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 […]
A Dark and Secret Magic Thank you to NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. A warm, spellbinding tale about a witch and the secrets her coven has been keeping from her, with echoes of the […]
Dreadful Company Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. PARIS IS A MOVABLE FEAST—ESPECIALLY FOR THE UNDEAD. When Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, is unexpectedly called to Paris to present at a medical […]
Strange Practice Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. MEET GRETA HELSING, DOCTOR TO THE UNDEAD. Dr. Greta Helsing has inherited the family’s highly specialized, and highly peculiar, medical practice. She treats the undead […]
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