Life has been….interesting. It’s been heavy and anxiety-producing with everything compounded by a search for a more just world. From a reading standpoint, I have comforted myself with non-stop Romance. I find it soothing in times when everything else feels like sandpaper. I have re-read all of my favorite series and tried out a few […]
Category: Review
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby
All I had to hear was “the narrator is a ghost” and I was very excited about reading this book. Laura Ruby books are always unique, but never to be missed. Thirteen Doorways was a read-in-one-sitting, give-you-a-hangover type book. Frankie, like many kids in the Depression era, was dropped off at an orphanage with her […]
Blog Tour: The Grief Keeper
I am so honored to have Alexandra Villasante on my blog today with a post about how her work as an artist informs her writing writing. Her beautiful book, The Grief Keeper, will be available for purchase on June 11th. After you read her post, don’t forget to enter the giveaway for a finished copy. […]
Blog Tour: Hope And Other Punchlines
September 11th has been written about in YA before, but I really loved how it was examined in Hope and Other Punchlines. I was twenty -five and teaching elementary school on that terrible day and I remember very well the feeling that the world we live in was forever changed for the kids who looked […]
Blog Tour: We Hunt The Flame
I have been very, very excited about this book for a long time and it did not disappoint! Just reading the plot on the jacket copy will draw you in, I promise, and though it is a world that is not safe and is full of danger, you will still want to remain. We Hunt […]
Blog Tour: Dig
I haven’t read all of A.S. King’s books, but I have read enough to see that although they are all very different, there is a similar feel to then, as well. I expect to feel the story deeply, and with Dig that was certainly the case. It’s a dark book, overall, and a story […]
Blog Tour: Wicked Saints
I’m not sure what I was expecting from Wicked Saints, but I will say that I very much enjoyed this story! I have a lot to say, but I really don’t want to ruin it, so I’ll try to hit the high points and hopefully convince you to pick it up. The pacing […]
Blog Tour: The Everlasting Rose
The Everlasting Rose basically picks up right where The Belles ended, which was a little disorienting at first, but once I settled back into that world I was drawn into the story once more. Camiella is now on the run from Queen Sophia and is the most wanted criminal in Orleans. Along with […]
King Of Scars By Leigh Bardugo
I don’t know what it is about this world, but I was so happy to be back in it again. It wasn’t just the return of old friends and the sense of “checking in” to see how they are, but the desire I had to see how Ravka would recover from the Darkling’s horrible influence. […]
Ex Libris Audio: The Wicked King
Pain. So much pain. You should know, if you have read any Holly Black books, that there will be pain. You should also know that you will still love it. The Wicked King kept the tension, the intrigue, the beautiful writing, and the surprises of The Cruel Prince and somehow managed to up the stakes. […]