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. […]
Hello from the house of (literal) pain. I’m trying really hard to be upbeat. After spending the last two weeks in a subclinical flare of ulcerative colitis, things got a little worse and I spent a week where I was so sick that I could barely do anything […]
It has been a super busy week in my world, so packed full of appointments and other non-fun, grown-up activities that seven whole days got away from me without getting much else done. The one highlight of this past week has been attending a baby shower for my […]
Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, and if you celebrated holidays, I hope they were nice and low-stress. We had a nice, laid back end to Passover, and started the week off nicely. Maybe it’s because we didn’t have to do all the cooking we […]
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: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your […]
The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem Author: Sarit Yishai-Levi Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: April 5, 2016 Publisher: Thomas Dunne The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a dazzling novel of mothers and daughters, stories told and untold, and the binds that tie four generations of women. Gabriela’s mother Luna is […]
Blood on Her Tongue Author: Johanna van Veen Genre: Horror Publication Date: March 25, 2025 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press 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 […]
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: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your […]
I finished February with 17 ARCs left to be read. For such a short month, February felt like it was about eleventy billion days long. March was probably one of my most stressful months in a long time, and I’ve dived back into reading and using it as […]
Saltwater Author: Katy Hays Genre: Mystery Publication Date: March 25, 2025 Publisher: Ballantine Books Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. In 1992 Sarah Lingate is found dead below the cliffs of Capri, […]
