ARC Review: Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

Title: Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy #3) Author: S.A. Chakraborty Publication Date: June 30, 2020Publisher: Harper Voyager Pages: 784Add to Goodreads Reviews for book 1 & book 2 Daevabad has fallen. After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid leader Banu Manizheh and her resurrected commander, Dara, must try to repair their fraying alliance and stabilize a fractious, warring people. But the bloodletting and loss of his beloved Nahri have unleashed the worst demons of Dara’s dark past. To vanquish them, he must face some ugly truths about his history and put himself at the mercy of those he once considered enemies. Having...

Top Ten Tuesday #279: All-time favorites

Today's Topic:  All-Time Favorites Happy Tuesday! What a fun topic! I chose this one because I knew my answers have changed for SURE! You can find my original choices for this topic in this top ten post from a million years ago. It was only my 35th TTT and now I'm nearing 300! A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir And I Darken by Kiersten White Caraval by Stephanie Garber The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Wintersong by...

Mid-Year Freak Out Tag

Thank goodness 2020 is halfway over. I don't think I've ever felt this way about time moving by, but I can't wait to be in 2021. Alas, no one is here to hear me complain about how awful this year has been. Let's get to the books! BEST BOOK YOU'VE READ IN 2020 I couldn't have asked for a more wonderful ending to this series! I was so lucky to have gotten an advance copy and it definitely made all of this a bit more bearable. More on that in my review later this week! BEST SEQUEL YOU'VE READ IN 2020 Other than Empire of Gold? I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Heir of Fire! I read the first two books years ago and never...

Weekly Recap: 6/14 - 6/20

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOG Hi, everyone! Look at me, going two weeks without a recap post. Let's just dive right into the Kovu update, shall we? The last few weeks have been A LOT. First, Kovu's pneumonia was getting worse by the day. We did a full body CT scan and a tracheal wash so that we could get a culture from his lungs to figure out what bacteria was growing. The CT returned a lot we didn't expect: his liver shunt surgery failed and he had fluid around his heart and lungs, as well as in his stomach. Hurray! That day we also found out that he had a very resistant bacteria in his ears and one of the two drugs that could cure...

ARC Review: Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

Title: Burn Our Bodies Down  Author: Rory Power Publication Date: July 7, 2020Publisher: Delacorte PressPages: 352Add to Goodreads Ever since Margot was born, it’s been just her and her mother. No answers to Margot’s questions about what came before. No history to hold on to. No relative to speak of. Just the two of them, stuck in their run-down apartment, struggling to get along.But that’s not enough for Margot. She wants family. She wants a past. And she just found the key she needs to get it: A photograph, pointing her to a town called Phalene. Pointing her home. Only, when Margot gets there, it’s not what she bargained for.Margot’s...