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: First Lines: “Avital Cohen wasn’t wearing underwear. Standing behind the […]
Mom came back home last Sunday afternoon, and it is wonderful to have her back home. The best part is that she got scared and is resting and elevating her legs. Mom may not to have gotten a traditional family seder, but yesterday I made chicken soup and […]
A Crown So Silver Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The second installment of Lyra Selene’s international bestselling series, A Crown So Silver, is set during a deadly trial on a mysterious snowy […]
The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a dazzling novel of mothers and daughters, stories told and untold, and the binds that tie four generations of women. Gabriela’s mother Luna is the most beautiful woman in all of Jerusalem, though her famed beauty and charm […]
Hi all and welcome back to Top Ten Tuesday. The weather is officially nice outside, and people aren’t all bundled up. I especially like this time of year when fresh cut grass can be smelled through a window. Passover began on Saturday night, and since Mom has been […]
The Raven Scholar Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. From an electrifying new voice in epic fantasy comes The Raven Scholar, a masterfully woven and playfully inventive tale of imperial intrigue, cutthroat competition, and […]
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: First Lines: “Mira winced as a spasm of pain shot […]
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: First Lines: “Harsh fluorescent lighting, a two-way mirror, an incessantly […]
I finished February with 17 ARCs left to be read. For such a short month, February felt like it was about eleventy billion days long. March was probably one of my most stressful months in a long time, and I’ve dived back into reading and using it as […]
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: First Lines: “My twin my darling my LUCY All is […]
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