I finished December with 18 ARCs left to be read. January was a great month. There are multiple birthdays amongst my extended family, and within my immediate family, my brother, sister-in-law, and I all have birthday in January. We also remember my father on his birthday, which was […]
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: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your […]
Those Fatal Flowers Author: Shannon Ives Genre: Historical Fantasy/Mythology Retelling Publication Date: January 21, 2025 Publisher: Dell Thank you to NetGalley and Dell for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Greco-Roman mythology and the mystery of the vanished Roanoke colony […]
The Bookstore Keepers Author: Alice Hoffman Genre: Contemporary (short story) Publication Date: February 18, 2025 Publisher: Brilliance Publishing/Amazon Original Stories Series: Once Upon a Time Bookshop Stories #3 Thank you to NetGalley, Brilliance Publishing, and Amazon Original Stories for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in […]
Wow, this week’s prompt is a really great one, and it’s all about my top ten new-to-me authors I discovered in 2024. While I love reading books by the authors I love, I’ve also encountered some really great authors that I hadn’t read anything by. So I am […]
Good Dirt Author: Charmaine Wilkerson Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: January 28, 2025 Publisher: Ballantine Books Thank you to Ballantine Books and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the […]
Hello! I had a super busy week, but enjoyed some R&R on the weekend. It wasn’t fun, but I finally got around to some chores that I had been neglecting. Although I must admit, it does feel better to not have those tasks hanging over my head, and […]
Outspoken: My Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan Author: Sima Samar and Sally Armstrong Genre: Biography/Memoirs Publication Date: February 27, 2024 Publisher: Random House Canada Thank you to libro.fm for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. The […]
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: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your […]
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues Author: Jonathan Kennedy Genre: Science (Nonfiction) Publication Date: April 18, 2023 Publisher: Random House Audio A sweeping look at how the major transformations in history–from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth of capitalism–have been shaped not by humans but […]
