Son of the Storm Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. In the city of Bassa, Danso is a clever scholar on the cusp of achieving greatness—only he doesn’t want it. Instead, he prefers […]
This week’s prompt is books on my winter 2023-2024 to-read list and I’m actually kind of excited about this topic for a change. Why is that, you might ask? Because you might have noticed that while I work through an ever-growing backlog of ARCs, my list of pleasure […]
Age of Ash Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Every story matters, and the fate of the city is woven from them all. From New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author Daniel […]
The Hexologists Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. The first book in a wildly inventive and mesmerizing new fantasy series from acclaimed author Josiah Bancroft, where magical mysteries abound and only one team […]
Wrath Becomes Her CONTENT WARNING: antisemitism, genocide, grief, murder, violence, death of a parent, body horror Vera was made for vengeance. Lithuania, 1943. The Nazis have killed Ezra’s daughter. He can’t bring Chaya back from the dead, but he can craft something in her image—a golem, infused with […]
This week’s topic is a freebie, and since Chanukah starts at sundown on Thursday night this year, I figured I would use this week’s post to highlight ten of my favorite Chanukah stories. I figured it works because of the heavy emphasis on Christmas books, and the recent […]
Two Twisted Crowns Thank you to NetGalley, Orbit, and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: self-harm (for magical purposes), suicidal ideation, violence, murder, death of a child In the dark, spellbinding sequel to One Dark Window, […]
I’ve been struggling for the last few months, and this month was another month aboard the struggle bus, both physically and mentally. On top of all that, I’ve been trying to finish up my holiday shopping, since Chanukah starts in less than a week from today! But in […]
Dark Heir Thank you to YA Books Central and Quill Tree Books for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. You can find my YA Books Central review here. “The dark is never truly gone; it only waits for the world to […]
I finished October with 27 ARCs left to be read. As usual for 2023, November was a hectic month. It was physically and emotionally draining for me. Between the state of affairs in the world, and my own physical health, it was exceptionally difficult to focus on much. […]
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