June has had some ups and downs, but I’m glad to be a month closer to the end of summer. I don’t like the heat or being sunburned, which is what often happens when I spend more than a little time outside in the warmer months. Also, I’m […]
Tonight, I Bleed Author: Katharine J. Adams Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: April 8, 2025 Publisher: Orbit Series: The Witches of Halstett #2 Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A WITCH STANDS FACE-TO-FACE WITH […]
The Forbidden Book Author: Sacha Lamb Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: October 1, 2024 Publisher: Levine Querido Thank you to NetGalley and Levine Querido for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Dybbuks. Illegal printing. A genderqueer lesbian with a knife. Set […]
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 almost always wear dark, muted colors, but when I think of my favorite color, the one that comes to mind is purple. There’s so many variations on this one color, and I’m really glad to say that I think there are ten books that I loved that […]
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 […]
This week’s topic was submitted by Rissa, and it’s mainstream popular authors that I still have not read. Whoo boy, get ready, because I feel like there are so many mainstream popular authors that I haven’t read yet. Here’s just a few: Jay Kristoff. Let’s start the list […]
The Midnight Kingdom Author: Tara Sim Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: August 22, 2023 Publisher: Orbit Series: The Dark Gods #2 Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: gore, blood, violence, death, grief, […]
A Shadow Crown Author: Melissa Blair Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: May 9, 2023 Publisher: Union Square & Co. Series: The Halfling Saga #2 Thank you to Union Square and Co. and Jenny Lu for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT […]
I finished May with 17 ARCs left to be read. I was originally planning to make some serious progress on my ARCs in June, but things got super busy in June. I ended up going to two fairs with friends, went to my nephew’s high school graduation, and […]
