Before I start talking about the books on my Spring TBR, I want to check in on the books I had listed on my winter TBR. The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford ❌ Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian ✅ The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi ❌ Bone Weaver […]
The Cartographers Author: Amy Zhang Genre: YA Contemporary Publication Date: January 31, 2023 Publisher: HarperCollins Thank you YA Books Central and HarperCollins for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. You can find my YA Books Central review here. CONTENT WARNING: suicidal […]
The Bone Shard Daughter Author: Andrea Stewart Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: September 8, 2020 Publisher: Orbit Series: The Drowning Empire #1 CONTENT WARNING: blood, death, grief, violence, abuse, gore, murder The emperor’s reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that […]
I love posts like this, because my exposure to authors changes regularly, and my list of auto-buy authors expands pretty often. Authors who write such amazing books that I just need to own them without even knowing anything about the book beforehand include: Gina L. Maxwell — anything […]
Lone Women Author: Victor LaValle Genre: Horror Publication Date: March 28, 2023 Publisher: One World Thank you to NetGalley and One World for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: death of a parent, blood, murder, racism, mention of […]
The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers Author: Adam Sass Genre: YA Romance Publication Date: September 20, 2022 Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Thank you to YA Books Central and Viking Books for Young Readers for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest […]
This week, the prompt was a genre freebie and I decided to do something completely out of character. I’ve always been a fiction reader through and through, and only read nonfiction when I absolutely had to, like when it was assigned for classes. But last year, I decided […]
I guess we’re sticking with the girl power theme this week. After posting about books featuring female friendships on Tuesday, now I get to talk about some of my favorite book heroines! There’s a lot to choose from, but here are some I can think of off the […]
The Wife Before Author: Shanora Williams Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: June 28, 2022 Publisher: Kensington CONTENT WARNING: violence, mention of parental abandonment, mention of death of a parent, blood, molestation, suicide, murder, mention of addiction, abusive relationship Samira Wilder has never had it easy, and when her latest […]
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it makes sense that today’s post would be all about romance books. And here’s my confession: I only started reading romance recently. Why? Well, when I was young, there weren’t any YA books. We just kind of jumped from picture books […]
