Hello everyone! Welcome to Bibliophilia Book Reviews…again. My name is Melina, and I am a bibliophile, a lover of books, a bibliophage, an ardent reader and a bibliotaph. I hoard books. I am all things biblio. In this blog, I review books of different genres including literary fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, fantasy, YA, and others. Please feel free to turn the page and look around. Hopefully, one of my reviews will help you decide to pick up a book or not. If you’re interested in a review for your published book, please click here to get on my wish list. Happy…
TOP 5 SERIES I COMPLETED IN 2025
Hi everyone. Welcome to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I’ll be ranking the series I completed in 2025, from worst to best. Here are my thoughts on all five of them: 5. Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker I picked the first book of this series up from my local library because I wanted to read more mystery/thriller books in 2025. It is a cozy mystery series and I did like the first installment. However, I did not like the second and third books. So, I stopped reading it after that. 4. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir…
FANTASY READS 2026: Book of the Month
Hi everyone. Welcome to my blog and to Fantasy Reads 2026. For January, I picked Of Darkness and Light, the second installment of The Bound and The Broken series by Ryan Cahill. Hope you can join me in this adventure. And Happy Reading!
CLÁSICOS Y MÁS: Book of the Month
Hi everyone. Welcome to my blog and to Clásicos y más. In this post I am letting you know the book I picked for the month of January. The prompt says we need to read a book of short stories so I picked “Doce cuentos peregrinos” by Gabriel García Márquez. Hope you join me!
BOOK CLUBS 2026: Clásicos y Más and Fantasy Reads 2026
Interested in reading with me this year? If so, I am starting two new book clubs in January that you are welcome to join me in. The first, Clásicos y más, is focused on reading books written and published in Spanish and the second is focused on reading more fantasy novels. I have not been reading much fantasy lately, and this year I want to get back into it. I will be running both book clubs through the Fable App and you are welcome to join me there. The links for each book club are: Clásicos y más: https://fable.co/club/clasicos-y-mas-with-melina-546324212374 Fantasy…
END OF THE YEAR SERIES: My Most Disappointing Reads of 2025
Hello everyone. Welcome to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. In this post, I will be giving a list of my most disappointing reads of 2025. I do not mean to say, however, that these books are bad. Some are very popular and much loved by other readers, and I think that’s awesome. But, for some reason, I could not love these books as much as they did, even though I tried and wanted to. Here is the list. 1. HISTORICAL FICTION AND WWII: The Madonnas of Leningrad I wanted to like this one, but, ultimately, it proved a disappointment for me. Why?…
Book Recommendations from Hubby, Thing 1, and Thing 2
Hubby: Obsidian and Blood Trilogy I have recommended this series before, so, of course, I also recommended it to my husband and he just finished it this month. He loved it. It is still one of the best mystery series I’ve ever read. Thing 1 (Age 7): Amelia Bedelia Means Business by Herman Parish My daughter picked this book up and really liked it. She just finished reading the Star Friends series and picked this up to try something different. It was just as good, and she is now waiting for the next installment on Christmas. Thing 2 (Age 4):…
NOVEMBER 2025: Best and Worst Books of the Month
Hi everyone. Today, I’ll be talking about the best and worst books I read in November. Here are my thoughts on both of them: 1. WORST BOOK OF THE MONTH: The Fox Wife by Yangzse Choo This book had the potential of becoming my favorite read of the month. But then, the author included a small mystery subplot into the story and it all went downhill from there. As you know, I have a love/hate relationship with the mystery/thriller genre. I read a lot of historical mysteries but I cannot seem to finish (or be able to finish) those that…
END OF THE YEAR SERIES: My Favorite Reads of 2025
Hi everyone. Welcome (back) to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. This post is the beginning of my end of the year series, which is usually divided into my favorite reads of the year, the most disappointing books I read this year and the books that I didn’t expect to like but did. Before, I also included a list of the books I DNF’d throughout the year, but I already mention those on a monthly basis on my Best and Worst Book of the Month posts at the end of each month so I will not repeat them in this series. I will,…
NOVEMBER WRAP UP: What I Read This Month
Hi everyone! Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today, I’m reviewing the books I read in November. This month I’m also going to start posting my end-of-the-year reviews. I read 5 books in November. Here are my thoughts on all of them: 1. CLASSICS AND HORROR: The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Dr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson This novella is one of the most famous and celebrated horror stories in literature and its renown and prominence are well-deserved. The story is that of a lawyer who investigates his friend Dr. Jeckyll’s transformation into the evil Mr. Hyde. Such…
OCTOBER 2025: Best and Worst Books of the Month
Hi everyone. Today, I’ll be talking about the best and worst books I read in October. I know this post is a little later than usual, but here are my thoughts on the two books that earned the badge of my best and worst reads of the month: 1. WORST BOOK OF THE MONTH: You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue The premise of this book is that the clash between the Mexica and the Spanish conquistadors was more a cultural shock than a military confrontation between them. The Spanish, for their part, were out of their element in a…