This week’s prompt is a freebie, so I’m going to talk about some books I’ve read recently that are definitely underrated. Every so often I come across a book that is fantastic, but I’ve never heard about before. It feels like the same book are always hyped on […]
The Wind Knows My Name Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: antisemitism, death, suicide, violence, depiction of Kristallnacht and a pogrom, mention of rape, discussion of genocide, racist microaggressions, mention […]
I haven’t been blogging for nearly as long as TTT has been going, so this rewind gives me the time to revisit previous topics that I never got the chance to do. This week I’m going to talk about gateway books. Have you ever read the kind of […]
The Witching Hour From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge, hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult through four centuries. Demonstrating, once again, her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of witches—a […]
I love posts like this, because my exposure to authors changes regularly, and my list of auto-buy authors expands pretty often. Authors who write such amazing books that I just need to own them without even knowing anything about the book beforehand include: Who are your auto-buy authors?
Lone Women Thank you to NetGalley and One World for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: death of a parent, blood, murder, racism, mention of ableism, mention of bullying, violence, gore, grief, homophobia, transphobia Blue skies, empty land—and […]
March has arrived, and I’m actually a little disappointed! Hang on, let me explain. In my part of New York, we barely got any winter. I was able to walk around in short sleeves for half of the winter, we got a few cold weeks, and we had […]
The Golem and the Jinni CONTENT WARNING: violence, death, grief, murder, enslavement, miscarriage, death of a parent, suicide Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a strange man who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire, […]
The Family Morfawitz Thank you to Goodreads and Blackstone Publishing for sending me a copy of this book. I am providing my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: violence, rape, parental abandonment, antisemitism, Holocaust imagery, murder, suicide, incest, death of a child From acclaimed author Daniel H. Turtel, winner […]
His Thousand Romances Thank you to Jasmine Lawi for sending me a copy of this book. I am providing my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: violence, blood, murder, gore Yonder across, two baby angels shout, “Ease thy nature!” and he listened. Massimo doesn’t always obey will and grace. […]
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