My dear 2% reader, I come to you with my head hung low. I have ~once again~ dismissed a title due to its buzz and bandwagon-ness, only to discover two years after the fact that the buzz was worthwhile and I love it. Will I ever learn and get over my fear of the bandwagon?…
Category: Fiction
Good Material
As a fan of Dolly Alderton’s other works – namely Everything I Know about Love and Ghosts – I was incredibly disappointed to discover that this book did not live up to its title. Andy, a middling comic who is in love with Jen is thrown a curveball when she breaks up with him upon…
The Lincoln Highway
The 2% Readers’ “Pick for Review” from 2024 was none other than The Lincoln Highway, an endearing tale about two brothers’ quest for a new start after the passing of their father. The book comes in at 576 pages, and it is a hefty yet worthwhile narrative. Emmett returns home to the family farm after…
Funny Story
I have been rather harsh on chick-lits (and Emily Henry) recently, for which I do not apologize because I meant every word, but I’m a big enough person to admit that I feel Henry really showed her stuff with this one. I thought Funny Story – while still following a lot of chick-lit tropes –…
People We Meet on Vacation
I love an easy read. I have no qualms with sampling a wide array of literature and would even venture to say that I love an easy read. However, while People We Meet on Vacation is an easy read, I wouldn’t say that it was one that I loved. Poppy and Alex had been friends…
A Court of Thorns and Roses series
Apologies for the delay, I know it’s been a bit quiet on reviews recently but I’ll go ahead and blame that on the series you see above. Disclaimer: there is one more book in the ACOTAR series (The Court of Silver Flames) which I haven’t read, so this will only be covering the first four….
Little Women
The mark of a true classic, I’m beginning to think, is the ability of the book to change over time. Not the text or the length, but what the reader gets from it, understands, and loves. This year, as I embark to read and re-read whatever tickles my fancy, I returned to Little Women –…
The Cartographers
From the first chapter, this book was raring to go. I don’t remember the last time I read a book that dropped you in the drama so fast, but The Cartographers had you mixed-up in the action from the start. Rather than being a fast burn that fades quickly, Shepherd does a great job of…
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
I’m a contrarian at heart and, as such, am loathe to jump on a bandwagon, especially a book bandwagons.* The more I see a book, the less likely I am to read it. Well, until my curiosity gets the better of me and I cave, which is exactly what I did with Tomorrow and Tomorrow…
The Sun is Also a Star
Natasha is running out of time. She’s trying to hold her family, and their life in the US, together, and she’s running out of time. Daniel is trying to keep his head down and be a dutiful son, easier said than done when you have the heart of a poet and the planned future of…