This week’s prompt is cinnamon roll characters, but since I missed last week, I want to revisit that prompt instead. It’s about mental health representation which I think is so important to have in books, and unfortunately, has been less than stellar. Mental health is a topic that […]
The Jasad Heir Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: murder, violence, blood, gore, mention of sexual abuse (off-page) Ten years ago, the kingdom of Jasad burned. Its magic was outlawed, its […]
This week’s topic is a fun one—books that defied my expectations, and it was submitted by Sia @ Every Book a Doorway. The prompt further clarifies: we can focus on books we thought we wouldn’t like that we loved, books we thought we’d love but didn’t books that […]
Bloody Summer What do children know that adults can’t begin to believe? The answer is hidden in plain sight in this haunting short story by the bestselling author of Her Body and Other Parties. Tiger, tiger, burning bright, in the forests of the night. In the town of […]
The Mystery of Dunvegan Castle Thank you to NetGalley and Tor Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: blood, murder, emotional abuse, suicide, mention of torture, violence, panic attack Duels, magic, and plenty of ghosts await in The […]
August is finally over, and I can’t wait for the autumn weather to arrive. I’ve already gotten my fall scented hand soaps for the bathroom, and I am seriously looking forward to saying goodbye to summer. Sorry to all of you hot weather lovers, I need the temps […]
I finished July with 23 ARCs left to be read. I really did try to focus on getting through some more of my ARCs this month, but the trend of the universe laughing in my face has continued. I’m dealing with my own health issues, and visiting a […]
Forgive Me Not Thank you to Nancy Paulsen Books and Lathea Mondesir for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: death of a child, incarceration, substance use, suicide attempt, grief, sexual assault All it takes is one night and one […]
The Phoenix King Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, murder, blood, mention of genocide, mention of death of a parent, grief, torture, substance use “If we carry the burdens of […]
This week’s prompt is water, which is a relatively broad topic. We’re given some suggestions, like book covers with water on them, books with bodies of water in them, titles with bodies of water in them, etc), but I kind of wanted to come up with my own […]
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