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  • The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings Review

    The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings Review

    One winter, in the dark days of King Richard II, a tailor was riding home on the road from Gilling to Ampleforth.  – GoodReads My Review This is going to be a very short review. A mini review for a mini book, the tale itself is only 70-ish pages. I…

    Jan 18, 2022
    Book Review
    book blogger, Book Review, Books, Dan Jones, ghost story, historian, Reading, the tale of the tailor and the three dead kings, translation
  • Julia and the Shark Review

    Julia and the Shark Review

    The shark was beneath my bed, growing large as the room, large as the lighthouse, rising from unfathomable depths until it ripped the whole island from its roots. The bed was a boat, the shark a tide, and it pulled me so far out to sea I was only a…

    Jan 17, 2022
    Book Review
    2021 release, book blogger, Book Review, Books, julia and the shark, kiran millwood hargrave, mental health, middle grade, Reading, tom de freston
  • The Haunting: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights Review

    The Haunting: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights Review

    Taking you from the frosty fens of Cambridgeshire, to the snow-covered grounds of a country estate, to a bustling London Christmas market, these mesmerizing stories will capture your imagination and serve as your indispensable companion to cold, dark nights – GoodReads My Review **IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT…

    Jan 14, 2022
    Book Review
    andrew michael hurley, anthology, book blogger, Book Review, Books, creepy tales, elizabeth macneal, ghost stories, haunting tales, imogen hermes gower, jess kid, kiran millwod hargave, laura purcell, natasha pulley, proceed with caution, Warning
  • The Bone Spindle eARC Review

    The Bone Spindle eARC Review

    Fi is a bookish treasure hunter with a knack for ruins and riddles, who definitely doesn’t believe in true love. Shane is a tough-as-dirt girl warrior from the north who likes cracking skulls, pretty girls, and doing things her own way. Briar Rose is a prince under a sleeping curse, who’s been waiting…

    Jan 12, 2022
    Book Review
    book blogger, Book Review, Books, briar rose, fairytale, Fantasy, gender flipped, Indiana Jones, leslie vedder, netgalley, Reading, retelling, sleeping beauty, the bone spindle, YA Fantasy
  • The Monarchs eARC Review

    The Monarchs eARC Review

    The sorority girls at Kappa Rho Nu—the Ravens—are determined to restore balance to the world. After destroying an ancient talisman and barely saving their sorority in the process, they’ll go to any lengths to keep their secret as Westerly’s most powerful coven of witches. – GoodReads My Review I was…

    Jan 11, 2022
    Book Review
    book blogger, Book Review, Books, danielle paige, kass morgan, netgalley, Reading, the monarchs, the ravens, witches, YA Fantasy
  • 2021 Rewind

    2021 Rewind

    This was a rough year for me. I mean 2020 was no walk in the park but this year kicked my ass, handed it back to me, then kicked it again. Considering I’m writing to back post this after nearly a week of no power (we’ve gone to a hotel…

    Jan 6, 2022
    bookish
    book blogger, book list, book recs, Book Review, bookish posts, Books, goodreads challenge, Reading, yearly summary
  • Pondathon II Sign-Up Post!

    Pondathon II Sign-Up Post!

    Pondathon II: The Quiet Pond’s Story-Driven Readathon. A small spade and watering can are crossed with vines wrapped around it frame the words Pondathon II. Three little forest sprites – one with a leaf on its head, another with twigs on its head like antlers, and a mushroom on the…

    Jan 5, 2022
    Book Review
    artfromafriend, book blogger, book list, Books, pondathon, pondathonII, readathon, readathon 2022, Reading, thequietpond
  • Echoes and Empires eARC Review

    Echoes and Empires eARC Review

    Josslyn Drake knows only three things about magic: it’s rare, illegal, and always deadly. So when she’s caught up in a robbery gone wrong at the Queen’s Gala and infected by a dangerous piece of magic—one that allows her to step into the memories of an infamously evil warlock—she finds…

    Jan 4, 2022
    Book Review
    2022 release, book blogger, Book Review, Books, echoes and empires, Fantasy, morgan rhodes, netgalley, Reading, YA Fantasy
  • The Girl Who Knew Too Much eARC Review

    The Girl Who Knew Too Much eARC Review

    High school senior Riley Ozment is desperate to change her reality after making a fool of herself on social media. She needs to do something drastic to repair her social standing—like trying out for a Survivor-style reality TV show. Suddenly, Riley’s dropped onto a deserted tropical island with nineteen other…

    Jan 3, 2022
    Book Review
    book blogger, Book Review, Books, mystery, netgalley, Reading, sourcefirebooks, the girl who knew too much, thriller, tiffany brooks
  • Happy Holidays!

    Happy Holidays!

            Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays from my family and I to you and yours. And if you don’t celebrate anything this month, I’m still wishing you all the best today and every day, and hopefully, you have the day off and can relax the way you want.  …

    Dec 25, 2021
    Book Review
    authors, book bloggers, festive, happy holidays, merry christmas, readers
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