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: “I’ve been on this spirituality, self-help journey for […]
Hi from sunny Florida, and happy Tuesday to you all. I’m still on vacation, but looking forward to spending Thanksgiving with my nephews and their families. Also, I’m aware that the origins of the holiday were whitewashed for American schoolchildren, but my family has always just used the […]
I Made It Out of Clay Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Audio for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, death of a parent (off-page), antisemitism, violence In this darkly funny and surprisingly sweet novel, a woman […]
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 […]
Hex and Hexability Thank you to NetGalley and One More Chapter for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Bridgerton meets The Ex Hex this witchy season with this oh so spicy romantasy Regency romcom!’ Do you want to see what […]
The Legacy of Arniston House Thank you to NetGalley, Tor Books, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this book (and audiobook) in exchange for an honest review. Ghostalker and magician Ropa Moyo returns in this spellbinding fourth instalment of the Edinburgh Nights series by […]
The Black Hunger Thank you to Redhook, Orbit, and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: homophobia, antisemitism, violence, child physical abuse, class privilege, mental illness, racism, colonialism John Sackville will soon be dead. Shadows writhe in […]
Buried Deep and Other Stories Thank you to NetGalley and Del Rey for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A thrilling collection of thirteen short stories that span the worlds of the New York Times bestselling author of the Scholomance […]
This week’s prompt was submitted by Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next and Hopewell’s Public Library of Life, and it’s a really good one. The topic is books involving food that are not cookbooks. I happen to love cozy mysteries, and they’re nearly always centered in a restaurant […]
These Deathless Shores Thank you to NetGalley, Orbit, and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: addiction, violence, blood, self-harm, anxiety, panic attacks, disordered eating Jordan was once a Lost Boy, convinced she would never grow up. […]
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