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 […]
A Crown So Silver Author: Lyra Selene Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: January 23, 2025 Publisher: Orbit Series: Fair Folk #2 Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The second installment of Lyra Selene’s international […]
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 don’t know how it is where you live, but in New York it feels like spring is almost here. We’ve been getting a lot of rain (April showers!) and the trees and bushes and flowers are all starting to show signs of life. I’m already in a […]
I finished February with 17 ARCs left to be read. For such a short month, February felt like it was about eleventy billion days long. March was probably one of my most stressful months in a long time, and I’ve dived back into reading and using it as […]
Happy Tuesday! This week started off with a bang for me. Mom was in the hospital over the weekend, but she’s home now and doing a lot better. So while I was able to just relax and put my foot up to ice and rest it, I was […]
The Knight and the Moth Author: Rachel Gillig Genre: Fantasy/Romantasy Publication Date: May 20, 2025 Publisher: Orbit Series: The Stonewater Kingdom #1 Thank you to Orbit and Oliver Wehner for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. From BookTok sensation and NYT […]
This has been a rough week and an even rougher weekend, as I’m still trying to adjust to being unable to do anything close to what I was able to before. Over the weekend, my mother got sick, and has been feeling rotten. I have been trying my […]
Happy Tuesday, and I hope your week is off to a wonderful start. The weather outside has been beautiful in the last day—maybe to make up for all the cold weather and snow? Whatever it is, I’m not complaining. It is so pretty to go outside and see […]
Swordheart Author: T. Kingfisher Genre: Romantasy Publication Date: February 25, 2025 Publisher: Bramble Series: The World of the White Rat Thank you to Netgalley and Bramble for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly […]