Monthly Wrap Up April 2025
April was a very hectic month for me. I started out the month on the couch during the days, so that I could be close to my mother. Since I live with her, I am often the one who does a lot of helping around the house as […]
State Of The ARC #50
I finished March with 14 ARCs left to be read. I can only speak for myself, but April was a hot mess of a month over here. For the first half of the month, my mother was dealing with medical issues which are thankfully being addressed and treated. […]
Blood On Her Tongue By Johanna Van Veen
Blood on Her Tongue Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. “I’m in your blood, and you are in mine…” The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy’s twin sister Sarah is unwell. She refuses to eat, mumbles […]
First Lines Fridays: March 28, 2025
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: “My twin my darling my LUCY All is […]
TTT – Books, Take Me Away!
As an avid reader of both fantasy and historical fiction, today’s topic is an idea one. I’m going to be discussing books set in another time, and to further challenge myself, I want to include more than just fantasy and historical fiction reads. Here are some of my […]
The Black Hunger By Nicholas Pullen
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 […]
TTT – Halloween Freebie
Hello everyone! This week is a Halloween freebie and I’m really excited to see what everyone’s creative brains came up with. I’m going to focus my list on the spooky and even slightly scary books that I’m hoping to read this autumn. Here’s what I’ve got lined up: […]
State Of The ARC #41
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 […]
TTT – Books I Was Super Excited To Get My Hands On But Still Haven’t Read
So far, I’ve had a bang-up year for getting my hands on books. Reading them, however, is a completely different activity. This week’s prompt actually feels like it was made for me, since it is about books I was super excited to get my hands on but still […]
TTT – Authors I’d Love A New Book From
I’m really excited for this week’s prompt, which is authors I’d love a new book from. Jana explains that these could be authors that have passed away, who have retired from writing, who have inexplicably gone quiet, or who might just not be able to keep up with […]
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