Rating: ★★★☆☆ Genre: Literary, Sci Fi & Fantasy Publisher: Painted Blind Publishing Publication Date: March 19, 2018 Disclaimer: I received a free eARC copy of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Filled with surrealism and philosophy, The Lightning Stenography Device forces the reader to question what they think they know about life […]
In a perfect world, bacon and cake would grow from bushes, everyone would own a dragon, and books would always turn out the way we expect them to. Unfortunately, none of these are the case, although I sincerely hope someone is at least working on that dragon thing. Over the many years of reading probably […]
I have it on pretty good authority that there are more books in existence than it’s possible to read in a lifetime (still, CHALLENGE ACCEPTED). Since I apparently can’t live forever (pffft), I tend to be a bit choosy about the books I pick up. When I pick up a book and decide it’s THE […]
Rating: ★★★★☆ Genre: Fantasy Publisher: NineStar Press Publication Date: March 12, 2018 Disclaimer: I received a free eARC copy of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. With the court brutally murdered and his ex-boyfriend the only survivor, Cal has to somehow deliver the lodestone to the new Lord while managing to survive […]
Remember that time when you were little and cute and innocent? Yeah, me neither. But in my childhood, I did a lot of reading. (Ha, surprise, bet you didn’t see that coming.) So for Top Ten Tuesday, I thought it’d be fun to drown in a little nostalgia and dig up the top 10 quotes […]
Rating: ★★★★☆ Genre: Cozy Mystery, Literature & Fiction Publisher: Touchstone Publication Date: March 6, 2018 Disclaimer: Thank you to Touchstone for an ARC copy of this. What follows are my honest, unbiased (and sometimes random?) thoughts. Remember that class you hated in high school? Well, this is a whole book full of it, written to […]
Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Ink Smith Publishing Publication Date: July 22, 2016 The race of wolves have ruled the kingdom mercilessly for many thousands of years, walking all over the dogs and humans that live there, but is equality really worth fighting for, with everything that would be lost? When a dog […]
Many thanks to the ever-inspiring Douglas William Thurstan Smith, who nominated me for the Sunshine Blogger Award. Because obviously, I am radiating sunshine and rainbows so no one would suspect me of working for the dark side. Since I’ve realized that this blog is almost two months old already, I thought it might be fun to […]
Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Fantasy, Teens & Young Adults Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: January 2, 2018 Imagine a Grimm’s Fairy Tale with Dark Fae and changelings and lots of stabbing, death, secrets, and manipulation. The Cruel Prince is everything you could want in a dark fantasy with enough twists to keep […]
There comes a time in everyone’s life when change is required. We’re no longer allowed to go in our pants, even if it’s more convenient and the toilet is waaaaay over there. We can’t have imaginary friends anymore, because then people think we’re crazy. We’re told we should stop believing in silly things and come to […]