I couldn’t resist joining this! Created and organized by @sim_bookstagrams_badly, this readathon both raises awareness and funds of the various legislative actions being taken across the country to strip trans and nonbinary folks’ ability to exist. From the recent banning of drag in Tennessee to Florida’s Don’t Say Gay and Stay WOKE acts to Texas’ anti-trans … Continue reading Trans Rights Readathon (Mar 20-27)
Author: laurel • the suspected bibliophile
Writing News: That Slow Awakening Releases April 11th!
Happy PIE DAY! We have a release date and a cover!!!!!! And ARCs. I also have ARCs. WUuuuuuuuuuut. After so long I'm just flabbergasted that it's here. It's almost a month out. I just found out a week ago and posted it everywhere but here before scurrying into my cave of imposterdom, but I've kinda … Continue reading Writing News: That Slow Awakening Releases April 11th!
March 2023 TBR
This month I have a very ambitious plan, which translates to I did fuck-all in February and am scrambling to make up for not doing anything but reading. I need to finish editing Dark Swan, because ideas for Book 3 are stampeding in and I need to get FOCUSED. And that's pretty much it, along … Continue reading March 2023 TBR
February 2023 Wrap-Up
This was a decent reading month. This was not a decent writing month, however. Aside from writing blog posts and Instagram captions, I wrote nothing creative or fictional. My goal was to finish editing Dark Swan and like, two short stories, but imposter syndrome was high this month. On the plus side, I finally got … Continue reading February 2023 Wrap-Up
Mastiff by Tamora Pierce (Tortall Reread)
"Forgive me, Beka, but you're my best choice," he told me softly. "Dress and pack what you would need for a woods Hunt and a stay of three days...Tell no one where you're bound or who the summons came from, understood?" It's been three years since Beka stopped the colemongering scheme, resulting in a year … Continue reading Mastiff by Tamora Pierce (Tortall Reread)
Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce (2023 Tortall Reread)
This is the second book in the Beka Cooper Trilogy, and the second review my chronological reread of the Tortall series. The review for Terrier (Beka Cooper #1) can be found here. You can find my planned reread schedule and a general overview of the history of young adult literature here. Join me if you … Continue reading Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce (2023 Tortall Reread)
Terrier by Tamora Pierce (2023 Tortall Reread)
Written on my first day of duty. I have this journal that I mean to use as a record of my days in the Provost's Guard. When she was eight years old, Beka Cooper foiled a plot and brought herself to the attention of the Lord Provost, who took her and her family in, raising … Continue reading Terrier by Tamora Pierce (2023 Tortall Reread)
23 And Me: The Books That Made Me, or Another Reading Challenge I Cannot Resist
What is a millennial without nostalgia? Nothing. Nothing at all. Which is why I'm doing this challenge and also rereading Tamora Pierce's Tortall series. I saw this on Mackenzie @ Colour Me Read's post, and I could not resist. This challenge originated with Brooke from @brooks.infinite.books and it's about rereading the books that were super formative … Continue reading 23 And Me: The Books That Made Me, or Another Reading Challenge I Cannot Resist
Top Ten Tuesday: 2023 Debuts I’m Excited For!
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. There are so many debuts releasing this year that I want to … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: 2023 Debuts I’m Excited For!
February 2023 TBR
This month kicks off my Tortall reread! I'm going to start with Beka Cooper, reading Terrier first and then the other two. My goal is to post about each book, and then do a mini wrap-up of the trilogy to both pull my thoughts together and contextualize (yes, so fancy and highfalutin) it within the … Continue reading February 2023 TBR
The Suspected Bibliophile 