I'm back today to do some quick reviews of books that I read back in February. This morning I finally got around to making a list of all the books I read in March and I was shocked to realize it was 24! So there will be quite a few more of these posts to… Continue reading Mini Reviews #2

Hi, Welcome to the first in this series where I'm going to give one to two sentence reviews of all the books I haven't reviewed yet this year. Unless they are books I have through Netgalley and those will get their own dedicated post at some point. I had a hectic March and April so… Continue reading Speed Round Reviews #1

Publication Date: January 19, 2021 Publisher: Berkley Pages: 480 Genre: Historical Fiction; Horror Content Warning: Storygraph list here Rating: 5/5 All I knew going into this story was that it was about a woman who had been wronged who is either getting revenge or trying to get her power back set sometime in the past… Continue reading In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce

Publication Date: June 14, 2022 Publisher: Tor Pages: 128 Genre: Fantasy; Retelling Rating: 5/5 A Mirror Mended is the second (or last) book in the Fractured Fables series. Our main character, Zinnia, has the ability to move between different iterations of the Sleeping Beauty tale where she is able to help save the heroine every… Continue reading A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow

Publication Date: June 1, 2021 Publisher: Sourcefire books Pages: 367 Genre: Fantasy; young adult Rating: 1/5 The Nature of Witches is a young adult paranormal fantasy that focuses on witches who have specialized powers based on the seasons. Clara is a rare type of witch who can imbue any season's power which makes her magic… Continue reading The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

*Thank you to the publisher for providing me with a review copy in exchange for my honest opinion. Publication Date: August 29, 2023 Publisher: Graydon House Pages: 384 Genre: Romance, Witchy Rating: 4/5 Big Little Spells is the sequel to Small Town, Big Magic and it immediately picks up where the first one ended. Except… Continue reading Big Little Spells by Hazel Beck

Publication Date: January 1, 1976 (this edition) First published March 31, 1969 Publisher: Dell Pages: 215 Genre: Sci Fi, Historical Rating: 5/5 Slaughterhouse-Five is one of those books that I have always heard about but never, for whatever reason, thought to pick it up. Sometime in the past few years I thrifted a cool copy… Continue reading Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Publication Date: January 16, 2024 Publisher: Celadon Books Pages: 298 Genre: Thriller Rating:5/5 The Fury is an exquisitely told thriller that I loved watching unfold before me. Because this thriller references Greek tragedies, and is told in the format of a Greek tragedy, it does require some work from the reader. Which means it takes… Continue reading The Fury by Alex Michaelides

Publication Date: September 29, 2022 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pages: 336 Genre: Thriller Rating: 5/5 A rich, eccentric family. A time-honored tradition. Or a lethal game of survival? One woman finds out what it really takes to join the 1% in this riveting psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Something in the Water, Mr. Nobody, and The… Continue reading The Family Game by Catherine Steadman