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

Publication Date: October 3, 2017 Publisher: Coffee House Press Pages: 256 Genre: Historical Fiction; Western; Literary Rating: 5/5 In the Distance is an interesting take on the classic Western. We follow a young Swedish boy of an indeterminate age, Håkon, whose parents have scrounged up enough money to send him and his brother to America… Continue reading In the Distance by Hernan Diaz

*Thank you to publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review. Publication Date: October 3, 2023 Publisher: Arcade Pages: 312 Genre: Literary horror Rating: 3/5 The Owl Cries is a literary horror that is set in a small South Korean logging community during the winter and really hones in on… Continue reading The Owl Cries by Hye-young Pyun

Publication Date: July 19, 2022 Publisher: G.P. Putnam Pages: 368 Genre: Thriller Rating: 3/5 The Swell was an interesting thriller about a mini surfing community that will stop at nothing to protect their private little beach oasis. Kenna has arrived in Australia to get her best friend Mikki to move back home instead of marrying… Continue reading The Swell by Allie Reynolds