2nd read:

9/10 would still recommend

*4.5

* * *

1st read:

*4.5

I really don’t know why I didn’t read Percy Jackson earlier but I love it. The story is so unique and different to anything I’ve read, and it was nice to finally have an MC that was closer to my age range (kinda).

Annabeth and Percy are adorable and their probably one of my biggest ships of all time, and the trio is absolutely amazing. I love this book and excited to continue with the Percy Jackson series!

I’m just gonna DNF this for now because I keep picking it up and putting it down. (Considering I’ve been reading it since September)

I read this when I was in the 3rd grade. One of my favorite books then, but don’t know how it holds up now

*4.5


I don’t really know how to write reviews for classics, it’s such a hard thing to do. Everyone else is putting pretty words and pretty quotes in their reviews and I’m just like “should I just review it like a normal book???” Anyways beside my internal monologue, I feel like 99% classics are 300+ pages of deep thoughts, pretty writing, psychological meanings, and highly unlikeable or very likable characters. And that’s really what The Great Gatsby was. I don’t really know what my expectations were going in, but I feel as though they were exceeded.


This story was so beautiful and so melancholic. I cannot believe I enjoyed Gatsby as a character as much as I did. He was captivating but from the moment we see him first introduced, he’s very lonely and sad. I really sympathized with him the entire time, and I loved his character arc. (Also btw, Gatsby isn’t the narrator of the story which really surprised me but I ultimately agree with the decision not to make him the narrator, he definitely would have concocted it into a love story).


Also Fitzgerald’s writing is bewitching. His prose is utterly stunning, and his metaphors are absolutely incredible. I couldn’t stop tabbing pages of The Great Gatsby because I kept finding so many pretty quotes. It was also so interesting to read about the thrilling night-life of the 20s, especially New York City at the time. I had to stop reading at times because I was laughing so hard at how utterly ridiculous these characters were, and their ideals and values (because they were party people ya know?)


I guessed the ending for this, but I ultimately wasn’t too mad because I really really liked this overall. I think I reread this in a few years I’ll definitely appreciate just as much, probably more to be honest. Overall, definitely worth the read.


- I know I’m supposed to hate Daisy but I don’t exactly, there were times where I laughed at her and sympathized with her character. Tom however…


- You know what Tom? Screw you, you sucked and you definitely didn’t deserve Daisy


- Just me arguing with fictional characters, nothing to see here


Ok I’m done (:

Reread


So...yeah. This is my most hated book of all time. No lies, no exaggerations, no fucks given. Honestly why the fuck were trees wasted on this??? Like honestly fuck you Shakespeare. Sink further into your damn grave and go die further.


I didn’t want to reread this book. I hated this with my whole entire existence the first time I read it, but we had to read it for my class with West Side Story (still haven’t finished yet, although that will probably be a 2 star) to compare and contrast them. (Comparing and contrasting retellings are a fucking joke). Why we couldn’t just read These Violent Delights instead, I couldn’t tell you.


I just HATE this book. I hate the characters, I hate the romance, I hate how pretentious everything is, I HATE it.


I laughed, I laughed when these characters died. I smiled and said, “THANK FUCKING GOD, YOU ALL DESERVED IT”.


In conclusion, fuck you.


0 stars

***

Read this when I was 12 and understood most of what was going on. FUCKING HATED IT, and I still hate it and will never read this ever again. God, I hate this book with a fiery passion

DNF FOR NOW @ 29%


I’m listening to this one on audio and it’s not working for me. There are too many characters for me to be listening to this on 2.5 speed. I have no idea what in the hell is going on. So I’m going to come back to this one in a few months and read it physically.

Originally 4 stars, but brought up to 5


”’Baby, I could watch you watching paint dry, and I still wouldn’t be bored.’ Garrett Graham, my own personal sweet-talker.”





I literally loved Garrett and Hannah so much. They were absolutely fucking adorable, and the way they loved each other just made me so incredibly happy. This story was really fun, and despite this being a lot like other college romances I’ve read, I feel like it sticks out because of how much you could tell Garrett and Hannah love each other. Literally could not put put this down.


Off-Campus Series

The Deal - ★★★★★
The Mistake - ★★★★★
The Score - ★★★★★
The Goal - tbd


Briar U Series

The Chase - tbd
The Risk - tbd
The Play - tbd
The Dare - tbd

Learning that my grandma read Julie Garwood back in the day was...an interesting experience to say the least. Anyways, hi. Yeah I loved this book. This is one of the best historical romances I’ve ever read, and I loved it so much. Our heroine Judith is amazing, and our hero is so hot. This book is pretty old, and still manages to not be cheesy or make me cringe. Bless the historical romance Gods for this almighty gift. Ok, I’m done

05/09/2023

DNF for now at pg. 109

Ok so I’m really not in the mood to read this so I’m gonna put it down and pick it back up again sometime soon. I just don’t want my reading mood to affect my enjoyment level of the book, ya know? I’m still really excited to read this, I adored book one, but I just am not in the mood to read YA historical fantasy rn. Hopefully next month or the month after I’ll be able to finish this though, I’m really excited (and fucking terrified) to conclude this story.


*

02/2023

These crazy kids better stay away from the poison pls