In some brilliant marketing ploy to get us to buy all the books, the end of 2019 has a lot of must-read releases. I mean, what gives? I’ve petitioned to my bosses that they should just give me all of November off paid leave so that I have the necessary time to read all these […]
Title: The Ghost CollectorAuthor: Allison MillsPublication Date: September 10, 2019Publisher: Annick PressFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I don’t read as many works inspired by American Indian or First Nations cultures as I’d like, so when I saw this, I jumped on it immediately. Mid-grade has been so hit or miss for me lately, […]
It’s time again to ask ourselves the three W’s:Would you soul-pact with an animal?What animal would you choose?Would you commit the taboo? 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 hosted by […]
It may come as no surprise that I have a really short attention span, and so books have about 30 seconds to grab my attention between the blurb and first lines before I wander off to chase butterflies. This is assuming, of course, that I find a random book in the wild, not one that […]
The question that has plagued book bloggers since the dawn of the Internet: to post or not to post negative reviews? At some point, every blogger needs to make this decision for themselves, and sometimes it’s a tough one. Everyone approaches it differently, and none of them are definitively “Right,” just right for that blogger. […]
Title: The Lady RogueAuthor: Jenn BennettPublication Date: September 3, 2019Publisher: Simon PulseFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository This book had me at Vlad the Impaler. Everything else after that was irrelevant. To be fair, the rest sounded pretty dang good, too. Great comp titles. Female treasure-seeker. Indiana Jones vibes. A magical artifact. Mystery wrapped […]
I’ve been tagged by Keri @ Are You My Book? for this tag, and let me just say that it was hecka fun. Let’s take random characters and throw them in random other worlds. What could possibly go wrong?! Nothing. Duh! So let’s get on with it. The Rules 1) Link back to the creator […]
It’s time again to ask ourselves the three W’s:What happens when the dragons awaken?Who is the mysterious woman in the night?Who is trying to kill the queen? 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 […]
Come, dearies, and prepare yourselves for an ugly truth about the TBR: sometimes, just sometimes, it’s a place books go to die. More of a book graveyard, really. Or maybe not die. That’s a bit dramatic. It’s more like purgatory. Eventually, they’ll be read. Probably. What I’m saying is sometimes books get put on my […]
Title: When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl’s BookAuthor: Naja Marie Aidt Publication Date: September 3, 2019Publisher: Coffee House PressFormat: Edelweiss eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I try to make an effort to read more poetry, and this year’s theme for me seems to be grief, as I struggle with my own. […]