I finished February with 17 ARCs left to be read. For such a short month, February felt like it was about eleventy billion days long. March was probably one of my most stressful months in a long time, and I’ve dived back into reading and using it as […]
Today’s post coincides with April Fool’s Day! In honor of this lighthearted holiday, today’s prompt is books you’d be a fool not to read. I can’t believe it’s already April, but I have been on a nonfiction kick lately, and want to share my top ten nonfiction reads […]
Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict An award-winning journalist presents an even-handed, thoroughly researched examination of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and illustrates how a shocking yet little-known massacre one century ago in what was then Palestine became ground zero of […]
After the heavy topic I sprang on you all last week, I figured I’d go a little more light-hearted in the discussion topic for this week. One of my besties recommended this as a topic, because we are constantly sharing book recs and feedback in our group chat. […]
Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood The incredible true story of a family built on lies. What if the people you love most are not who you thought they were? What if you don’t know who you are, either? Cheryl Diamond’s memoir begins when she is […]
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: “My twin my darling my LUCY All is […]
Saltwater Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. In 1992 Sarah Lingate is found dead below the cliffs of Capri, leaving behind her three-year-old daughter, Helen. Despite suspicions that the old-money Lingates are […]
The Radiant King Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Six immortal siblings. Five sworn to peace. One demands a throne. Radiance, the mysterious power of life and creation, is theirs to command. Yet, […]
Happy Tuesday! This week started off with a bang for me. Mom was in the hospital over the weekend, but she’s home now and doing a lot better. So while I was able to just relax and put my foot up to ice and rest it, I was […]
The Knight and the Moth Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. From BookTok sensation and NYT bestselling author Rachel Gillig, comes the next big romantasy phenomenon: a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a prophetess […]