#booklur

Currently reading The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue. I am around 100 pages in, and so far I am really enjoying it. There is something to be said about reading a story about the influenza pandemic while we are going through the coronavirus pandemic ourselves, but that does make the story more impactful. Perhaps the fact that I my parents are doctors, and I myself have volunteered at the hospital has something to do with it. It’s definitely a book that is resonating with me deeply.

I have a huge admiration for Julia, who seems to be a great nurse, and has the makings to be a great doctor one day! Is that something that might be set up to happen in the future? I guess I will have to keep reading and find out!

21 books I want to read in 2021

Today to share some of the books I am looking forward to reading this year. I have had some of these books for a few years, and others have been recent purchases, but all of these are books I really want to get through this year.

Some standouts:

1. The Secret History; my most recent read. This is one book I picked up because it seemed like this cult classic, especially over on Tumblr. I must say, it definitely lived up to the hype.

2. Winter in Sokcho; a book I picked up last year because I thought the cover was pretty

3. The Smell of Starving Boys; A book I picked up from @gaystheword 3 years ago. I’ve been wanted to read it ever since, but the mood never seemed to be right?

4. The Priory of the Orange Tree; this book comes highly recommended by a lot of my friends, and it’s one of 3 chunky books I want to get through this year.

Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it • The Secret History by Donna Tartt

This is How You Lose The Time War

“I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. Listen to me. I am your echo. I would rather break the world than lose you”

Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.

Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There’s still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That’s how war works, right?

Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story spanning time and space.

This book has found it’s place in my top ten books of 2021. What can I say about this book, which makes for a good review, rather than just a long gush fest? Let’s try, shall we?

Well first of all, it’s sci-fi, but that’s not what the book is really about. It’s a love story, but also more than that. Not your typical enemies to lovers story, it’s a tale of how two agents have formed a bond with each other, which spans across time and space. It is a relatively short book, only 198 pages long, but it definitely manages to do the story justice. I found it to be fulfilling, and enjoyable. The writing was poetic, without being pretentious.

While I enjoyed the sci-fi element of the story, I did struggle a bit to fully get my head around the world building. But Blue and Red’s love story was such a strong anchor, that I would still give this book 5 stars ⭐️