eitch's reviews
96 reviews

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

2.0

Nothing to write home about. It was okay.
I didn't dislike it but I guess I had higher expectations because on the one hand everyone has been obsessed with it for the past two years, on the other hand because time travel is one of my favourite themes.

Snowed In by Catherine Walsh

5.0

I’m so happy Catherine Walsh made her way into my life this holiday season!

This is the second book I’m reading by her (the first being Holiday Romance last month, which was good but I like this one so much more). The Fitzpatrick family has won me over.

[bit of a spoiler I suppose] my favourite part is when they’re in the taxidermy museum and he’s boasting about how it’s one of his favourite places since childhood and she announces that she’s a vegetarian, making him so uncomfortable. I laughed out loud. Especially because up until the “I’m a vegetarian” line I was thinking “oh, gross please don’t tell me this book is going in this direction where liking taxidermy is cute and a quirky personality trait.”

This book was the gift that kept giving… only a couple of pages before Zoe shows up at 60% I was thinking “hmm, you know what’s missing and would take this book from 4.5 stars to a full 5? More Zoe.”

Ugh this was so cute! Oh, and don’t let them bring you down Megan: my big super red coat and I understand.

Sadie on a Plate by Amanda Elliot

1.0

I came so close to dnf’ing it at multiple points… the MCs aren’t interesting, so bland, and I could do without the female MC’s constant self-lamenting/self-deprecation monologue, putting herself and other characters down. I reached a point where I was hoping she would actually lose the competition.

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

4.5

This is easily the book of the year for me, and it was going to be an automatic 5-star one too until about 60% in when some things started bothering me and I kind of started not agreeing with how things were shaping up.

But overall, I really can’t complain!

For once I won’t actually talk about disliking the main character as one of the things that I disliked about the book because, quite the contrary! This book taught me that it is possible for me to dislike a main character yet really really like the book they’re in. And I believe that was done on purpose tbh.

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

4.0

Enjoyed this book so much!!

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

5.0

The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.25

The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson

1.75

Not sure how to rate this one. I feel like 1 star is too harsh but 2 stars is too generous for how I felt while reading it. Let’s say 1.75.
I went in blindly. All I knew was that it was a book set in a bookstore and I love books about books.
It’s a nice premise, but it dragged on for too long.
I had a hard time feeling anything for the main characters (or even the other characters). I found Malcom’s character cute though.

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

5.0

Neil Gaiman never fails to leave me in awe of how magnificent he is with words.

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

1.5

1.5 stars because I felt mean giving only 1.

I'm afraid I'm not an Emily Henry girlie, no matter how many times I try. And I tried. According to my library's records, I checked this book out 5 times so now they must think I'm obsessed with it, but it's because I struggled so hard to finish it all year. You can ask me to tell you anything about it and I wouldn't really be able to because it confused me so much. It just wouldn't stick.

This one was my least favourite of the three I've read.