Greenteeth Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. From an outstanding new voice in cozy fantasy comes Greenteeth, a tale of fae, folklore, and found family, narrated by a charismatic lake-dwelling monster with a voice unlike […]
The Outcast Mage Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. In the glass city of Amoria, magic is everything. And Naila, a student at the city’s legendary academy, is running out of time to […]
Hello February! January has become a month full of joy mixed with a drop of sadness for my family since my father passed six years ago. We have always had a lot of January birthdays in the family, and my dad had one in January as well. But […]
I finished December with 18 ARCs left to be read. January was a great month. There are multiple birthdays amongst my extended family, and within my immediate family, my brother, sister-in-law, and I all have birthday in January. We also remember my father on his birthday, which was […]
Hello! I had a super busy week, but enjoyed some R&R on the weekend. It wasn’t fun, but I finally got around to some chores that I had been neglecting. Although I must admit, it does feel better to not have those tasks hanging over my head, and […]
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues A sweeping look at how the major transformations in history–from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth of capitalism–have been shaped not by humans but by germs According to the accepted narrative of progress, humans have thrived thanks to their […]
A Killing Cold Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. A woman invited to her wealthy fiance’s family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret—and that she’s been there before, by the […]
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: “Deep within a forgotten cave, Sariel’s brother knelt […]
Blacklight Born Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The Grievar War has engulfed the Empire of Kiroth. Silas the Slayer has given voice and violence to his warrior kin, providing them a reason […]
The Lost House Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, death of a loved one (off-page), murder, death of a child, suicide attempt In Melissa Larsen’s The Lost House comes the mesmerizing […]
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