Hello everyone! I am back at home and settling into my usual routine, but I couldn’t resist today’s prompt, books to read during a storm, which came from Astilbe @ Long and Short Reviews. This topic is intentionally broad – they can be cozy or comfort reads, books […]
Happy December! November was a really fun month for me—I was so excited to finally take a vacation and refresh my spirit. I hadn’t realized exactly how burnt out I was becoming until I had a break from my regular life. I’ll be returning home this week, and […]
I finished October with 21 ARCs left to be read. November was a whirlwind of a month. I started it in New York, and flew down to Florida to spend Thanksgiving with my family members, and go to my youngest great-nephew’s fourth birthday party. I also got to […]
Booked for Murder Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: arson, murder, religious intolerance, misogyny In this atmospheric Southern cozy debut, Madeline Brimley returns to the bookstore she inherited, discovering that […]
The Business Trip Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with ARCs of the book and audiobook in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: emotional and physical abuse, rape, child emotional abuse and neglect, transphobia, misogyny, racism, sexual harassment, murder THE […]
Hi from sunny Florida, and happy Tuesday to you all. I’m still on vacation, but looking forward to spending Thanksgiving with my nephews and their families. Also, I’m aware that the origins of the holiday were whitewashed for American schoolchildren, but my family has always just used the […]
Eight Very Bad Nights Thank you to NetGalley and Recorded Books for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. The perfect holiday gift for the crime fiction lover in your life! Curated by New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of twelve […]
Hi, I’m back and I have actually read the list of prompts correctly this week. The prompt is destination titles, book titles with the name of a place in them. This idea originally came from Rachel @ Sunny Side, and it’s a fun topic, even if it is […]
The Black Hunger Thank you to Redhook, Orbit, and Angela Man for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: homophobia, antisemitism, violence, child physical abuse, class privilege, mental illness, racism, colonialism John Sackville will soon be dead. Shadows writhe in […]
I finished September with 27 ARCs left to be read. I started doing this monthly feature a while ago, and it really helps me keep track of how I’m doing with my ARCs. Every month, I type this out, and it really hit me today that this is […]
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