World Departed by Sarah Lyons Fleming 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Trigger Warning: graphic death, drug abuse The night before her twentieth anniversary, Rose Winters catches her husband using. Again. It's the last straw, but she's got a party to plan, kids to feed and now...a zombie apocalypse happening right at her doorstep. And a missing husband. Rose has … Continue reading Book Review: World Departed
Book Review: Goldilocks
Goldilocks by Laura Lam 🌺🌺🌺.5/5 Women had been ushered out of the workplace, so subtly that few noticed until it was too late. In the near future, climate change has wrecked such havoc on Earth that humanity will probably cease to exist within the next thirty years. But there is potential salvation—in a goldilocks planet … Continue reading Book Review: Goldilocks
Top Ten Tuesday: The Last 10 Books I Abandoned
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. As a fan of DNFing what doesn't bring me joy, … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: The Last 10 Books I Abandoned
Book Review: Girl Gone Viral
Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Trigger Warning: Emotionally abusive parent, internet doxxing, PTSD Reclusive former-model Katrina King's world goes from low-key lusting after her longterm bodyguard to being the second half of a viral live-tweet relationship—a relationship that was completely made up. Terrified of being outed, Katrina flees into the country with Jas, … Continue reading Book Review: Girl Gone Viral
One Year Blogiversary!
I can't believe it's been a year since I started this blog! Okay, technically I published the website in April and had a random post of "I'm here!" or something, but my first review was a year ago today. The Luminous Dead And this will be my 195th post, which is...quite a lot more than … Continue reading One Year Blogiversary!
Three Audiobook Biographies!
Wait—biographies? Yes, apparently I'm a person who now reads—um, listens to—biographies. Who knew? Anywho, the first is one that has been on my TBR for a while, while the other two are more recent publications. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whoreAnd a Scotsman, dropped in the … Continue reading Three Audiobook Biographies!
Book Review: The Silence of Bones
The Silence of Bones by June Hur 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 I have a mouth, but I mustn't speak;Ears, but I mustn't hear;Eyes, but I mustn't see. Sixteen year-old Seol has been indentured to the police bureau for one generation. She'll be 41 when she's finally released, and after a failed escape that leaves her branded, she's nearly … Continue reading Book Review: The Silence of Bones
Book Review: Furiously Happy
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 “There will be moments when you have to be a grown-up. Those moments are tricks. Do not fall for them.” I don't normally read memoirs, but this was hysterically funny. I laughed so hard in some places that I peed a little. TMI? Or just in the spirit of … Continue reading Book Review: Furiously Happy
May 2020 TBR
ARC April was pretty successful, and the unfortunate delay in publication dates for many of my May releases means that I can have another themed month! Sapphic May! It's gonna be gay (sorry not sorry) That's right, this month is dedicated to reading books about sapphic women. Bi, lesbian, cis, trans, romance or not, I … Continue reading May 2020 TBR
April 2020 Wrap-Up
April is over already! It felt like it both dragged and flew by, which is um, conflicting? Anywho, while I was stressed, I didn't have a heavy stress knot sitting on top of my chest for the entirety of the month like I did back in March, so that's progress? It helped that we had … Continue reading April 2020 Wrap-Up
The Suspected Bibliophile 