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…
FANTASY READS 2026: Book of the Month
Hi everyone. Welcome back to my Fantasy Reads 2026 book club. In February, we’re reading a book that has been on my TBR for a long time. I chose Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. This book has been on my shelves for years because I didn’t have the best experience reading Mistborn several years ago. In fact, I DNF’d that series. Let’s hope that this year, things go a little better with Sanderson. I did learn recently though that mass market paperbacks like this one are being discontinued.
CLÁSICOS Y MÁS: Book of the Month
Hey everyone. It’s almost February, so it’s time to pick a new book for the book club. This month, the prompt is: “Read a romance book” so I picked “Los cuadernos de don Rigoberto” by Mario Vargas Llosa. Hope you can join me again.
DECEMBER 2025: Best and Worst Books of the Month
Hi everyone. Today, I’ll be talking about the best and worst books I read in December. I know this post is a bit late, but it is here now. 1. WORST BOOK OF THE MONTH: The Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch This book is a historical fiction romance with a twinge of mystery that takes place from the Russian Revolution to the end of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. The story focuses on “an epic love story” that affects the lives of three generations of Russian women, Rosie, Katya, and Tonya, whose narratives are all interconnected by Russian fairy…
TOP 15 Classic Books I Read In 2025
Hi everyone. Welcome to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I’ll be ranking the top 15 classics I read in 2025, from worst to best. Classic literature was my most read genre last year, so I wanted to let you all know which ones were my favorites and which were not. Disclaimer: this list is subjective and it reflects my personal experience reading these novels. I’m in no way saying that the books I didn’t like are bad; in fact, many people love them but, unfortunately, I did not. So, here goes: 15. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas I was deeply…
DECEMBER WRAP UP: What I Read This Month
Hi everyone! Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today, I’m reviewing the books I read in December. I read 6 books this month. Here are my thoughts on all of them: 1. HISTORICAL FICTION AND ROMANCE: The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch This book is a historical fiction romance with a twinge of mystery that takes place from 1916 to the end of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. The story focuses on “an epic love story” that affects the lives of three generations of Russian women, Rosie, Katya, and Tonya, whose narratives are all interconnected by Russian fairy…
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?…