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: “Green died and then he didn’t.” I usually […]
And just like that, the first month of 2026 is done. Meanwhile, I’m still slipping up and writing 2025 on paperwork. January was a whirlwind of a month. After a low-key New Years with my mother, I was feeling pretty good about what this year has in store […]
How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days Thank you to Orbit for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days is a comfort read fantasy romance between a halfling and a goblin: imagine a classic […]
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 client was too focused on Gloria to […]
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 problem with mushrooms, Pansy decided, half-squatting in […]
A Charming Touch of Tarot Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Four friends discover that their new magical skills may not be enough to save them from a stalker hell-bent on turning their […]
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 […]
Wow, this week’s prompt is a really great one, and it’s all about my top ten new-to-me authors I discovered in 2024. While I love reading books by the authors I love, I’ve also encountered some really great authors that I hadn’t read anything by. So I am […]
The weather is cold, the days are short, and if you’re lucky, you’ve already seen some snow this year. While I wait for the snow to come to metro NY, it’s time to revisit my seasonal TBR. I always see people discussing their prior progress on the seasonal […]
Sorcery and Small Magics Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Desperate to undo the curse binding them to each other, an impulsive sorcerer and his curmudgeonly rival venture deep into a magical forest […]
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