A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 The Scholomance is a school like no other. There are no teachers. There are no vacations. There are no friendships. There are only magical students, locked up to learn to protect themselves against a world that wants to devour their powerful essences. And El is the most deadly … Continue reading Book Review: A Deadly Education
November 2020 TBR
My goal for this month is to finish reading my November ARCs and all my December ARCs. The overall goal is to set myself up for success in January 2021. Let's...pause to admire this foolish venture. I'm going to do my best. This month I will probably not get as much reading done, as work … Continue reading November 2020 TBR
October 2020 Wrap-Up
It's Halloween! I refuse to let 2020 ruin this holiday for me. I am working this weekend (#saturdaylibrarian) and am going in full witch mode because I'm feeling really witchy right now. If you live in the US and can vote—vote. Make your voices heard. Vote in your local, state and national elections. Despite a … Continue reading October 2020 Wrap-Up
Book Review: The Bone Shard Daughter
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 *Pterodactyl screech* Everyone needs to read this book! Everyone! Read it! Read it! Read it! The Emperor's magic has kept the empire together for decades, and his magical constructs—and their deadly secrets—keep the people subdued and docile. Lin, the emperor's daughter and former heir, is determined to … Continue reading Book Review: The Bone Shard Daughter
Top Ten Tuesday: What’s Up, Witches? (Halloween Freebie)
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. That's right, Halloween (aka the best holiday ever) is right … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: What’s Up, Witches? (Halloween Freebie)
Book Review: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix 🌺🌺🌺/5 It's a 1983 that's kinda different from actual 1983, but not by much? Either way, Susan Arkshaw is off to London to find her father, who she has never met. After her first lead goes way south, she stumbles into Merlin, a left-handed bookseller who topples … Continue reading Book Review: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Book Review: Ring Shout
Ring Shout by P. Djèlà Clark 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 The Klan has a plan to unleash more evil onto the earth, but luckily, Maryse Boudreaux has a magic sword and murder in her heart. She's out to stop the Klan and their monstrous Ku Kluxes, any way she can. Even if she has to travel to other … Continue reading Book Review: Ring Shout
Two Mini Audiobook Reviews
Long time, no post. I'll be honest (not that anyone would know otherwise). I've been swamped at work and have been coming home absolutely mentally drained to the point where I just want to crawl into bed and stay in darkened silence for about a thousand years. I've had about four nights of good sleep … Continue reading Two Mini Audiobook Reviews
Top Ten Tuesday: Super Long Book Titles
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. Ruh row. I don't have a lot of books with … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Super Long Book Titles
It’s National Coming Out Day!
Still recovering from my in-law invasion (love them, but they are best served in small doses) so I haven't written much and my back-log of book reviews is once again reaching towering heights (*whispers* November 9 flame rant, I will get to you). BUT today is National Coming Out Day, and I am finishing editing … Continue reading It’s National Coming Out Day!
The Suspected Bibliophile 