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  • Crier’s War Review

    Crier’s War Review

    GoodReads: After the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, designed to be the playthings of royals, usurped their owners’ estates and bent the human race to their will. Now Ayla, a human servant rising in the ranks at the House of the Sovereign, dreams of avenging…

    Mar 11, 2020
    Book Review
    book blogger, Book Review, crier’s war, duology, F/F story, Fantasy, forbidden love story, LGBT Representation, Nina Varela, queer rep, quill tree books, Steampunk, YA
  • This Lovely City – Blog Tour

    This Lovely City – Blog Tour

    GoodReads: The drinks are flowing. The music’s playing. But the party can’t last. London, 1950. With the Blitz over and London still rebuilding after the war, jazz musician Lawrie Matthews has answered England’s call for help. Arriving from Jamaica aboard the Empire Windrush, he’s taken a tiny room in south London…

    Mar 10, 2020
    Book Review
    1950, 2020 release, book blogger, Book Review, Diaspora, Harper Collins UK, historical fiction, HQ, immigration, jazz, London, louise hare, mixed race, This lovely City
  • Harley in the Sky eARC Review

    Harley in the Sky eARC Review

    GoodReads: Harley Milano has dreamed of becoming a trapeze artist for as long as she can remember. With parents who run a famous circus in Las Vegas, she spends almost every night in the big top watching their lead aerialist perform, wishing with all her heart and soul that she…

    Mar 10, 2020
    Book Review
    Akemi Dawn Bowman, book blogger, Book Review, Circus, circus books, dreams, eARC, Harley in the Sky, Ink Road Books, march releases, mental health, mental health awareness month, ya contemporary
  • Fight Like a Girl ARC Review

    Fight Like a Girl ARC Review

    GoodReads: Love and violence. In some families they’re bound up together, dysfunctional and poisonous, passed from generation to generation like eye color or a quirk of smile. Trisha’s trying to break the chain, channeling her violent impulses into Muay Thai kickboxing, an unlikely sport for a slightly built girl of…

    Mar 9, 2020
    Book Review
    arc, book blogger, Book Review, cultural background, fight like a girl, hot keys ya, Immigrants, muy-thai fighting, proof, sheena kamal, ya contemporary
  • February 2020 Fairyloot Unboxing!

        It’s that time again, where I fangirl over the things I get in my box!     I love this print lol, I want to be that person who looks like they are on a heist.   Just thought I would show off the pretty box this came…

    Mar 8, 2020
    Book Review
    Art, bookmarks, chapstick, Fairyloot, february, lord of the rings, mug, never night, rulebreakers, scarf, serpent and dove, sorcery of thorns, strange the dreamer, Tarot Cards, the shadows between us, tricia levenseller, Unboxing, We Hunt the Flame, wicked saitns
  • A Memory Called Empire Review

    A Memory Called Empire Review

    GoodReads: Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn’t an accident–or that Mahit might be next to die,…

    Mar 6, 2020
    Book Review
    amazing new sereies, Arkady martine, Aztec culture, book blogger, Book Review, culture, scifi, series, Space Opera, Teixcalaan, tor books, world building
  • Reading Rate Shaming

    Reading Rate Shaming

        Hey guys, it’s been a hot minute since I’ve done anything besides crank out reviews. I needed a small break lol. So here we are, let’s discuss reading rate shaming. What do I mean by that? [I’m clarifying because I know I make little to no sense lol]…

    Mar 5, 2020
    Book Review
    book blogger, discussion post, fast reader, reading rate, reading speed, slow reader, the caffeinated reader
  • Eileen: The Making of George Orwell – Blog Tour

    Eileen: The Making of George Orwell – Blog Tour

    Blurb: In 1934, Eileen O’Shaughnessy’s futuristic poem, ‘End of the Century, 1984′, was published. The next year, she would meet George Orwell, then known as Eric Blair, at a party. “Now,’ he remarked that night, ‘that’s the kind of girl I would like to marry.’ Years later, Orwell would name…

    Mar 4, 2020
    Book Review
    animal farm, biography, book blogger, Book Review, Eileen Blair, Eileen Orwell, george orwell, Mrs Orwell, nineteen eighty four, nonfiction, Random Things Blog Tour, Sylvia Topp, unbound books
  • A Dare for a Hare – Blog Tour

    A Dare for a Hare – Blog Tour

    GoodReads: I’m Harvey, so there! As brave as a bear! Nothing can scare me. I’m the world’s bravest hare! Harvey the hare sets out to prove that he’s as brave as a bear in this warm and heart-felt story. But little does he know that his big brother Buster is…

    Mar 3, 2020
    Book Review
    a dare for a hare, artwork, Blog Tour, Book Review, children’s book, hathette children, illustrations, orchard books, picture books
  • Havenfall eARC Review

    Havenfall eARC Review

    GoodReads: A safe haven between four realms. The girl sworn to protect it–at any cost. Hidden deep in the mountains of Colorado lies the Inn at Havenfall, a sanctuary that connects ancient worlds–each with their own magic–together. For generations, the inn has protected all who seek refuge within its walls,…

    Mar 2, 2020
    Book Review
    bisexual rep, bloomsbury ya, book blogger, Book Review, colorado, duology, eARC, everless, havenfall, m/m marriage, magical realms, march release, netgalley, sara holland
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