I feel like this is more appropriately titled: Fevered Star, and other sequels that didn't wow me like book 1 Because yes, this is going to have two extra mini reviews tacked on to the end, for Katherine Addison's Witness for the Dead (a companion novel to The Goblin Emperor) and Sarah Lyons Fleming's second … Continue reading Book Review: Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse
Book Review: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo 🌲🌲🌲🌲/5 "No maids," I said, thrusting my chin up. "No funning talking, no fainting flowers." In this Hollywood, the monsters on screen aren't half as bad the monsters behind the scenes, controlling everything, from their stars' names to the people they love. Luli Wei would do anything to be a … Continue reading Book Review: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring TBR
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. Technically this was a prompt from last month and technically … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring TBR
Book Review: The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe
The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲/5 Oh, to live in a world that saw and valued you! An anthology of dystopian short stories about queer women of color finding joy where they can in the middle of a world where memory is curated, collected and removed. This is a world where resistance to totalitarianism … Continue reading Book Review: The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe
36 YA Releases April-June 2022
Well, this is a mega-post coming to you! Here are 36 YA releases that I am so very excited about—and there are so many more out there. I cannot believe how many books are releasing on May 31st. So. Damn. Many! Below are a mishmash of contemporary, fantasy and historical books. I had thought about … Continue reading 36 YA Releases April-June 2022
Top Ten Tuesday: New Authors on my TBR
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 someone who reads a lot of new books and … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: New Authors on my TBR
22 SFF Releases April-June 2022
This week's theme is Books on my TBR, since I'm posting about authors on my TBR tomorrow for Top Ten Tuesday, and on Thursday I'm talking about the 36 second quarter YA releases I am super stoked for (yes, 36—I think I broke the copy and paste function on my computer). But today I want … Continue reading 22 SFF Releases April-June 2022
Book Review: The Bone Orchard
The Bone Orchard by Sara Mueller 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲/5 Charm is many things. Prisoner. Witch. Necromancer. Whore. Madame of a brothel filled with the boneghosts she created. Political pot-stirrer. And on Tuesdays, she is the Emperor's mistress. Until one Tuesday, when she is summoned from her brothel to the Emperor's deathbed, and given two final tasks: find … Continue reading Book Review: The Bone Orchard
Top Ten Tuesday: All About Bones
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. I don't know if it's a trend or just something I am … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: All About Bones
Book Review: Nettle & Bone
Nettle & Bone by T Kingfisher 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲/5 Marra has never been much of anything. The third-born daughter of a small kingdom parked between two larger kingdoms, she has seen her two older sisters married off, one after the other, to a wicked prince. Something has to be done to stop the cycle, but what can … Continue reading Book Review: Nettle & Bone
The Suspected Bibliophile 