant, leads a motley group consisting of a paladin, an assassin and a scholar to go to Anuket City and figure out how the Clockwork Boys work. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War #1)
Author: Tamsyn Muir Rating: DNF’d at 31% (I gave it a fair shot!) Eighteen-year-old Gideon has hatched a plan to leave the Ninth House but her childhood nemesis Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House, hijacks her plan. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #1) (DNF)
Author: T. Kingfisher Rating: 4/5 A retelling of The Snow Queen, Gerta must rescue her friend Kay from the Snow Queen’s clutches. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading The Raven and the Reindeer
Author: Shelley Parker-Chan Rating: 3/5 It’s 1345 China and the land is under Mongol rule. After bandits attack her family, the girl assumes the identity of her dead brother Zhu Chongba and strives for greatness. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor #1)
Author: Albert Camus Rating: 3/5 Camus discusses why suicide is inappropriate even if life has no meaning. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading The Myth of Sisyphus
Author: Charles Dickens Rating: 3/5 David Copperfield’s story from birth to, well, I don’t know how old he is at the end of the novel but he’s a super successful writer! So until that point in his life! Spoilers ahead. Continue reading David Copperfield
Author: Heather Fawcett Rating: DNF’d at p. 52 Emily Wilde is a professor at Cambridge and is an expert on faeries. She travels to a small town called Hrafnsvik for research purposes. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Author: Elizabeth Lim Rating: DNF’d at p. 194 Shiori is the only princess of Kiata and has magical powers that she must keep secret as magic is forbidden in the realm. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading Six Crimson Cranes (DNF)
Author: Jawaharlal Nehru Rating: 2/5 A history book exploring India’s past up till the British Empire. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading The Discovery of India
Author: Amor Towles Rating: 4/5 Count Alexander Rostov is placed under house arrest in the Metropol Hotel. Spoilers ahead. Continue reading Untitled
I’ve read 76 books this year (so far) which is a significant drop from previous years. I blame medical school. Anyway, here’s a roundup of the best and worst reads of the year. Continue reading Untitled
