House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A Craig 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 The Thaumas daughters are cursed. Once twelve, they now number eight—with four sisters dying horrifically and mysteriously until they now wonder which one will be next. Annaleigh begins to suspect that her sisters were murdered...and on their island home the suspects are few. My thoughts … Continue reading Book Review: House of Salt and Sorrows
Book Review: Raven Stratagem
Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 This entire review contains major spoilers for Ninefox Gambit—continue with caution The Battle of the Fortress of Scattered Needles is over. Kel Cheris is dead. Shuos Jedao has possessed her body. And the hexarchate will never be the same. General Kel Khiruev is assigned to combat the Hafn, … Continue reading Book Review: Raven Stratagem
August TBR
I've got a lot of fun things I want to read in August—but as my TBR piles up higher and higher I'm going to try to prioritize. First I have 6 August ARCs to complete—four of which release August 6th (yep, great planning on my part). Then I'd like to get ahead on my September … Continue reading August TBR
July Wrap Up
Despite a rocky start with a rough DNF, July was a much better month for reading than June. I thought I was going into another slump but I think I pulled through. While some books were so-so, I read a couple that were absolutely incredible—and some that were damn good but then faltered due to … Continue reading July Wrap Up
Top 10 Tuesday: YA Books About Women in the Military
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. This week is a freebie, so I want to highlight … Continue reading Top 10 Tuesday: YA Books About Women in the Military
Book Review: Sparrowhawk, Stage Dreams, The Avant-Guards and Sweet Valley High
Whew. This is going to be a monster review of four different upcoming graphic novels/comic books since I didn't feel like bombarding everyone with multiple posts! I read all of these in one day because I was feeling particularly called out by NetGalley's Reviewathon. Yes, I have 63 books outstanding on NetGalley. Shame, shame, yes, … Continue reading Book Review: Sparrowhawk, Stage Dreams, The Avant-Guards and Sweet Valley High
Book Review: The Okay Witch
The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Moth Hush is just your average ordinary girl who feels really out of place in her small coastal Massachusetts town—and she discovers that part of her feelings are because she's a witch. Witches and magic exist, and they're not the evil beings that her hometown claims they are. Okay … Continue reading Book Review: The Okay Witch
Book Review: Bloodlust & Bonnets
Bloodlust & Bonnets by Emily McGovern 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 After unhappy and bored debutante Lucy slaughters her suitor (and an extra several others, for good measure) who happened to be a vampire (along with the others), she's approached by Lady Travesty to be a member of her special Immortal Vampire Cult. That is, before Lord Byron (yes, … Continue reading Book Review: Bloodlust & Bonnets
Book Review: A Dress for the Wicked
A Dress For the Wicked by Autumn Krause 🌺🌺🌺/5 Emmy Watson is determined to be a fashion designer. She's not cut out for a small town life—either as a pub owner like her mother or a wife to a local townsman. She has fashion in her veins. And being accepted as a candidate for the … Continue reading Book Review: A Dress for the Wicked
Top 10 Tuesday: Settings I’d Like to See More of
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. Wow this prompt is tough, mostly because I want to … Continue reading Top 10 Tuesday: Settings I’d Like to See More of