City of Others Author: Jared Poon Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: January 13, 2026 Publisher: Orbit Series: The DEUS Files #1 Thank you to Orbit for sending me an ARC of this book (and audiobook) in exchange for an honest review. In the sunny city of Singapore, the government […]
Warrior Girl Unearthed Author: Angeline Boulley Genre: YA Mystery Publication Date: May 2, 2023 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Series: Firekeeper’s Daughter #2 Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that was entirely not her fault, she’s stuck working to pay back her […]
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 […]
The Lost House Author: Melissa Larsen Genre: Mystery Publication Date: January 14, 2025 Publisher: Minotaur Books 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, […]
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 […]
I finished April with 22 ARCs left to be read. Hello June! While summer is my least favorite season, the month starts out strong with some nice celebrations in my family—a birthday and an anniversary, and I already know that my group of friends is going to plan […]
I’m really excited for this week’s prompt, which is authors I’d love a new book from. Jana explains that these could be authors that have passed away, who have retired from writing, who have inexplicably gone quiet, or who might just not be able to keep up with […]
The Sins on Their Bones Author: Laura R. Samotin Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: May 7, 2024 Publisher: Random House Canada Thank you to NetGalley, Wunderkind PR, and Sydney McKay for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: intimate partner violence […]
This week’s prompt is cinnamon roll characters, but since I missed last week, I want to revisit that prompt instead. It’s about mental health representation which I think is so important to have in books, and unfortunately, has been less than stellar. Mental health is a topic that […]
Happy Pride Month! I love books involving queer characters, and I love them most when they are OwnVoices books. I’ve read quite a few of these, and naturally, there’s a ton on my TBR. Here are some of my recent favorites: We Cry for Blood by Devin Madson […]
