Sunderworld Vol 1: The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry is the first book in a new series following Leopold, an incredibly ordinary guy just trying to figure out what the next steps in his life are going to be. He has no plan, is completely mediocre in every way and sometimes sees things that aren’t […]
A young teenage girl is a horse gal and only this can get her through multiple tragedies in her young life. Christy Cashman pens a stunning debut novel that touches on the messy devastating truth of loss and grief, but the everyday world of horses and horse people in a South Dakota community are brought […]
Ali Hazelwood is a genius when it comes to the Smart Romance genre. She doesn’t simply pay lip service to her subject, such as with a bio-physicist heroine that never actually does anything bio-physicist-y (yup, that is a word). The science she writes about is always an integral part of the story and the characters […]
Icon and Inferno is the second book in the Stars and Smoke series. This is a fun spy type story taking a famous pop star and using him as cover to get into places that the Panacea group (Offshoot of the CIA) might not be able to get into. Winter and Sydney get a second […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). This is a collection of freebies I have read which have characters who are druids, dryads and similar mythology. Kindle freebie on October 29, 2022 (currently free at Amazon and Barnes & Noble as of writing this post) Overall […]
Sweet Nightmare is the first book of The Calder Academy, a spin off to the Crave series set in the same world with a few cross over characters. I have not read the Crave series and kept up just fine, but I’m sure there are some nuggets in here for those who have read the […]
Beastly Beauty is the first book I’ve read by Jennifer Donnelly. She did a very interesting reimagining of Beauty and the Beast that is also a gender swap. The beauty is a young man trying to get back to his sickly brother who happens to end up in an enchanted castle. The Beast, a woman […]
Coming of age during WWII and doing her bit to serve her country far from home, a young woman learns to shake off the shackles she has long worn of grief and guilt over her dad’s stroke and show just how brilliant her mathematical brain can be. I don’t read much Young Adult these days, […]
Your Blood, My Bones is by a new to me author. I was completely drawn in by the cover and the premise of the story. The story, while not perfect, is engaging and had me hooked from the beginning when Wyatt comes home after the death of her father, and wants to burn the entire […]
With a Little Luck is the second book in Marissa Meyer’s Fortuna Beach series. This series is a cool blend of YA romance with a little bit of magic on the side. Jude, is your average semi-nerdy teen. He is the dungeon master for a D&D group, draws comic books and works at his parents […]