I love new things. Notebooks, weeks, months, and years are some of my favorites. Now that we’ve settled (or at least hopefully) into the flow of a brand new year, I find myself reflecting a bit on what I want to accomplish in this new year. I’m not […]
The Empress Author: Kristin Cast Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: January 7, 2025 Publisher: Bloom Books Series: Towerfall #1 Thank you to NetGalley and Bloom Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. He’s a ruthless, battle-scarred warrior with a dark […]
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 […]
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door Author: H.G. Parry Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: October 22, 2024 Publisher: Redhook Thank you to Orbit, Redhook, and Oliver Wehner for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. From the author of The Magician’s Daughter comes The Scholar […]
An Enchanting Case of Spirits Author: Melissa Holtz Genre: Cozy Mystery Publication Date: April 9, 2024 Publisher: Books on Tape Series: The Gin and Tarot Club #1 When a fortieth birthday celebration leads to a ghostly visitor, four friends find themselves navigating surprising mysteries and spiritual hijinks, in […]
Ooof, and we’re back to work. This week’s prompt is most anticipated books releasing in the first half of 2025, and I must admit that I haven’t really stayed on top of upcoming books unless they come across my radar on social media. In the last couple of […]
The Vanishing Bookstore Author: Helen Phifer Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: January 7, 2025 Publisher: Bookouture Audio Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. ‘Every story needs a happy ending. And you can’t have […]
As the first bookish discussion post of 2025, I want to talk about ARCs. As book bloggers, this is something that comes up for so many of us, and it dominates a lot of my reading. Here’s some subtopics to consider: Why is it so hard not to […]
Welcome to 2025! I think this might be the earliest that I’ve ever thrown together a monthly/year-end wrap up post, but I was able to stay on top of my reading and reviewing so that I didn’t have to wait so long to create this post. I started […]
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 […]
