A Mother’s Guide to the Apocalypse Thank you to Redhook, Oliver Wehner, and Oriel Voegele for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. If you knew the world was ending, how far would you go to protect the people you love? How […]
Wow, is it Tuesday already? It feels like the last week just flew by. Maybe that’s what happens when you get busy. Due to last minute cancellations, we had two glorious days midweek to rest, make phone calls, and follow up on the things we can’t get to […]
The Mercy Makers Thank you to Orbit for sending me a copy of this book and audiobook in exchange for an honest review. SHE WAS ALWAYS DESTINED TO BREAK THE WORLD. A talented heretic must decide between the pursuit of forbidden magic or the ecstasy of forbidden love, […]
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: “The twisted branches flash past, swift as shadows, […]
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls. Some managed to escape. Many are still missing. A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband—these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. A girl who works […]
Hello, and welcome back to another week of my favorite top ten lists. Even though I’ve been busier than ever with life stuff, I’ve gotten better with balancing out scheduling, and Mom and I have been compromising to work together more efficiently. We’ve both agreed that having one […]
Hemlock and Silver Thank you to NetGalley, Tor Books, and Macmillan Audio for providing me an ARC of the ebook and audiobook in exchange for an honest review. From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Hemlock & Silver, a dark reimagining of “Snow […]
Joy Moody Is Out of Time Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Macmillan Audio for providing me ARCs of this book in exchange for an honest review. From the author of the beloved novel Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder comes another quirky and irresistible new crime novel […]
The Witch’s Orchard Thank you to NetGalley, Minotaur Books, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this book (and audiobook) in exchange for an honest review. A ninth generation Appalachian herself, Archer Sullivan brings the mountains of North Carolina to life in The Witch’s Orchard, […]
Hey y’all! I’m really proud of this last week, since I’ve been posting more consistently again and found more of a balance between my needs and those of others. I even scheduled a bunch of posts in advance so I had the time to devote to taking care […]
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