Add on Goodreads ***Thank you to Netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.*** “What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?” France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. [...]
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Book Review: “Bonds of Brass” by Emily Skrutskie (ARC)
***Thank you to Netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.*** “With him at my side, we’ll always fly true.” A young pilot risks everything to save his best friend— the man he trusts most and might even love— only to learn that he's secretly the heir to a brutal galactic empire. [...]
Show & Tell Without the Showing: A Review of “Prince of Air and Darkness” by M.A. Grant
Official Summary The only human student at Mather’s School of Magick, Phineas Smith has a target on his back. Born with the rare ability to tap into unlimited magick, he finds both Faerie Courts want his allegiance—and will do anything to get it. They don’t realize he can’t levitate a feather, much less defend the [...]
Top 5 Wednesday: Top of Your TBR (AKA The ARCs I Need to Read and Review)
If I’ve noticed anything about myself, it’s that I’m terrible at sticking to TBRs. I’m a mood reader, so I tend to view TBRs as books I want to get to at some point, rather than a solid plan. Occasionally I can stick to a monthly TBR, but even that can be difficult. Honestly, the [...]
December 2018 Wrap-Up
New year, new content! But first, I have one more loose end I have to tie off before I leave 2018 behind for good. I’ve got to tell you about all the books I read in December. During the final month of 2018, I read four short stories, two short story anthologies, five novels, and [...]
Books I DNF-ed in 2018
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve gotten better about not forcing myself to read books I’m not enjoying. Why waste time and energy on a book that sucks? However, I’ve also gotten a lot better at choosing books that fit my interests. That has lessened my need to DNF books. In fact, I only had to [...]
November 2018 Wrap-Up
After the jam-packed reading month that was October, it was almost a guarantee this month would be a backslide. The good news is, it wasn’t terrible. I read five books and the content was decent overall. I even managed to read two books from my TBR for the rest of the year. I also got [...]
‘Cause This Is (Not a) Thriller: A Review of “A Danger to Herself and Others” by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
Official Summary: Four walls. One window. No way to escape. Hannah knows there's been a mistake. She didn't need to be institutionalized. What happened to her roommate at her summer program was an accident. As soon as the doctors and judge figure out that she isn't a danger to herself or others, she can go [...]
Top 5 Wednesday: Books I Want to Read Before 2019
It seems like every time I make a TBR for the year (however large or small), I fall short of that goal. After all, I made one of these posts in January and failed miserably in following through. I’ve read a total of one (1) book on that list. Whoops. Hopefully I can do better [...]
Seeing Double: A Review of “Mirage” by Somaiya Daud
Official Summary: In a star system dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry like the old-world poems she adores; she dreams of receiving a sign from Dihya that one day, she, too, will have adventure, and [...]
Strange Storyteller 