Format: ebookPublished: April 11th, 2024Age: Adult Genre: Literary – Historical Rating: 3/5 Stars I will admit upfront this one just wasn’t for me. I usually quite like novel-in-verse, but I just didn’t gel with this. Maybe a bit too on the literary side? I found a lot was a bit too jumpy for my personalContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Keep A’Livin’ by Kathya Alexander”
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Book Review: A Radical Act of Free Magic by H. G. Parry
Format: PaperbackPublished: July 20th, 2021Age: Adult Genre: Historical Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Stars I was really excited to pick up the second book in The Shadow Histories duology, and it truly did not disappoint. Far from it, in fact. Like A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians, A Radical Act of Free Magic is a historicalContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Radical Act of Free Magic by H. G. Parry”
Book Review: Sapphires and Secrets by Katerina Simms
Format: ebookPublished: April 7th, 2022Age: Adult Genre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars This was a Stuff Your Kindle gem, and though it’s not the type of romance I usually read, I really enjoyed it. Definitely made me keen to check out the next book in the series, too, which is always the sign of aContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Sapphires and Secrets by Katerina Simms”
Book Review: The Wicked Ones by Robin Benway
Format: ebookPublished: January 10th, 2023Age: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy – RetellingsGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars This book was a whole lot of fun, and Benway has done an excellent job with this prequel to the events of Cinderella. The Wicked Ones really adds some depth to the ‘ugly stepsisters’, and shows how they suffer under their mother’sContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Wicked Ones by Robin Benway”
Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Favorite Books from Ten Series
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This one was pretty hard. It’s been a while sinceContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Favorite Books from Ten Series”
Book Review: A Street Dog Named Pup by Gill Lewis
Format: ebookPublished: February 3rd, 2022Age: Children/Middle GradeGenre: ContemporaryGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars This book hurt. A truly emotional rollercoaster, wrapped up in an adorable looking package. Think of every film you watched as a kid featuring talking animals and very few humans, throw them together and tease out the best elements, and you’ve kind of gotContinueContinue reading “Book Review: A Street Dog Named Pup by Gill Lewis”
Top Ten Tuesday: Debut Novels I Enjoyed
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This was a fun one! I can’t always remember whichContinueContinue reading “Top Ten Tuesday: Debut Novels I Enjoyed”
Book Review: Gambling on the Duke’s Daughter by Diana Bold
Format: ebookPublished: July 13th, 2007Age: AdultGenre: Historical RomanceGoodreads Rating: 1/5 Stars This was one of those books that started off so strong, but really fell flat in the second half. I find it incredibly frustrating when books feel like they just go on for too long – this one could have been cut down andContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Gambling on the Duke’s Daughter by Diana Bold”
Book Review: The Unforgettable Loretta, Darling by Katherine Blake
Format: ebookPublished: June 13th, 2024Age: AdultGenre: HistoricalGoodreads Rating: 3/5 Stars I went into this fully expecting to really enjoy it, and for quite a fair bit I did. The first part of the book feels like a Hollywood Novel for the 21st Century, despite its 1950s setting, exploring the glitz and glamour of Hollywood alongsideContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Unforgettable Loretta, Darling by Katherine Blake”
Book Review: Kissed by Carla Krae
Format: ebookPublished: November 3rd, 2013Age: New AdultGenre: Contemporary RomanceGoodreads Rating: 1/5 Stars Buckle up, kids – this is going to be a rant style review. The only reason I didn’t DNF this book is because it’s relatively short. Kissed was marketed as a ‘Best Friends Rock Star Romance’, with a focus on a trip toContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Kissed by Carla Krae”
Unwrapping Words 