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On Her Own A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis that melds the clock-ticking tension of Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me with the “issue-driven” gravity of Jennifer Haigh’s Mercy Street. Watching her Russian immigrant mother, Irina, struggle to put food on the table, […]
Wow, is it Tuesday already? It feels like the last week just flew by. Maybe that’s what happens when you get busy. Due to last minute cancellations, we had two glorious days midweek to rest, make phone calls, and follow up on the things we can’t get to […]
The Mercy Makers Thank you to Orbit for sending me a copy of this book and audiobook in exchange for an honest review. SHE WAS ALWAYS DESTINED TO BREAK THE WORLD. A talented heretic must decide between the pursuit of forbidden magic or the ecstasy of forbidden love, […]
Level: Ascension Thank you to Orbit , Oliver Wehner, and Oriel Voegele for providing me with an audiobook copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. An Epic Fantasy Isekai LitRPG perfect for fans of Accidental Champion and He Who Fights With Monsters. Conquer the artificial world. Level […]
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: First Lines: “The twisted branches flash past, swift as shadows, […]
Call of the Owl Woman Thank you to K.M. Huber and SparkPress for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Call of the Owl Woman is a gripping coming-of-age story set in a land of prolonged drought where cunning sorcerers and brutal […]
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls. Some managed to escape. Many are still missing. A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband—these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. A girl who works […]
Hello, and welcome back to another week of my favorite top ten lists. Even though I’ve been busier than ever with life stuff, I’ve gotten better with balancing out scheduling, and Mom and I have been compromising to work together more efficiently. We’ve both agreed that having one […]
Level: Unknown Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for providing an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. The magical world of Yensere holds the key to saving humanity from a horrific apocalypse. Too bad Nick can only get there in his dreams. When […]
Hemlock and Silver Thank you to NetGalley, Tor Books, and Macmillan Audio for providing me an ARC of the ebook and audiobook in exchange for an honest review. From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Hemlock & Silver, a dark reimagining of “Snow […]
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