Butterflies in the End Zone I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Alex has everything going for him. He’s the quarterback of the football team. He has a great group of friends. He’s popular. […]
Today is the last Sunday Bookish Discussion of 2024, and I wanted today’s topic to echo the reflection that I naturally do at the end of the year, so I’m talking about Wrap Up Posts today. When I first started blogging, I loved checking out everyone else’s wrap […]
A Tide of Black Steel Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: murder, blood, gore, violence, enslavement From the international bestselling author Anthony Ryan comes the spectacular first novel in a new […]
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: “I’ve been in Florida less than a day […]
Breath of the Dragon Thank you to NetGalley, Wednesday Books, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with ARCs of this ebook and audiobook in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, gore, murder, death of a parent (off-page) The first novel in a sweeping YA fantasy duology […]
The Forbidden Book Thank you to NetGalley and Levine Querido for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Dybbuks. Illegal printing. A genderqueer lesbian with a knife. Set against a backdrop of literary censorship and growing Jewish political consciousness, Sydney Taylor and […]
Hi all! This week’s prompt coincides with Christmas Eve, and I’m obviously going to have to tweak the prompt because Santa doesn’t bring me anything. However, this week’s prompt is getting readjusted to books my family won’t buy me for Chanukah. I am going to go the extra […]
You Feta Watch Out Thank you to NetGalley and Beyond the Page for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Humbug! leads to Homicide! in the new Grilled Cheese Mystery by Linda Reilly . . . Christmas in the close-knit community of Balsam Dell promises to be […]
As this year draws to a close, I wanted to take some time to talk about the year-end hype. For the second-to-last Sunday Bookish Discussion of the year, I want to talk about one of the biggest topics of the month and get to hear a little about […]
The Shadowed Land Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. This “can’t-miss historical epic” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author) reimagines the legends of King Arthur by resurrecting the real historical figures who inspired […]