Just when I thought I would never catch up (what a laughable thought, right?) on the 2020 releases, suddenly 2022 is right around the corner and I'm left in a panic. First of all, what the fuck happened to 2021? Second of all, 2022?! Where are the flying cars I was promised? What happened to … Continue reading Upcoming YA, January-March 2022
Author: laurel • the suspected bibliophile
Book Review: Year of the Reaper
Makiia Lucier 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Cas has finally come home, three years after his capture and imprisonment by the enemy. But home no longer looks the same. Everywhere has been ravaged by the Plague that devastated the world, leaving no one untouched by its horrors. The war is over as well, and the king has married the … Continue reading Book Review: Year of the Reaper
“The Hidden Language of Flowers” Easter Eggs
I can't believe it's been a month since Misspelled: Magic Gone Awry was released! I had so much fun participating in the promo events, although not quite as much fun as I had while writing "The Hidden Language of Flowers," my short story included in this wonderful anthology. I did a lot of research for … Continue reading “The Hidden Language of Flowers” Easter Eggs
Top Ten Tuesday: Women in World War II
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. The theme is a freebie, and since today is the … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Women in World War II
Book Review: The Bone Shard Emperor
The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 The Emperor has died, long live the Emperor. But Lin's path to government is not quick or easy—her father's secrets and his self-isolation on Imperial island have strained the bonds between emperor and governors to the breaking point, and without the use of constructs, the Tithe or … Continue reading Book Review: The Bone Shard Emperor
Book Review: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 The Montoya family are used to their mysterious matriarch's ways, but when they all receive invitations to her death day and to receive their inheritances, they reluctantly reassemble and confront Orquídea–but she has few answers to provide. Seven years after her transformation, a strange force begins … Continue reading Book Review: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
December 2021 TBR
It's the last month of the year! 2021 has been...okay, I'm going to save year-end wrap-ups for later. Anywho, I'm sitting pretty comfortably to my super secret squirrel goal of 200 books read for the year. I had previously hit this magical, impossible and improbable number in 2019 and was fairly convinced I'd never reach … Continue reading December 2021 TBR
November 2021 Wrap-Up
November is over! To my fellow writers who partook in the beast that is NaNoWriMo, congratulations! Whether you wrote 50k or not, you wrote words and created worlds from nothing but your imagination, and you did it during a pandemic. I met my NaNo goal (last year was a dumpster fire of a failure for...reasons), … Continue reading November 2021 Wrap-Up
Writing Update
Well, this has been a busy fall for me! I'm kinda participating in NaNoWriMo, in that I'm not on the website or working on a longer piece (although I have started tackling a WIP that's been on my to-write list for a hot minute—no, not Book 3 of the Satura Trilogy), but I am working … Continue reading Writing Update
Gift Ideas for Book Lovers and Writers
Ah yes, the holidays. Where people give gifts to each other, or struggle to find something for the person who has everything. Here are some recommendations for what to maybe purchase for your favorite book lover...and possibly writer. Okay, I'm just going to spoil it right now and tell you what to purchase for the … Continue reading Gift Ideas for Book Lovers and Writers
The Suspected Bibliophile 