I finished October with 20 ARCs left to be read. Is it just me, or did November feel like it lasted eleventy billion days? The month started out warm and cooled off a lot more, even having some frosty nights and one day of flurries but no actual […]
Bitter Honey Author: Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: May 15, 2025 Publisher: William Morrow Two women. Four decades. A lifetime of secrets. 1978: A scholarship draws Nancy from Gambia’s warmth into Sweden’s winter. When her friendship with charismatic scholar Lars blossoms into something more, she […]
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 have managed to amass so many books that I am really excited for this post. It isn’t going to take a lot of thinking back through lists of books that I have read and only vaguely recall. This week’s prompt is the first ten books I randomly […]
October went by in what felt like the blink of an eye, even though it wound up being more of a slower paced month. The month was a fun one, with a few birthdays and some holidays. For my family, it started out busy and slowed as the […]
I finished September with 15 ARCs left to be read. I’m shocked at how quickly October flew by. I love the colder temps, the crunching of leaves, even walking outside and noticing the smell of woodsmoke in the air. So much happened during the month, from having my […]
I can’t believe how fast October has gone by! It’s already the last week of the month, and today’s prompt is a Halloween Freebie, so I decided to lean towards my favorite type of spooky season books to read featuring witches. I’m going to try to include a […]
The Gendarme Author: Mark Mustian Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: September 2, 2010 Publisher: Berkley Books What would you do if the love of your life, and all your memories, were lost- only to reappear, but with such shocking revelations that you wish you had never remembered… Emmett […]
Bog Queen Author: Anna North Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: October 14, 2025 Publisher: Bloomsbury Thank you to libro.fm for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. The story of an anthropologist’s monumental discovery and the clash of civilizations it […]
Hello, October! September was a busy month for me with the Jewish holidays, which required a lot of prep work. Luckily, I managed to get it all done with Mom’s help, and the holidays were really nice. My sister even flew in to be with us, and to […]
