Top Five Books of 2019, and Decade Wrap Up

This year, as discussed in my 2019 Wrap Up, I read a total of 51 books, beating my Goodreads challenge of 30 books. At the end of the year, I always like to look back and reflect upon which books left the biggest impact on me. This year I read a lot of different genres, …

LifeL1K3, Jay Kristoff | Book Review

“Father calls us all his children. The lifelikes all call each other brother and sister. And yet they call us mistress and master unless we command them not to. I’m not sure how I feel about that.” LifeL1K3: ★★★★★ Book one in the LifeL1K3 trilogy Jay Kristoff. Young Adult Science fiction.   The following section …

Release by Patrick Ness| Book Review

“Why did everyone no longer a teenager automatically dismiss any feeling you had then? Who cared if he’d grow out of it? That didn’t make it any less true in those painful and euphoric days when it was happening.” Release: ★ ★ ★ ★☆ Patrick Ness Standalone Young Adult (recommended 15+) Contemporary. Format: Audiobook Dates: …

All The Books of 2019

With 2019 officially over, it’s time to recap on all the books I read. In total, I read 51 books, and 25,226 pages. They were; Kingdom of Ash, Sarah J Maas ★★★★★ Two Dark Reigns, Kendare Blake ★★★☆☆ Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett ★★★★☆ War Storm, Victoria Aveyard ★★★★★ The Colour Purple, Alice Walker★★★★☆ A Curse So Dark …

DarkDawn Review

“I am a daughter of the dark between the stars. I am the thought that wakes the bastards of this world sweating in the nevernight. I am the vengeance of every orphaned daughter, every murdered mother, every bastard son. I am the war you cannot win.” Darkdawn Review: ★★★★★ Third and final book in the …

December Book Haul

Hello! This is my first official post as Half Wild Books. Thank you all for embarking on this journey with me! To find out more, you can read the review policy, or contact me. This year I was lucky enough to get nine books for Christmas. I’m so grateful for all of them, and have moved them …