It’s time again for Super Review Saturday, in which I formally recognize book bloggers whose reviews influenced me in some way during the week. Since I don’t always have time to leave comments, hopefully this will help to let them know that their reviews matters, and will help spread the word about their blogs.

It looks like Asher at Paranormal Indulgence is taking a blogging break. I understand why she needs this, but she’ll be missed! I always enjoy her posts, and her spunky vlogs.

This week, she reviewed Shut Out by Kody Keplinger, a book I’ve had on my shelves for ages but haven’t read yet. She reminded me what I’m missing!

With all of the anti-women vibes going on in politics lately, it heartened me to see Asher write this: “I could barely fight back calling GO TEAM! with all the girl power vibes fluttering around, and it’s amazingly entertaining watching both sides of the strike attack in their subtle ways to weaken the opposition. More than that, each girl discovers some truth they’ve been attempting to hide from themselves, and move forward capable of making better, healthier decisions with their well-being in mind.” I could use a big dose of female empowerment to offset the daily news.

I’ve been really excited to read Saundra Mitchell’s new book, The Springsweet. Lauren at 365 Days of Reading reviewed it last week, and reinforced my idea that this is a must-read book for me.

Here’s how she described the book: “Saundra Mitchell’s writing is as beautiful as ever; she has such a handle on writing historical fiction that readers feel instantly transported to the time period. I like that the setting isn’t traditional, either: The Springsweettakes place on the prairie, many miles away from the big houses and glamorous balls we’re used to. I’m always up for a unique setting, and I’m sure readers will love learning about roughing it in a sod house, too.”

 

Have you read any exceptional reviews this week you’d like to share? Leave a link in the comments so we can see what we might have missed during the week.

 

Here’s the second weekend of Super Review Saturday, in which I formally recognize book bloggers whose reviews influenced me in some way during the week. Since I don’t always have time to leave comments, hopefully this will help to let them know that their reviews matters, and will help spread the word about their blogs.

Julia at Rex Robot Reviews always reviews great books. This week, she got me even more pumped for a book I was already way excited about: Julie Kagawa’s The Immortal Rules. Because of Julia’s review, I bumped it up in the queue and am now using it as my “walking to the bathroom at work, reading on the iPod” book. I foresee many bathroom breaks.

Julia said: “While I enjoyed the Iron Fey series, The Immortal Rules blows them away.  It is being marketed as yet another vampire book, but it is so so much more.  It falls even more with those great dystopian novels.  Vampires are just the icing on the cake.  At its heart, though, it is about all about humanity – what it means to be human and what separates the monsters from the humans.” Sounds pretty great, right?

Another review that got me giddy about a book I’m going to read soon is Christen of Goldilox and the Three Weres‘ review of Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin.

I’m a big fan of spare language that gets to the point, a la George Orwell. Christen describes Griffin’s writing this way: “There are no extra words wasted and no overly descriptive paragraphs. She gets the most bang for her buck when it comes to words. And man, does she get a bang!” That sold me, right there.

Have you read any exceptional reviews this week you’d like to share? Leave a link in the comments so we can see what we might have missed during the week.