By the Book

December Tierlist Vlog is up! Click the link to see the video review of all the books read in December!The Written ReviewMary Porter-Malcolm knows two things: 1) You can literally find any and all answers within the pages of a good book. 2) Any book published in the last century just isn't......more

The perfect YA rom-com for Jane Austen nerds. As a devotee of classic novels, Mary Porter-Malcolm knows all about Mistakes That Have Been Made, especially by impressionable young women. So when a girl at her new high school nearly succumbs to the wiles of a notorious cad, Mary starts compiling the Sc......more

First of all, I would say: this book is not for everyone. It's a slow-paced book and the plot was almost inexistent. The main character's way of speaking may also not be engaging, seeing how she spends most of her time immersed in 19th-century literature; people may find this monotonous. However, I......more

DNF! at 55% . I just did not like our main female character. She was judgmental and praised for it and the whole book was going nowhere. I felt like there was no plot. I was stuck between being bored and annoyed.......more

ARC received in exchange for an honest review from Netgalley. A personal anecdote for you that, I swear, relates to this book: I work with a lot of ivy league graduates of the scholarly nature and our main character, Mary’s parents are so painfully, triggeringly, pin-point-perfectly depictive of thos......more