A Reading Journal
Source: Netgalley, many thanks to the pubsliher!!TL; DR: Not for me. The characters in this were flatter than cardboard. I sincerely loved the ideas here but I couldn't handle those characters. Plot: The plot in this felt like it had some really 'important things' to say but was lost in the noiseCharacters: Pick up a... Continue Reading →
Source: NetGalley - Many thanks to the publisher!TL;DR: A complex and interesting setup that really needed much more room. Exhausting. Plot: I wish some of this had been stretched out to a second book. There was simply too much hereCharacters: Interesting characters in the moment, but little to no background is given to anyone ultimately... Continue Reading →
Source: NetGalley (Many thanks to the publisher, I ❤ you) and purchased for myself!TL; DR: I loved it so, so much, but it is heavy so just know that going in. Thoughts: [CW: Parental Abuse, Questions of consent, death, trauma, depression, anxiety] The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. Lemberg was one of my favorite reads... Continue Reading →
The Bright and Breaking Sea by Chloe Neill Kit can lead her ship and clever crew on her own, but with the fate of queen and country at stake, Kit and Rian must learn to trust each other, or else the Isles will fall.... Source: Netgalley via Berkley Books - Thank you so much!TL;DR: A... Continue Reading →
A bit of a movement in independent publishing has attempted to bring different, diverse voices to fiction. It's there in traditional publishing, to mixed success, but it's gone wild in the indie world from what I have seen. This is a good example of that, to mixed success. The Dragon of Ynys by Minerva Cerridwen... Continue Reading →
June was a small reading month for me. I didn't read a whole lot, but I had a few good things to read. Unfortunately I also had more than I normally have that was either a complete miss or a very meh read. I don't know if there was anything I read that I'd like... Continue Reading →
This is ridiculous, I'm going to open with that. I hate TBRs and I'm terrible at them. Yet I want to try. I want to 'take' the NEWTS later this year and I want to... pass? and have a magical career - at least in my head. I think quarantine has broken me. I'm not... Continue Reading →
So it’s a bad time in the world, we can all agree on that. So I thought I’d make two posts - one talks about how to get easier access to books while trapped inside and one about some easy and light reads to get into that will help distract from the mess of the... Continue Reading →
The first full month with my daughter was a learning experience. We had to find our new normal - for the time being, till I return to work - and heal up. I swear those first two weeks of her being home were the hardest thing I've ever done (including childbirth), but we're starting to... Continue Reading →
My reading is restricted these days almost exclusively to my Kindle. So I'm not being too picky when it comes to things that look interesting - and are on sale. Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan is the start of a series that follows up the Natural History of Dragons series she completed a... Continue Reading →
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