The Vanishing Bookstore Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. ‘Every story needs a happy ending. And you can’t have yours until you find the bookstore.’ 1692. On the outskirts of Salem, a bookstore […]
Grave Importance Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Oasis Natrun: an exclusive, secret luxury health spa for mummies, in the French countryside, equipped with the latest in therapeutic innovations both magical and medical. […]
A Tide of Black Steel Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: murder, blood, gore, violence, enslavement From the international bestselling author Anthony Ryan comes the spectacular first novel in a new […]
Breath of the Dragon Thank you to NetGalley, Wednesday Books, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with ARCs of this ebook and audiobook in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, gore, murder, death of a parent (off-page) The first novel in a sweeping YA fantasy duology […]
The Forbidden Book Thank you to NetGalley and Levine Querido for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Dybbuks. Illegal printing. A genderqueer lesbian with a knife. Set against a backdrop of literary censorship and growing Jewish political consciousness, Sydney Taylor and […]
Hi all! This week’s prompt coincides with Christmas Eve, and I’m obviously going to have to tweak the prompt because Santa doesn’t bring me anything. However, this week’s prompt is getting readjusted to books my family won’t buy me for Chanukah. I am going to go the extra […]
The Shadowed Land Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. This “can’t-miss historical epic” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author) reimagines the legends of King Arthur by resurrecting the real historical figures who inspired […]
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: “Two strangers arrived on a mid-autumn morning, as […]
Relics of Ruin Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. 5 stars CONTENT WARNING: blood, gore, murder, violence FROM A RISING STAR IN EPIC FANTASY COMES THE CAPTIVATING SECOND NOVEL IN A TRILOGY FEATURING […]
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 […]
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