The God of the Woods When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that […]
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: “Months later, when the dog was gone too, […]
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: “Late sixth century, Nasca Valley, Atacama Desert, western […]
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: “‘What am I going to do with you?’ […]
A Constellation of Minor Bears Thank you to HarperCollins, Heartdrum, and Jenny Lu for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Before that awful Saturday, Molly used to be inseparable from her brother, Hank, and his best friend, Tray. The indoor climbing […]
Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: anxiety, on-page panic attack, antisemitism, racism, mention of death of a parent, xenophobia, homophobia Benji Zeb […]
What’s Not Mine Thank you to libro.fm and ECW Press for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. For fans of Miriam Toews, an absorbing, darkly funny story of family, addiction, and survival. The summer Bria Powers turns 16 is […]
This week’s prompt is all about going to my bookshelves (which I recently organized beautifully), and closing my eyes, touching ten random books, and telling you what they are and what I think about them. It’s a good mix of books I’ve read and books I have been […]
Sizzle Reel Thank you to NetGalley and Vintage for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: biphobia, homophobia, public outing, misgendering For aspiring cinematographer Luna Roth, coming out as bisexual at twenty-four is proving more difficult than she anticipated. […]
The Magician’s Daughter Thank you to Redhook and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: mention of torture, murder, PTSD From the author of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep and the Shadow Histories duology comes a […]
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