The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Author: Suzanne Collins Genre: YA Sci-Fi, Dystopian Publication Date: May 19, 2020 Publisher: Scholastic Press Series: The Hunger Games #0 AMBITION WILL FUEL HIM. COMPETITION WILL DRIVE HIM. BUT POWER HAS ITS PRICE. It is the morning of the reaping that will […]
I was originally planning to write this as three separate reviews. But I was busy working on a project at the time and didn’t have the time to devote to writing a review when I finished the first book (or the second), and I don’t know about you, […]
Here’s the rules: Did you know that faeries have been known to shapeshift into animals? The prompt for this week is: What is your favorite book that features a shapeshifter? I honestly thought this post would be so much easier to write, until I sat down and realized […]
The Orphan Collector Author: Ellen Marie Wiseman Genre: Historical Fiction, Adult Fiction Publication Date: August 4, 2020 Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp. Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book. I am providing my opinion voluntarily. TRIGGER WARNING: pandemic, xenophobia, death, off-page suicide, kidnapping, […]
Here’s the rules: This week we’re talking about fire faeries. Be cautious of these faes, or you might end up scorched! So, the prompt is: What is a book that was so hot that you thought your book would burst into flames? I had a really hard time […]
Don’t Call the Wolf by Aleksandra Ross is a Polish-inspired YA fantasy debut with a fairy tale feel. CONTENT WARNING: gore, suicide When the Golden Dragon descended on the forest of Kamiena, a horde of monsters followed in its wake. Ren, the forest’s young queen, is slowly losing […]
This week’s topic is an open ended prompt, listing reasons why I love … something bookish. I chose to list reasons I love fantasy, which is a genre I just really started to get into in the last year. 1. It’s a total escape to a world where […]
Here’s the rules: Faeries have been known to stand back and observe. This week’s prompt is: What secondary character is your favorite, or even outshined the main character? While I loved Vasya, the main character in the Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden, Solovey definitely stole my heart. He […]
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo absolutely blew my mind in the best way possible. TRIGGER WARNING: surgery, sexual assault, substance use, vomit, consumption of feces Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex […]
This week’s topic is the last 10 books I abandoned, and the idea came from Claire @ Book Lovers Pizza. When I abandon a book, it’s either because I’ve started reading it and just didn’t finish, or decided to take it off my TBR for some reason. So […]
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