As per my normal brand, I am completely late with jumping on this readathon. It’s only partly my fault. Okay, completely my fault, but at least the reasons are good this time. I don’t have a great history of follow-ups when it comes to readathons. I love the idea, and I eagerly join, but when […]
It’s time to play “guess that book” and also watch our TBRs weep. Book Beginnings is hosted by Rose City Reader and is all about the first line of a current/upcoming read. Friday 56 is a meme hosted by Freda’s Voice, where you turn to page 56 (or 56%) in what you’re reading a find a snippet that jumps […]
Fantasy Epic Fantasy Gore War Death Many thanks to Orbit for a review copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review. This review may contain spoilers for the first two books. I spent something like 1,500 pages fretting over these characters, and let me tell […]
It’s time again to ask ourselves the three W’s:Would you learn blood magic?Would you pledge yourself to a god?Would you seek to become one? Wait, no, that’s not right. We ask these three W’s:What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme […]
If you’ve been part of the bookish community for any time at all, you’ve suffered from the struggle that is FOMO. In laymen’s terms, that’s Fear Of Missing Out. It happens a lot with hyped books, especially, because there has to be a reason why everyone loves it, right?! What if they all know something […]
Mystery Crime Romance As a writer, as soon as I read the premise, I knew I was going to have to read this. It also helped that I’d already seen good things about it, but that summary? Phew. I immediately loved the idea, because it’s one of those really […]
Oh hai. Is this where I put the caveat that, normally, I’m not a huge fan of epic fantasy? Because I’m not. Or I haven’t been. Lately, I’ve been trying to give things another go rather than writing them off, so here we are. John Gwynne’s The Faithful and the Fallen has been recommended to […]
I’ve spent days trying to give this giveaway some sort of catchy name, but I’ve got nothing. The “End of Times” giveaway seemed a little doom and gloom. The “Practice Social Distancing by Staying at Home and Reading” giveaway is too much of a mouthful, even if it’s good advice. The “Here, Have A Book” […]
It’s time to play “guess that book” and also watch our TBRs weep. Book Beginnings is hosted by Rose City Reader and is all about the first line of a current/upcoming read. Friday 56 is a meme hosted by Freda’s Voice, where you turn to page 56 (or 56%) in what you’re reading a find a snippet that jumps […]
Fantasy High Fantasy Romance Young Adult Gore Hate-to-Love I’ve spent the past year glaring at this book, refusing to read it, because what if I didn’t like it? The pressure was real. I saw so many mixed opinions about this book, and I […]