This week’s prompt was submitted by Angela @ Reading Frenzy and it’s such a great one. I’m going to talk about ten debut novels I enjoyed, meaning the first published book by an author. It is going to make me think a little harder than I would normally, […]
Bitter Waters Thank you to NetGalley, Orbit, and Angela Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A witty, charming standalone novella starring Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, who must get to the bottom of a mystery involving a newly […]
Castle of the Cursed Thank you to NetGalley, Wednesday Books, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, death of parents, trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, mutism, suicide attempt, bullying, violence, murder A delicious and dark […]
Welcome to today’s Top Ten Tuesday, where the prompt is a Throwback Freebie! I’m doing a lot of reflecting on the year so far, now that we’re more than halfway through the dumpster fire of a year that we’ve had. Sorry, I had to throw that in there, […]
House of Glass Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: murder, ableism, infidelity, addiction, death of a parent, trauma, grief On the outside they were the golden family […]
June turned out to be a really enjoyable month for me, making this the best start to a summer that I’ve had in a really long time. I’ve continued attending physical therapy for my shoulder, and I’m not only feeling better than I was even before the surgery, […]
I finished May with 24 ARCs left to be read. We’ve only just gotten through June, and it is already hot. It feels like I’ve been doing stuff every weekend, which has been really fun. But I seriously struggle with the heat, so I’ve been having a pretty […]
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: First Lines: “Does “falling in love” imply that you fall […]
Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this book and audiobook in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: child abuse, alcoholism, animal abuse, parental abandonment, suicide attempt, domestic violence, murder, trauma […]
There have been so many amazing books that were released in the first half of 2024, and it looks like the second half of 2024 has some pretty exciting books in store for readers. Which is really good news for readers, but bad news for our pockets. Since […]
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