Weekly(ish) Recap: 1/9 - 1/29

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOGHi, everyone! I hope you've all had a decent January! I've spent the month reading quite a bit, and not just fanfition! Yay, me! XD This month I've also made a new bookish friend IN PERSON! Can you imagine? We met up for lunch and it went really well. We got to talk about BOOKS, which is not something that usually happens outside of the internet for me. I then rewarded myself with Cold Stone (they have dairy free now!) for managing a positive social interaction. Hahaha! Anyone else with social anxiety? Little puppy is doing really well! He's still an absolute menace, but he's healthy in every way. He still has shark...

Top Ten Tuesday #309: New to me authors in 2021

Today's Topic: New-to-Me AuthorsI Discovered in 2021Happy Tuesday! Today I'm sharing new-to-me authors I found (and loved) in 2021. There are no 2021 debuts on this week's list! These are all authors who've published in 2020 or earlier who I'd never read before. So many I'm glad to finally know!Laura Thalassa | PestilenceAlice Feeney | Rock Paper ScissorsPenelope Douglas | CredenceSamantha Shannon | The Bone SeasonTalia Hibbert | Work For ItTasha Suri | The Jasmine ThroneA.M. Strickland | In the Ravenous DarkT.J. Klune | The House in the Cerulean SeaCaroline Kepnes | YouHarley LaRoux | Her Soul to TakeTop Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted...

ARC Review: Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshmen by Kristen R. Lee

Title: Required Reading for the Disenfranchised FreshmenAuthor: Kristen R. LeePublication Date: February 1, 2022Publisher: Crown Books for Young ReadersPages: 336Add to Goodreads//I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review//A striking debut novel about racism on elite college campuses. Fans of Dear White People will embrace this activist-centered contemporary novel about a college freshman grappling with the challenges of attending an elite university with a disturbing racist history--that may not be as distant as it seems.Savannah Howard sacrificed her high school social life to make sure she got into a top college....

Series Review: The Sinner's Duet by Sophie Lark

Title: There Are No Saints Author: Sophie LarkPublication Date: October 20, 2021Publisher: Self publishedPages: 350Add to GoodreadsI loathe Alastor Shaw.The city of San Francisco thinks we’re rival artists.In truth, we’re predators battling for hunting ground.We never chased the same prey. Until the night we both laid eyes on Mara Eldritch.Shaw wants to use her as a pawn in his twisted game.I’m fixated on her for a different reason…She makes me feel things I never thought I could feel. Want things I never wanted.Only she can make me lose control.I don’t know if I should protect her at all costs… or destroy her before she ruins me.Mara knows...

Book Review: The Vacation by T.M. Logan

Title: The VacationAuthor: T.M. LoganPublication Date: June 13, 2019Publisher: St. Martin's PressPages: 374Add to GoodreadsSeven days. Three families. One killer.It was supposed to be the perfect holiday - a group of families enjoying a week together in the sun. Four women who have been best friends for as long as they can remember making the most of a luxurious villa in the south of France.But Kate has a secret: her husband is having an affair. And a week away might just be the perfect opportunity to get the proof she needs - to catch him in the act once and for all. Because she suspects the other woman is one of her two best friends.One of...

Weekly(ish) Recap: 12/19 - 1/8

HAPPENINGS OFF THE BLOGHi, everyone! Happy New Year! I hope your 2022 is going well so far. I started off the new year feeling under the weather with what seemed to be Covid symptoms, but two rapid tests came back negative. I'm on the upswing now, but I still have a PCR test scheduled just in case. I'm working really hard to get back into the swing of blogging. I'm not setting any goals for myself because I want to keep it low pressure, but reading a few books I really enjoyed are making it feel a little easier. Speaking of which, I'm finally reading some "real" books, although I can feel the fanfiction calling me. XD I've been reading the Simon...

Book Review: Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Title: Carry On (Simon Snow #1)Author: Rainbow RowellPublication Date: October 6, 2015Publisher: Wednesday BooksPages: 528Add to GoodreadsSimon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here--it's their last year at the Watford School...

Top Ten Tuesday #308: Anticipated for 2022

Today's Topic: Most Anticipated Books Releasing In the First Half of 2022Happy Tuesday! This week I get to hype the books I'm most excited about for the first half of 2022. From this list, the one that I would read TODAY if I had the chance is Wind Daughter. I'm so sad it isn't on Netgalley (yet?), but I have my copy preordered! Gallant by V.E. SchwabDead Silence by S.A. BarnesA Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra RowlandElectric Idol by Katee RobertWind Daughter by Joanna Ruth MeyerJuniper & Thorn by Ava ReidHide by Kiersten WhiteSo This Is Ever After by F.T. LukensIn a Garden Burning Gold by Rory PowerFor the Throne by Hannah...