Sara Reads Things

  This week, I’ve been feeling that familiar tug-of-war between wanting to devour every book in sight and wanting to curl up under a blanket and hide from the world. Maybe it’s the season, maybe it’s the stack of half finished reads staring me down, but either way, my reading life has been a mix of quiet triumphs and unexpected detours. So, in true confession fashion, I’m here to spill the honest, cozy, slightly chaotic truth about what I picked up, what I put down, and what absolutely swept me away this week. Sunday Confessions #332 ~ Weekly Menu #635 And The Book Of The Week ~ ARC Review: We Were Never Friends by Kaira Rouda ~ Book Review: A Dark Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab ~ Book Review: The Anthropocene Review by John Green ~ ARC Review: I, Medusa by Ayana Gray Weekly Menu #636 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: The Temporary Roomie by Sarah Adams ~ ARC Review: Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer ~ Book Review: Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson ~ ARC Review: We Who Will Die...

  Title:  I, Medusa By:  Ayana Fray Genre:  Fantasy Pages:  336 Release Date:  November 18th, 2025 Rating: ★★★★★   Summary from Goodreads: From  New York Times  bestselling author Ayana Gray comes a new kind of villain origin story, reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine. Meddy has spent her whole life as a footnote in someone else’s story. Out of place next to her beautiful, immortal sisters and her parents—both gods, albeit minor ones—she dreams of leaving her family’s island for a life of adventure. So when she catches the eye of the goddess Athena, who invites her to train as an esteemed priestess in her temple, Meddy leaps at the chance to see the world beyond her home. In Athens’ colorful market streets and the clandestine chambers of the temple, Meddy flourishes in her role as Athena’s favored acolyte, getting her first tastes of purpose and power. But when she is noti...

  Title:  The Anthropocene Reviewed By:  John Green Genre:  Non-Fiction Pages:  304 Release Date:  May 18th, 2021 Rating: ★★★★★   Summary from Goodreads: A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John Green The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his ground-breaking, critically acclaimed podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Halley's Comet to Penguins of Madagascar - on a five-star scale. Complex and rich with detail, the Anthropocene's reviews have been praised as 'observations that double as exercises in memoiristic empathy', with over 10 million lifetime downloads. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully cu...

  Title:  A Darker Shade of Magic By:  V.E. Schwab Genre:  Fantasy Pages:  400 Release Date:  February 24th, 2015 Rating: ★★★★★   Summary from Goodreads: K ell is one of the last travelers—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes, connected by one magical city. There's Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, and with one mad king—George III. Red London, where life and magic are revered—and where Kell was raised alongside Rhys Maresh, the rougish heir to a flourishing empire. White London—a place where people fight to control magic and the magic fights back, draining the city to its very bones. And once upon a time, there was Black London. But no one speaks of that now. Officially, Kell is the Red Traveler, ambassador of the Maresh empire, carrying the monthly correspondences between the royals of each London. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of ...

  Title:  We Were Never Friends By:  Kiara Rouda Genre:  Mystery Pages:  228 Release Date:  February 3rd, 2026 Rating: ★★★☆☆   Summary from Goodreads: Sisters? Forever. Friends? NEVER. Who knew a reunion weekend could be so deadly? Meet the sorority sisters of Theta Gamma Roxy Callahan Gentry, the ruthless former sorority president and current hostess who has painstakingly choreographed every detail of this weekend—even matching the cocktails to her couture—to prove that she remains their undisputed queenAmelia Dell, the widow drenched in old money and alcohol, with her big pot-stirring spoon and uninvited boy-toy in towJamie Vale, the double-legacy pledge, straight-A student with no sparkle, now a top cardiologist with a picture-perfect family—and a well-guarded bad habitBeth Harrison, the scholarship student who never quite fit in and was only admitted because her best friend Sunny insisted that the two were a package dealSunny Spencer, the carefree ...