This week’s prompt was submitted by Angela @ Reading Frenzy and it’s such a great one. I’m going to talk about ten debut novels I enjoyed, meaning the first published book by an author. It is going to make me think a little harder than I would normally, […]
The Vicious King Author: Gina L. Maxwell Genre: Fantasy Romance Publication Date: July 15, 2024 Publisher: Gina L. Maxwell, LLC Series: Deviant Kings #3 Thank you to Gina L. Maxwell for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, […]
Lately, we’ve been talking about some related topics, and I figured I might as well go all in and discuss one more that’s kind of in the same vein. For this week’s bookish discussion, I want to talk about reviewing DNF’d books. Just from what I’ve gathered from […]
Long Island Compromise Author: Taffy Brodesser-Akner Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: July 9, 2024 Publisher: Random House Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. In 1980 a wealthy businessman named Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his […]
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 […]
A Sorceress Comes to Call Author: T. Kingfisher Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: August 6, 2024 Publisher: Tor Books Thanks to NetGalley, Tor Books, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm’s Goose […]
It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means—time for another Top Ten Tuesday post! This week’s prompt comes from Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next, and I’m already excited to hop around and see what everyone comes up with. It’s ten things I loved about [insert book title […]
Bitter Waters Author: Vivian Shaw Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: June 25, 2024 Publisher: Orbit Series: Dr. Greta Helsing #3.5 Thank you to NetGalley, Orbit, and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A witty, charming standalone novella starring Greta […]
Welcome back to another Bookish Discussion Sunday! Last week’s topic inspired some good discussion, and I promised that I was going to bring up the topic of writing negative reviews. Among the people that I’ve spoken to in the past, this is a very polarized topic—people are either […]
Castle of the Cursed Author: Romina Garber Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: July 30, 2024 Publisher: Wednesday Books Thank you to NetGalley, Wednesday Books, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, death of parents, trauma, […]
