The Book Shire

Book reviews

Stacking the Shelves [2]

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and is about sharing the books that you have added to your shelves in the past week. The books can be [...]

Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit

I wish that I had loved Anna and the Swallow Man, but I just… didn’t. I liked it, sure, but like isn’t what you want when you’re opening a book [...]

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi

Full Synopsis: Cursed with a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, sixteen-year-old Maya has only earned the scorn and fear of her [...]

A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell’s possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Rhy was [...]

Madly by Amy Alward

“I’ve seen real love. My parents have it, for one. There’s nothing one-sided about it. It’s about two people agreeing to face the world together, no [...]

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

Synopsis:  Kell is one of the last Travelers—rare magicians who choose a parallel universe to visit. Grey London is dirty, boring, lacks magic, ruled [...]

Mosquitoland by David Arnold

Another book hyped to the point of no return… Look, guys, I wanted to love this book. I heard great things upon even greater things about it over the course [...]

The Jewel by Amy Ewing

Ugh. I so wanted to like The Jewel. My sweet husband gave it to me as part of my first ever book box from him, and I am all about that YA dystopian life. But [...]

Best Books of 2015

It's a little late, but I figured it was about time to compile my Best of list for 2015. I know how eager y'all must be (this is a big deal, after all), [...]