This week’s prompt is all about going to my bookshelves (which I recently organized beautifully), and closing my eyes, touching ten random books, and telling you what they are and what I think about them. It’s a good mix of books I’ve read and books I have been […]
Out of the Mirror, Darkness Author: Garth Nix Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: November 15, 2022 Publisher: Amazon Original Stories Series: Into Shadow #7 CONTENT WARNING: mention of addiction, allusion to abortion, allusion to homophobia A cynical “fixer” for a silent-film studio must confront the shadows behind the bright […]
The Candles Are Burning Author: Veronica G. Henry Genre: Horror Publication Date: November 15, 2022 Publisher: Amazon Original Stories Series: Into Shadow #6 CONTENT WARNING: death, grief, violence, suicide Amid the modern trappings of 1950s Savannah, an ancient evil threatens a young widow and her daughter in this […]
Kantika Author: Elizabeth Graver Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: April 18, 2023 Publisher: Metropolitan Books Thank you to NetGalley and Metropolitan Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, […]
The Last Russian Doll Author: Kristen Loesch Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: March 14, 2023 Publisher: Berkley CONTENT WARNING: murder, death of children, blood, alcoholism, death of a parent, child abuse, violence, miscarriage, starvation, gore, death, bullying, suicide A haunting, epic novel about betrayal, revenge, and redemption that […]
This week’s topic is all about indie/self-published books, and it was submitted by Nicole @ BookWyrm Knits. Unfortunately, it’s a tough prompt for me. As a disabled person who doesn’t have a lot of income, I rely on the library, NetGalley, and ARCs from a publisher for the […]
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 Author: Isabel Allende Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: June 6, 2023 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. CONTENT WARNING: antisemitism, death, suicide, violence, depiction […]
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 Author: Anne Rice Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: October 13, 2015 Publisher: Random House Audio Series: Lives of the Mayfair Witches #1 From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge, hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult through four centuries. Demonstrating, once again, […]
