The Bookstore Keepers Thank you to NetGalley, Brilliance Publishing, and Amazon Original Stories for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. The Gibson sisters weren’t expecting to speak to each other ever again after Isabel ran off to New York and […]
Good Dirt Thank you to Ballantine Books and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from […]
Babylonia Thank you to NetGalley and Recorded Books for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient history, as Casati reimagines the rise to power of the Assyrian empire’s […]
A Killing Cold Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. A woman invited to her wealthy fiance’s family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret—and that she’s been there before, by the […]
The Lost House Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, death of a loved one (off-page), murder, death of a child, suicide attempt In Melissa Larsen’s The Lost House comes the mesmerizing […]
Beautiful Ugly Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an audiobook ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage. . . . . . […]
The Empress Thank you to NetGalley and Bloom Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. He’s a ruthless, battle-scarred warrior with a dark past, and she’s stuck pretending to be his wife to save a fantasy kingdom. From New York […]
Ooof, and we’re back to work. This week’s prompt is most anticipated books releasing in the first half of 2025, and I must admit that I haven’t really stayed on top of upcoming books unless they come across my radar on social media. In the last couple of […]
The Vanishing Bookstore Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. ‘Every story needs a happy ending. And you can’t have yours until you find the bookstore.’ 1692. On the outskirts of Salem, a bookstore […]
As the first bookish discussion post of 2025, I want to talk about ARCs. As book bloggers, this is something that comes up for so many of us, and it dominates a lot of my reading. Here’s some subtopics to consider: Feel free to get creative—tell me what […]
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