Pages of Perfiction is a book review blog where pages come alive and stories ignite your imagination, run by Asha.
chapter two page four ✧ Hi everyone, welcome back to Pages of Perfiction! I hope your summer has been going well! I've been all over the country in the past few weeks, first in Virginia, then North Carolina and most recently Washington DC. It was while I was in DC that I met a girl named Tennessee (who is not actually from Tennessee). I like her name, and it brought back memories from when I was…
chapter two page three ✧ It feels like just yesterday I was sitting on my couch, pressing play on the Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV show and typing up my thoughts on my computer (throwback to this post from two years ago where I reviewed the series ). But so much has changed since then. I'm sitting on a different couch. I'm using a different computer. I'm looking at a different TV. I'm in a…
chapter two page two ✧ The saddest thing ever is having a story inside of you that's dying to be let out but you just can't write it. I've been holding myself back for the past five years.
It's been ten years since 17-year-old Nikki Sinclair's parents and sister left home and never returned. Evidence uncovered at the scene caused the police to rule it a triple homicide, but since their bodies were never found, the case ran cold and was never solved. Living in her family's giant lonely estate all this time, the sole heiress to the huge fortune they left behind, Nikki has come to…
Step inside this epic romantasy full of mystery, high stakes, and luring magic that will have you smelling salt air, feeling the roaring waves beneath your feet, and falling headfirst into the unknown. The ocean remembers what we try to forget. Captain Leo Smith has spent his life outrunning a curse—an ancestral debt cast long ago that demands to be paid. To break it, he arranges a marriage with a…
Welcome to Pages of Perfiction This post is a small roundup of book reviews for the 7 NetGalley novels I read a year ago and never reviewed. It's better late than never. Still The One by Aimee Brown This novel offers a heartfelt and nostalgic look at what it means to fight for love and second chances. Brown balances emotional tension with warm character moments, and the relationship development…
Hello! It has been a long time since my last post. A very long time. I know I say that every time I remember this blog exists, but this time, I actually mean it. It's been seven months since my last post, but that was a random tournament reflection, so I don't think that counts. Therefore, it's been two to three whole years since my last actual post. Honestly, I had forgotten this blog existed.…
Welcome to Pages of Perfiction Hi! I'm at a Speech & Debate tourney and I have a lot of time between rounds, so I figured I'd write a reflection again. This is the fourth time I'm posting a full wrap up: This tournament is supposed to be more prestigious and stuff. I competed in it last year and made it to Semifinals (I don't have a wrap up post for it). That was a different event, though, so…
impromptu and declamation Hi everyone! Here's a brief history of my published Speech & Debate tourney wrap-ups: Mini Tournament wrap-up March 2024 Tournament wrap up on April 10th 2024 Tournament wrap-up on May 31st 2024 I'm doing Impromptu and Declamation in this one, and I have hope! I think I prepared well and have a good chance of making finals in both events. Note: I like to wrap up debate…
Dear world, My name is Asha. A year and a half ago, I decided to start a blog to practice writing book reviews. I was convinced that by signing up to a bunch of SEO mailing lists, my book blog would go viral and everything would be perfect. But 15 months later, my average engagement time is 9 seconds, so you can infer how that turned out. I forgot about my blog for four whole months. Ever since…
Introduction Hi everyone! Do y'all still remember me? I seriously doubt it. It's been so long since my last post, but I'm BACK for an arc review of this amazing book! Do you ever stumble upon a book so electrifying that you forget the world around you? That's exactly what happened to me with Jane Buckingham's A Lie for a Lie . This novel is not just a page-turner; it’s a white-knuckle ride through…
Storm and Flame Mallory Wanless (Enchanted, #1) Publication date: September 22nd 2022 Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo Elena has always been a disappointment. Her magic is practically non-existent and now, on her sixteenth birthday, she is expelled from magic school by the strict headmistress–also known as her mother. Cast out into the world of the…
Hiii guys!! It's been a while, right? Maybe a month? I've been so busy, I can't remember the last time I actually wrote a post instead of just uploading a book blitz. But anyways, today I'm really excited, because this is our very first library haul post! I'm currently at the library because my brother is doing some robotics thing in the other room, and I was going to work on my novel, but then I…
The Maker of Worlds David Litwack Publication date: May 22nd 2024 Genres: Fantasy, New Adult, Young Adult If you had the chance to remake the world, what kind of world would you choose? When tragedy strikes Lucas Mack’s young life, he desperately yearns to escape its sorrow, and takes an improbable leap through the mythical maelstrom. Rather than splashing down on the far side like his neighbors,…
Every Scar Tells a Story by Rayna York Publication date: June 15th 2024 Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult They say time heals all wounds, but they never mention the scars left behind. Serena McNeal, outgoing and ambitious, is ready to escape her small town as soon as she graduates high school. Knox prefers to live in the shadows, finding comfort in his anonymity. As their worlds collide…
Note: Because this is a combined wrap-up, I introduced a new term: mapril, used to describe May & April in one word. Let's just pretend the fact that I didn't post a wrap-up for April was intentional, although in reality, I ran out of time (oops). Honestly, I haven't had much time for blogging in general these past two months. I published 7 posts in total during Mapril, but only three of them were…
Welcome to Pages of Perfiction Hey everyone! I'm currently in a speech round, and I have some extra free time, so... here I am. I've done these reflections once before , and I decided to do it again! Note: I like to wrap up debate tournaments by writing a reflection, and I decided to publish it on this blog because why not. So there might be some debate jargon or confusing bits that only make…
The Winchester Codex Frances Spurrier Publication date: January 2nd 2024 Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult Books can be dangerous. Fitz, a dragon, believes he is guardian of one of the most dangerous of all – The Winchester Codex was responsible for wiping out the entire draconic race, of which he is one of the last vestiges. Yet in the 21st century, what relevance does this ancient manuscript have? He…
The Summer I Met You Blair Hayse Publication date: June 20th 2024 Genres: New Adult, Romance Small town southern girl Brianna Davis’s world is spinning faster than she can keep up with. She’s burying herself working as a hotel manager, having her personal life scrutinized as a socialite, and has one of the town’s most eligible bachelors on the hook in the form of Branson. However, it isn’t long…
Refuge from the World Kim McMahill (The Beartooth Chronicles, #1) Publication date: March 19th 2024 Genres: Dystopian, New Adult, Young Adult Ashley McPhee arrived in Beartooth with her mom, Sara, when she was three years old. Ever since Ash can remember, life has been simple and peaceful. She enjoyed a carefree childhood, tending honey bees with her mom and spending time with her best friend,…
Darkness Falls (Nature’s Fury, #1) By A.E. Faulkner Publication date: March 31st 2019 Genre: YA Dystopian Our family trip to the beach ended before it even began. Mother Nature made sure of that. Our parents…gone in an instant. It’s just me and my sister. 100 miles from home. No car. No phones. No money. Down to our last crumbs of food. But just when we figure out what to do, she vanishes. Mother…
introduction A Loveless Child. A Loveless Woman. Sweet Romance. Murder. Satire. Desperation. Fate. That's it. That's the whole back cover description. I suppose the ominous, mysterious ambience was partly what drew me in, but that's what made me lose interest, too. Hey, I'm Paige, and this is a review of "The Art of Being Difficult" by William Chekhov. I received a free copy of this book via…
Hello to the ≈ 3 people who somehow stumbled upon this post (probably while looking for something else, lol). I am currently at a debate competition, and I have some extra free time, so... here I am. Note: This post is mainly for me. I like to wrap up debate tournaments by writing a reflection, and I decided to publish it on this blog because why not. So there might be some debate jargon or…
I've seen bloggers doing book memes since the minute I started blogging, but I've never taken part in one myself... until now. The one I selected is monthly, and it's called Throwback Thursday. Here are the rules... The Chocolate Lady’s #ThrowbackThursday takes place on the Thursday before the first Saturday of every month You are encouraged to write a post about anything old that strikes your…
hello. This month really flew by, didn't it? Well, I'm pretty sure I said the same thing last month, but whatever. This is the third monthly wrap-up I've written: Here's my monthly wrap up for Jan, and this is the one for February . table of contents posts I published this month music this month top artists top songs playlist of the month follow my spotify fav posts from other blogs conclusion…