The Last 6 Months, and What’s To Come…

So, I kinda dropped the ball on the whole 'writing regular blog posts' thing this year. In my defence, the last 4 months have been absolutely hectic - I completed my masters (that is such a satisfying thing to write) and applied for numerous jobs, all while our house was slowly being demolished and put …

Book Review: The Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce

Description Arram Draper is a boy on the path to becoming one of the realm’s most powerful mages. The youngest student in his class at the Imperial University of Carthak, he has a Gift with unlimited potential for greatness–and for attracting danger. At his side are his two best friends: Varice, a clever girl with …

Book Review: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton

Description Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender. Ava—in all other ways a normal girl—is born with the wings of a bird. In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, sixteen-year old Ava …

Most Anticipated Reads of 2018

I'm aware that this post is extremely late, what with it being the second week of February. I had some health issues during 2017 that meant that I completely lost my enthusiasm for blogging, as well as my confidence in my ability to write anything worth reading. But things are looking up, and I am …

Book Review: Ironheart by Jodi McAlister

Description Pearl Linford is stuck. Her best friend won't talk to her. She’s promised never to lie to her siblings again, so she's not exactly talking to them. And she’s waiting for the right moment to forgive Finn Blacklin, but she doesn’t know when that is. In Ironheart, the follow-up novel to Valentine, Pearl and …

Baked* By Bonnie: Persephone’s Pie

I happened across a copy of The Raven Boys at my local library a few weeks ago. I had seen a few posts about it on Tumblr that had always piqued my interest, and I had been in a bit of a reading slump, so I picked it up and added it to my pile. Things have …

Book Review: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Description Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But …

Underappreciated Author: Kirsten Miller

The next installment in my series about authors I wish more knew about focuses on an author I have loved since early middle school. Kiki Strike: Inside The Shadow City is the first book in a three part series that played an important part in who I grew up to be. The Kiki Strike series follows …

Book Review: Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor

Description The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around - and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he's been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half …

Book Review: Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

Description Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked…until Will takes a job …