Review: Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty

Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann

My rating: 3 of 5 stars




A younger version of me would have loved this book so much, but its themes don't really speak to me at all in full adulthood. It's cute in places, and moving in others, but overall, my impression is one of gentle, tolerant lukewarmness.



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Book Riot 2015 Read Harder Challenge

I've tracked my reading for years over at Goodreads. I'm pretty consistently reading 75ish books a year, but this year I was looking for something a little different. I want to read more books published in 2015, but I also want to broaden my horizons in other ways, too.

I just wasn't sure how.

Enter the Book Riot 2015 Read Harder Challenge. I think this is the thing I was looking for to take some risks and read some books that wouldn't have otherwise been on my radar.

Here's the list, for the click-averse:

• A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25
• A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65
• A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people)
• A book published by an indie press
• A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ
• A book by a person whose gender is different from your own
• A book that takes place in Asia
• A book by an author from Africa
• A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans,Aboriginals, etc.)
• A microhistory
• A YA novel
• A sci-fi novel
• A romance novel
• A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade
• A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.)
• An audiobook
• A collection of poetry
• A book that someone else has recommended to you
• A book that was originally published in another language
• A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind (Hi, have you met Panels?)
• A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over)
• A book published before 1850
• A book published this year
• A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”)

They've created a Goodreads group for people participating in the challenge, too. I'm really, really excited to give this a whirl!