The Bookshop Below Author: Georgia Summers Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: November 18, 2025 Publisher: Redhook/Hodderscape Thank you to NetGalley, Redhook, and Hodderscape for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. In this extraordinary standalone from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author […]
I have managed to amass so many books that I am really excited for this post. It isn’t going to take a lot of thinking back through lists of books that I have read and only vaguely recall. This week’s prompt is the first ten books I randomly […]
October went by in what felt like the blink of an eye, even though it wound up being more of a slower paced month. The month was a fun one, with a few birthdays and some holidays. For my family, it started out busy and slowed as the […]
I finished September with 15 ARCs left to be read. I’m shocked at how quickly October flew by. I love the colder temps, the crunching of leaves, even walking outside and noticing the smell of woodsmoke in the air. So much happened during the month, from having my […]
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 […]
Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes Author: Chantha Nguon Genre: Memoir Publication Date: February 20, 2024 Publisher: Algonquin Press A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot’s genocide in the 1970s but […]
The Gendarme Author: Mark Mustian Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: September 2, 2010 Publisher: Berkley Books What would you do if the love of your life, and all your memories, were lost- only to reappear, but with such shocking revelations that you wish you had never remembered… Emmett […]
Voidwalker Author: SA MacLean Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: August 19, 2025 Publisher: Orbit Series: Beasts of the Void #1 Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review. WOULD IT BE SO BAD TO BE DEVOURED? […]
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 […]
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 […]
