For as long as I can remember, I have always created goals for the new year. Most of the time, I would keep working on my goals until maybe February, and then I would stop. Maybe you are the same way but for me, I always got discouraged. It all started fun and then I would get bored with it and then stop. Are you the same way? I’m sure some of you are!
Read more “Setting Goals for 2025 to make this the best year yet”Author: Kaili
Books about video games that you should add to your TBR
Books about video games is a post that I have been wanting to make for a while now but I have been putting it off. I’m not even sure why but it’s a post that I have been struggling to push myself to make. I think that’s mostly because I wasn’t sure if there would be any interest in it.
But now I’m just saying f-it because I know if I have an interest in it then I’m sure others do too.
Read more “Books about video games that you should add to your TBR”Best horror books of 2024
If you love horror books then you are in the right place! This is one of my favorite posts that I have been able to make, mostly because I’m a big horror fan and I’m discovering books that I haven’t come across yet. So far these are the best horror books of 2024 that I have come across and are highly rated.
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I haven’t heard of many of these, but it seems like many people are interested in them, especially with the high ratings!
Read more “Best horror books of 2024”Horror books for kids that are perfect for Halloween
Is your kid starting to show an interest in horror books? There are tons of horror books for kids out there that are perfect for their age group. I started to show an interest in horror books and movies at a very young age. Instead of watching and reading age-appropriate, I started to read and watch pretty adult horror things.
Read more “Horror books for kids that are perfect for Halloween”2024 Halloween Reading Challenge
I have been wanting to create a Halloween reading challenge for a while now. I love Halloween, and I’m sure many of you guys are happy that fall is here, too. So, I figured I would try to create a 2024 Halloween reading challenge and see who all join us!
It’s always a lot of fun to include you guys and find out what you are reading. Here are the prompts for the Halloween bingo reading challenge.
2024 Halloween reading challenge prompts
- Orange cover
- Ghost Main Character
- Supernatural Creature
- Haunted House – Book suggestions
- The Amityville Horror
- Welcome to Dead House
- The Sundown Motel (Check out my book review for this)
- Horrorstor
- How to sell a haunted house (Check out my book review for this)
- Set in a Graveyard
- Eerie Atmosphere
- A Classic
- Creepy Doll – Book suggestion
- Coraline
- Night of the Living Dummy
- Turned into a movie
- Has a cursed object
- Haunted ship or boat
- Haunted Hotel
- Free space
- Vengeful spirit
- A House with Good Bones
- Hell House
- The Woman in Black
- Anna Dressed in Blood (check out my book review for this one)
- A character that can communicate with the dead
- Book by Stephen King
- Book by R.L. Stine
- Small town horror
- Creepy carnival –
- Takes place on Halloween
- Possession
- Has witches
- The Year of the Witching
- Slewfoot (check out my book review for this one)
- The Invited
- Hex
- Our Share of Night
- YA horror
- Haunted amusement park
- Haunted game or challenge
The books that I have added under each prompt are just suggestions and ideas of what you can potentially read for it! I hope you join me with the 2024 halloween reading challenge!
September 2024 book releases you HAVE to read
It looks like September is going to be a good month when it comes to new releases. I’m so excited for the ones that I found. These September 2024 book releases are ones you’re going to have to add to your TBR (to be read).
Quite a few of these books seem thrilling and creepy and I know I’m going to enjoy them!
I wish I had known about these sooner so I could have gotten an advanced copy, but maybe I can still get them for Christmas!
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Let me know in the comments which one you are looking forward to!
Read more “September 2024 book releases you HAVE to read”The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldausky [book review]
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Book: The Mary Shelley Club
By: Goldy Moldausky
Published: April 18, 2021
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Pages: 468
Genre: YA Horror/Thriller
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Read more “The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldausky [book review]”Dark Fairy Tales you HAVE to add to your TBR
Growing up I always loved fairy tales. They took you to a different world and I loved that about them. I don’t think that will ever change. Now that I’m older I kind of want something darker and not so happy through the entire book. Hence why I’m creating this post on dark fairy tales. I just hope you guys feel the same way!
Read more “Dark Fairy Tales you HAVE to add to your TBR”August 2024 book releases
Hey everyone and welcome to Owl Book World! Today I want to talk about August 2024 book releases that you should add to your TBR!
Can you guys believe that it’s almost August already? I know I can’t. I feel like 2024 has gone by fast. Almost in the blink of an eye. With that being said, there have been a lot of book releases this year and I’m sure there have been many books that have been released this year that you want to check out.
Read more “August 2024 book releases”Admission by Julie Buxbaum [book review]
Book: Admission
By: Julie Buxbaum
Published: December 1, 2020
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages: 342
Genre: YA Contemporary
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About Admission
Admission follows Chloe. The story takes place in her Junior and senior years as she navigates high school, SATs, and getting into college. For the life of her, she struggles to make a decent grade on the SAT. She knows that she isn’t that smart. At least not as smart as her sister or her best friend. But she wishes she could at least do well on the SAT for her parent’s sake. They are pushing for her to get into a certain school that she knows she doesn’t belong to. When her parents start to take matters into their own hands is when things start to change for her.
What I thought
I have been reading a lot of meh books lately. Don’t get me wrong though the story isn’t necessarily bad or anything.
I do have to admit that I kind of like Chloe’s and her mom’s growth in the story. A lot of stories don’t have a lot of growth in them and when they do it’s very limited. I love a good book where you see a ton of growth rather than just a little bit. They both change for the better as well. I state that because a lot of characters change for the worse. They start to realize just how wrong things are.
My main thing is that I really don’t care for the back and forth between the past and present. There are very few things from the past that are relevant to the present. Part of me wishes that the author would have just stuck with the present and maybe limited what was actually relevant to the story. To me, a lot of the story could have been cut back or twisted differently. I feel like most of it was to make the book longer and to drag it out.
My other issue is that I enjoy Chloe’s sister more than I did her. I’m not a fan of the idea of liking a character that’s not even a main character. If she had a bigger part then I would be more understanding. I found myself rooting for her more than I did Chloe. On top of that, I didn’t like Chloe all that well. She was a bit of a dumb character and not very likable in my opinion.
Even though parts of the book are fast-paced and kept my interest for the most part I’m not happy with how things ended either. I’m glad that things ended up on a happier note for Chloe but there are other things I wish would have ended better for her.
So, would I go out of my way to recommend Admission? In short, no. I’m sure there are many out there who would enjoy the story but if I’m asked for recommendations then this would not be the first book I think of.
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