Women in the Military: WWII

By the time the United States entered the Second World War in December 1941, the war had been raging around the world for over two years...although honestly it had been going a little longer than that. While the war officially started in Europe during the invasion of Poland in September 1939, Asia had been at … Continue reading Women in the Military: WWII →

Book Review: Sweep of the Blade

Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews 🌺🌺🌺/5 After her husband betrayed his clan, landed her and her daughter on a murderous desert planet and got himself kill through sheer stupidity, Maud had decided she was done with vampires once and for all. Until Arland, the handsome Marshall of House Krahr, strode into her life, … Continue reading Book Review: Sweep of the Blade →

Book Review: Foundryside

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Sancia Grado is a thief in the slums of the Commons, but she has a secret: she can hear what objects. Everything and anything, which makes life difficult but her job easy. Until one day she is sent into a warehouse to steal a box, and her entire world … Continue reading Book Review: Foundryside →

Book Review: The Flatshare

The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Trigger Warning: Emotional Abuse, Prison Tiffy and Leon share a flat. They share a bed. Their flat is peppered with notes. But they have never met. I adored this book. So. So. Much. My heart is so full after reading this, and it's probably going to be one of my top … Continue reading Book Review: The Flatshare →

Women in the Military: Pre-1920

Military Monday is a series of posts I've wanted to make for a while, and I plan on doing it during November, which contains my second-favorite holiday of all time, The Marine Corps Birthday (no you ghouls, it's not Veteran's Day—that's horrific) (my first favorite is Halloween). And since I'm exhausted by the never-ending amount … Continue reading Women in the Military: Pre-1920 →

November TBR

It's already November 3rd. I had meant (ha) to post this on November 1st so that I could also post a Scorpio Races quote, but that did not happen. Work has been wildly busy and I closed two nights last week so didn't get home until 10pm. And the mornings I was working on setting … Continue reading November TBR →

October Wrap Up

I love October, and October was a pretty good reading month, all things considered. I went to my first librarian conference and finished a short story...and had two things accepted for publication! One is a kickstarter campaign that launched last month and the other was a novella that had been published earlier this year until … Continue reading October Wrap Up →