Books
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Christmas [Eve] Traditions
Hey all, so if you don’t celebrate Christmas, I apologize, this may be a bit of a boring post for you but I would love to hear about your favorite holidays and how you celebrate them in the comments. This is about Traditions, and I would love to…
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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
An English country house at Christmas time should be the perfect place to get away from it all – but nothing is ever simple for Hercule Poirot, as he finds not one but five baffling cases to solve. –GoodReads My Review This is one of those books I reread every…
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A Holiday for Murder
In Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder — and the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case. –GoodReads My Review This is one of those books I reread every year/other year or so. So…the mystery of it all…
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Jade Fire Gold eARC Review
Her destiny. His revenge. In an empire on the brink of war . . . – GoodReads My Review Reading the synopsis of this, I can say I was definitely *jazzed* about it. Yea, I’m old enough to say things like that, so what? Anyway, totally was excited and honestly,…
