Maya and Natasha Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins for providing me with an audiobook ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. This stunning debut novel set in the fascinating world of Cold War Soviet ballet follows the fates of twin sisters whose bond […]
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: “Halla of Rutger’s Howe had just inherited a […]
I Am the Cage Thank you to NetGalley and Dutton Books for Young Readers for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. “A beautiful and poetic book about the many ways pain, and love in all its forms, leaves a lasting […]
Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. From New York Times bestseller and Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave—the hugely anticipated next installment in the […]
I’ve come a long way with being open to books about romance, but I’m still not a mainly romance reader. Sometimes it pops up in other books, usually fantasy or cozy mystery, so I don’t mind seeing romance in books, and I don’t mind it spicy. However, picking […]
A Long Time Gone Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. It’s time to put the past to rest… Ben Packard was just a boy when his older brother disappeared. Ben watched […]
I hope everyone has been enjoying their weekend. In these here parts and many others across the country, we’re getting snow. This isn’t abnormal for winter in New York, but in my part of the state, we haven’t really had more than a dusting of snow in years. […]
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the nation’s last segregated asylums, that New York Times bestselling author Clint Smith describes as “a book that left me breathless.” On a cold […]
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 peculiar gargoyle, who spoke mostly in broken […]
Greenteeth Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. From an outstanding new voice in cozy fantasy comes Greenteeth, a tale of fae, folklore, and found family, narrated by a charismatic lake-dwelling monster with a voice unlike […]
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