The Phoenix Keeper Thank you to Orbit, NetGalley, and Angela Man for providing me with a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Set in a magical zoo teeming with mythical beasts, The Phoenix Keeper is a fierce joy of a cozy fantasy novel with […]
This week’s prompt is planes, trains, and automobiles AKA books featuring travel. It was submitted by Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next, and I get to talk about ten of my favorite books featuring travel in the plot. I love reading books about travel, since it lets me […]
Goddess of the River Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: infanticide, casteism, ableism, sexism, violence, war A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed […]
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 whispers follow me as I walk down […]
Happy Tuesday, and I hope your week is off to a wonderful start! This week’s prompt is favorite books from ten series, and it was submitted by A Hot Cup of Pleasure. I really like this topic, actually, because while I love to read series, there’s always one […]
July is over and we’re into August, which means we’re just a tiny bit closer to autumn starting and this oppressive heat breaking. It’s been really hot on Long Island, and there’s been air quality alerts most days. This isn’t the best kind of weather for asthmatics like […]
Hey everyone, happy Sunday, and happy August! I’m especially happy about this because it means we’re just that much closer to autumn, which is one of my favorite seasons. This week, I want to talk about a topic I like to think I know a few things about, […]
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 Island tracked everything that washed ashore. An […]
I finished June with 29 ARCs left to be read. July was a really tough month for me. The heat has been brutal for me, with my heat intolerance and my POTS (postural orthostatic hypertension syndrome) combining to make it a difficult month to get out and do […]
Strange Folk Thank you to NetGalley, Atria Books, and Zakiya Jamal for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: self-harm/blood magic, blood, addiction, death, violence, neglect, statutory rape (off-page), murder, domestic violence, grief, mention of genocide, gore A woman […]
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