Favorite books I read in 2023 (until now)

Welcome back! It has been quite a hiatus from my end, but hopefully I am back for good. If you didn’t know I started a YouTube Channel earlier last year. I’ll be honest I haven’t read that many books this year because I have been in a terrible slump. I only have one 5 stars …

Best Books I Read in 2020 🌺

Hello everyone, I hope you all are safe and enjoying a very happy new year! In today's post I just wanted to kick-off 2021 with sharing some of my favorite reads from last year. 2020 was a year of great change for everyone, but it was also a very lovely reading year for me. I …

Catching Up To Speed (III): Books I Read In Jul-Aug

Hello Everyone, Happy September. Fall colours are already bright and early in my part of the world, and cold breeze has started launching up too! I hope whichever hemisphere you are in that you had a great season of quarantine and chill. Today I am here with my latest editing of books I read in …

Catching Up to Speed: Books I Read Edition (II)

Hello lit folks, I hope you’re doing well and hanging in there. I can’t believe we are already in May! The dandelions in my backyard have come out to a newer, softer world – and I love watching them grow. They’re like wonderful splashes of yellow everywhere. I am back with another "Books I Read …

Four Years Appreciation Post

This April will mark four amazing years of Paperbacks For Life. When I started this blog I was very certain that I wanted to write and review books, and four years later I have a Masters and an undergraduate degree in Literature.  It was my second semester as an undergrad when I decided to start …

Catching Up To Speed: Books I Read Edition (I)

Hello guys,  I hope everyone’s staying safe and staying indoors. At this crucial time it is really important that we distance ourselves socially from other people, because we don’t want to be unwitting carriers of any virus, not just the COVID-19. Anyhu, due to the recent health and safety measures my public library is closed …

Why I Revisited Cassandra Clare’s Infernal Devices Even Though I Swore I Would Never Finish the Series

Summary: There’s cardboard clockwork Queen Tessa, Jace Herondale, and death defying [literally] James Carstairs, and this is a series on how they save their London Institute, despite all odds. Sounds familiar? Exposition: If you read that caption, you might be probably wondering why I am making such a big deal about Cassie Clare’s bestselling YA …

Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw : A Review

*Note: Digital ARC provided by Simon and Schuster Canada. I would like to thank the publisher for the copy.* Be careful of the dark, dark wood . . . Especially the woods surrounding the town of Fir Haven. Some say these woods are magical. Haunted, even. Rumored to be a witch, only Nora Walker knows …

I AM BACK!

Hi Book Worms, Thank you so much for being so patient. I am finally back from my extended vacation. July, August, and September I was on a travel journey - exploring places, trails, and nature - I couldn't post much. I hardly read any books !! But now that I am back, I will make …

  *Note: A physical ARC was provided by Simon and Schuster in exchange of an honest review. This is an advanced copy so the quotes are subject to change.* 4 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Overall) Ghosts of the Shadow Market is my first foray into Cassie Clare’s anthologies. I am very hesitant about short stories, because I …