Goodreads blurb: As this urgent, genre-defying book opens, a woman who has recently been elevated to prominence for her social media posts travels around the world to meet her adoring fans. She is overwhelmed by navigating the new language and etiquette of what she terms "the portal," where she grapples with an unshakable conviction that a… Continue reading Women’s Prize 2021 Reviews #2: No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
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The Helm of Midnight by Marina J. Lostetter Review
Goodreads blurb: In a daring and deadly heist, thieves have made away with an artifact of terrible power--the death mask of Louis Charbon. Made by a master craftsman, it is imbued with the spirit of a monster from history, a serial murderer who terrorized the city with a series of gruesome murders. Now Charbon is… Continue reading The Helm of Midnight by Marina J. Lostetter Review
March 2021 Wrap Up
March was a hodgepodge of things – I had a lot of time at the beginning of the year, and then March hit with a very busy period, so I had to scramble to get back into actually working. Other than that, there's still a global pandemic and not a lot of things going on.… Continue reading March 2021 Wrap Up
Women’s Prize 2021 Reviews #1: Luster by Raven Leilani
Goodreads blurb: Luster sees a young black woman figuring her way into life as an artist and into love in this darkly comic novel. She meets Eric, a digital archivist with a family in New Jersey, including an autopsist wife who has agreed to an open marriage. In this world of contemporary sexual manners and racial… Continue reading Women’s Prize 2021 Reviews #1: Luster by Raven Leilani
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
Goodreads blurb: A stunning, shattering debut novel about two Black artists falling in and out of loveTwo young people meet at a pub in South East London. Both are Black British, both won scholarships to private schools where they struggled to belong, both are now artists - he a photographer, she a dancer - trying to… Continue reading Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
What Was The Reason – A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab Review
Goodreads blurb: Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black. Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of… Continue reading What Was The Reason – A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab Review
Book Review: Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle
Goodreads blurb: Can you find real love when you've always got your head in the clouds? Maybell Parish has always been a dreamer and a hopeless romantic. But living in her own world has long been preferable to dealing with the disappointments of real life. So when Maybell inherits a charming house in the Smokies from… Continue reading Book Review: Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021 Longlist Reactions & Feelings
I can't believe that Women's Prize season is upon us again so soon. Feels like we just wrapped up 2020 prize cycle and we're already back. Time continues to be a JOKE. Anyways, I made no plans to read the longlist this year after not having fun with it last year (you can check out… Continue reading Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021 Longlist Reactions & Feelings
Book Review: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
Goodreads blurb: "We should have known the end was near." So begins Imbolo Mbue’s powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are… Continue reading Book Review: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
February 2021 Wrap Up
After a great reading month in January, we hit a solid mediocre reading month in February! I was also feeling kind of slumpy, and had very little time to actually read, so there's also that. Let's chat about my February reads. Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle Rating: 4 starsSummary: The sunshine x grumpy book of… Continue reading February 2021 Wrap Up
Judging Books By Their Covers: March 2021 Releases
The old saying goes “Don’t judge a book by the cover” but that’s what we are here to do. Every month, I pick some books with pretty covers and then I show the ones with best blurbs to you. Basically, I spend a lot of time on Netgalley, and scouring the Internet for new releases,… Continue reading Judging Books By Their Covers: March 2021 Releases
Recently Read: To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters & Lanny by Max Porter
Today, I thought I'd chat to you about two books I recently read and my thoughts on them. I wasn't sure I'd have to say a lot for individual reviews, so I am joining them in a recently read post! One is a historical romance, and the other is a literary fiction so we are… Continue reading Recently Read: To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters & Lanny by Max Porter