First Impressions of abookwanderer

Gilded
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Oct 04 2021 – 12:00 PM

Hooked from the start!

I've been a fan of Marissa Meyer's books, and her latest, Gilded, is just as spine-tingling....

We Are Inevitable
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Feb 18 2021 – 06:57 PM

I'm intrigued!

All you had to say was Gayle Forman and the answer is yes! But it's also a book about a...

The Kingdom of Back
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Dec 04 2019 – 10:59 PM

Intrigued!

From the first sentence, I was intrigued. Marie Lu has a way with words. She writes beautiful,...

Cilka's Journey
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Aug 02 2019 – 12:29 PM

Compelling!

I have not read the predecessor of Cilka’s Journey, but it was easy to figure out the characters...

The Infinite Noise
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Jun 05 2019 – 01:18 AM

Unique!

My first impression of The Infinite Noise was that it was unlike anything else I've read. The...

The Beautiful
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May 25 2019 – 11:00 PM

Atmospheric!

The first few paragraphs of The Beautiful reminded me of The Clockwork Princess by Cassandra...

Cape May
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Mar 28 2019 – 01:12 AM

Atmospheric!

I love a good beach read, and this one had me from the first few sentences. Young,...

The Dream Daughter
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Jul 10 2018 – 06:43 PM

It was okay.

It was just an okay first impression for me. I liked the characters okay, and starting off in...

The Dinner List
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May 21 2018 – 11:07 PM

Very original!

The Dinner List seems like a sweet and charming novel. Everyone loves the idea of getting to...

Snow
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May 09 2018 – 04:42 PM

Not for me.

Right from the beginning, I didn't love the writing style of this, and it threw me off, not...