This week’s topic comes from Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next, and it is book titles that would make great newspaper headlines. It’s a great post idea, and I had to really search to come up with titles that fit the prompt. Here are some of the ones […]
October was not my best reading month, but it was a great month otherwise. I went on a vacation with my mom, and we visited Europe. It was my first time there, and we went on a river cruise on the Danube, starting in Germany and going through […]
Wildwood Magic Thank you to Hachette Audio and Jasmine Normil for providing me with an ALC, and to Redhook for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. HERE BE WITCHES AND WAYWARD GIRLS… In a town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains, Rachel […]
Happy Halloween! This week we get a freebie, so I decided to talk about my favorite books featuring witches. It’s tough narrowing them down to just ten, so I’m going to limit myself to more recent reads, or this list will go on forever. Here’s some that I’ve […]
This week’s prompt is atmospheric books, and this is another buzzy word I see used all the time. The Novelry explains this concept as: “A novel feels atmospheric when the setting and the narrative are deeply involved with one another; when characters and plot are physically embedded in their […]
Today’s prompt is dark academia books, and this is such a buzzy topic lately. I feel like everyone loves dark academia both in books and as an overall aesthetic, but what is dark academia really? According to a post by Celadon Books, “these books are moody and mysterious […]
This week’s topic is books with weather events in the title. I figured I’d have a tough time with this one, since I’m struggling to come up with any off the top of my head and will have to dig back through my previously read and TBR lists […]
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth Thank you to NetGalley and Peachtree Teen for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: transphobia, ableism, graphic violence, sexual assault, discussions of forced pregnancy and miscarriage, mentions of suicidal ideation, extensive medical gore […]
Shield Maiden Thank you to Redhook and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: earthquake, blood, trauma, enslavement, ableism, sexual assault, violence, substance use, death of a parent Both epic and intimate, Shield Maiden is the brilliantly […]
I finished August with 22 ARCs left to be read. September was just a hectic and out of control month. I’m traveling a bit in October, so I spent a lot of this month running around trying to handle a lot of stuff. Between medical appointments, hospital visits, […]
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