Happy December! November was a really fun month for me—I was so excited to finally take a vacation and refresh my spirit. I hadn’t realized exactly how burnt out I was becoming until I had a break from my regular life. I’ll be returning home this week, and […]
I finished October with 21 ARCs left to be read. November was a whirlwind of a month. I started it in New York, and flew down to Florida to spend Thanksgiving with my family members, and go to my youngest great-nephew’s fourth birthday party. I also got to […]
It’s another Sunday, and that means we have another discussion ahead of us. This week I want to discuss creative license. This is when an author intentionally strays from accepted facts to achieve an artistic goal. I’ve encountered this most often in historical fantasy—where the author changes an […]
There are some truly awesome books that have come out so far in 2023, and it seems like the trend is going to continue for the rest of the year. This week’s prompt is about our most anticipated books releasing during the second half of 2023. Here’s some […]
Out of the Mirror, Darkness CONTENT WARNING: mention of addiction, allusion to abortion, allusion to homophobia A cynical “fixer” for a silent-film studio must confront the shadows behind the bright lights in this noir-tinged short story by New York Times bestselling author Garth Nix. It’s business as usual […]
Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution Author: R.F. Kuang Genre: Fantasy/Historical Fiction Publication Date: August 23, 2022 Publisher: Harper Voyager Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Voyager for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an […]
Stalking Jack the Ripper Author: Kerri Maniscalco Genre: YA Historical Fiction Publication Date: September 20, 2016 Publisher: Jimmy Patterson Series: Stalking Jack the Ripper #1 CONTENT WARNING: gore, blood, murder, misogyny, addiction, death of a parent, death, institutionalization, forced drugging, violence He’s the infamous killer no man has […]
Deathless Divide Author: Justina Ireland Genre: YA Historical Fiction, Horror, Alternative History Publication Date: February 4, 2020 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Series: Dread Nation #2 If you’d like to check out my review of Dread Nation (book 1), you can find it here. TRIGGER WARNING: Gore, murder, forced […]
I got an ARC of The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant from NetGalley. TRIGGER WARNING: sex trafficking, addiction, mention of plague Les Misérables meets Six of Crows in this page-turning adventure as a young thief finds herself going head to head with leaders of Paris’s criminal underground in the […]
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