July is over and we’re into August, which means we’re just a tiny bit closer to autumn starting and this oppressive heat breaking. It’s been really hot on Long Island, and there’s been air quality alerts most days. This isn’t the best kind of weather for asthmatics like […]
Hey everyone, happy Sunday, and happy August! I’m especially happy about this because it means we’re just that much closer to autumn, which is one of my favorite seasons. This week, I want to talk about a topic I like to think I know a few things about, […]
I finished June with 29 ARCs left to be read. July was a really tough month for me. The heat has been brutal for me, with my heat intolerance and my POTS (postural orthostatic hypertension syndrome) combining to make it a difficult month to get out and do […]
I think every one of us has read a book and wished that it had more of less of something in it. This week’s prompt is books I wish had more/less [insert your concept here] in them (for example: more/less romance, more/less world building, less info dumping, more/fewer […]
It’s another Sunday, and that means we have another discussion ahead of us. This week I want to discuss creative license. This is when an author intentionally strays from accepted facts to achieve an artistic goal. I’ve encountered this most often in historical fantasy—where the author changes an […]
The Black Bird Oracle Author: Deborah Harkness Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: July 16, 2024 Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Series: All Souls #5 Thank you to libro.fm and Penguin Random House Audio for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. Diana […]
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, […]
The Vicious King Author: Gina L. Maxwell Genre: Fantasy Romance Publication Date: July 15, 2024 Publisher: Gina L. Maxwell, LLC Series: Deviant Kings #3 Thank you to Gina L. Maxwell for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, […]
Castle of the Cursed Author: Romina Garber Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: July 30, 2024 Publisher: Wednesday Books 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, […]
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 […]
