In a different world, perhaps running parallel to our own, witchcraft is not only real, but it’s taboo. Witch accusations and burnings are ordinary. Even more so, unmarried women are also taboo. Years after her mother’s disappearance, Jo still misses her more than ever. As she approaches 28, she needs to think about getting married,… Continue reading The Women Could Fly, Megan Giddings
Blog Tour Review: These Fleeting Shadows, Kate Alice Marshall
These Fleeting ShadowsAuthor: Kate Alice Marshall Genre: Young Adult Horror Publishing Date: August 9, 2022 About the Book The Haunting of Hill House meets Knives Out in a bid for an inheritance that will leave Helen Vaughan either rich…or dead. Helen Vaughan doesn’t know why she and her mother left their ancestral home at Harrowstone… Continue reading Blog Tour Review: These Fleeting Shadows, Kate Alice Marshall
Unreviewed Books
I've been reading a ton of manga lately because life has done what life does, and it lifed. Manga has been the easiest for me to focus on right now, so most of these unreviewed books are just that. Dream Work, Mary OliverPoetryGoodreads, Amazon, Bookshop, B&N This was a quick read for me, I give… Continue reading Unreviewed Books
This Place of Wonder, Barbara O’Neal
I can’t tell you how excited I was to start a new Barbara O’Neal book. I’ve read a good deal of her back catalog and am working on the rest. But when she releases a new book, you read it. Told in 3 varying viewpoints, we watch the women in Augustus’ life deal with the… Continue reading This Place of Wonder, Barbara O’Neal
All Good People Here, Ashley Flowers
Margot has returned home to take care of her ailing uncle. But a case she recently researched brought her back to her childhood and the death of her best friend, January. With new girls going missing, it has to be related. As Margot investigates the circumstances of what happened in her youth with what’s happening… Continue reading All Good People Here, Ashley Flowers
Bardo by the Sea, Chad Alan Gibbs
Izzy is a girl who will speak her mind, even if it puts her in a precarious position. She wants to right the world's wrongs, and she has Elton to help her do just that. Stumbling upon the murder of the school's football star in the 80s, Izzy believes it wasn't simply a drug deal… Continue reading Bardo by the Sea, Chad Alan Gibbs
10 New Releases to Look Forward to in August
*cries in new book releases*Honestly, I almost didn't do this post. I'm still having a hard time with the loss of my best friend. And this post seemed so utterly daunting. But I've worked on it over a few days, and it's made it a bit easier. So let's get into it. Long Live the… Continue reading 10 New Releases to Look Forward to in August
The Family Remains, Lisa Jewell
Told in Jewell’s unique style of winding storytelling, The Family Remains brings us some characters from The Family Upstairs and some new ones. Rachel has been married on almost a whim. But her new marriage isn’t going the way she envisioned. Meanwhile, all these years later, Henry and Lucy are looking for Phin. And the… Continue reading The Family Remains, Lisa Jewell
How You Grow Wings, Rimma Onoseta
Set in Nigeria, Cheta and Zam live in an abusive home, though Zam has it much easier than Cheta, who is often at the end of her mother's wrath. That cycle has created a divide between the sisters, and Zam, who is meek, and refuses to speak up, can't seem to make her sister happy.… Continue reading How You Grow Wings, Rimma Onoseta
Stay Awake, Megan Goldin
Reviews for books like this need to be vague because it would be easy to spoil the book. A note here: As I read others’ reviews before writing my own, several of the top ones spoil certain aspects. So I advise not reading reviews if you want to be surprised. (It defeats me writing a… Continue reading Stay Awake, Megan Goldin
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