A Wistful Tale of Gods, Men, and Monsters by David Ruggerio is set in the tiny New York village of Brunswick. It’s a postcard perfect autumnal setting, with lovely cider-worthy orchards, fields of giant orange pumpkins, golden rows of corn and wheat, and that close-knit feel that only rural hamlets can offer. Brunswick is also […]
Music Boxes by Tonja Drecker Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy “I only desire your talent…” Twelve-year-old Lindsey McKay’s biggest dream is to be a famous ballerina. But after moving to New York, she ends up at the Community Center with a teacher who’s a burly bear in tights. When she meets Madame Destinée, the teacher of […]
Between Wild and Ruin by Jennifer G Edelson follows Ruby, a teen transplanted from LA to La Luna after her mother’s death. She’s torn between the adventure of it all, and being removed from known friends and places. Ruby lives with her Aunt Liddy in a beautiful home a ways out of town. This tiny […]
Mia has returned from Sicily only to find that her year away has left the mice to play, and her ‘partners’ have made some pretty questionable choices in her absence that don’t really live up to what she believes her brother Nick would have wanted. This sparks conflict right away, as Mia reasserts her role […]
Enjoyable posts of the past week from others Why don’t ADs perform as well in Instagram’s algorithm?/ BooksNest Holding Stones – Poem by Karen Shepherd/ Vita Brevis Stop using OCD as a throwaway term – why this is harmful for mental health sufferers/ BooksNest Hair (Sisters) – Poem by Carrie Magness Radna/ […]
This is my stop during the book blitz for Once Upon a Time Bitches by Branden LaNette. This book blitz is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours. The book blitz runs from 21 till 27 October. See the tour schedule here. Once Upon a Time Bitches By Branden LaNette Genre: Non-Fiction/ Personal Development Release Date: 9 […]
Salvatore’s Timeless takes us back into the world of that most unusual of drow, the ranger Drizzt Do’Urden. Following dual timelines, we get a chance to see Zaknafein Do’Urden long before Drizzt’s birth, and his reunion with his son, centuries later. Zak has been returned from the dead, resurrected by an as yet unknown agent, […]
Living in Flow by Sky Nelson-Isaacs is a book I have been longing for! A book that shows what is commonly regarded as magic or mere ‘wishful thinking’ is indeed science we can strive to replicate. This was all something I’ve tried to articulate to others before, but lacked the wherewithal to explain properly. Nelson-Isaacs […]
Haskell Himself Gary Seigel Published by: Acorn Publishing Publication date: January 19th 2020 Genres: Historical, LGBTQ+, Young Adult Meet Haskell Hodge. At sixteen he’s already garnered some fame as a former child actor and star of a popular cereal commercial. But that doesn’t do much for him when he’s dumped at his aunt’s house in […]
Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard, third in the Truthwitch series, continues following Isuelt and Aeduan as they seek Owl’s tribe. A world away, Safi is fulfilling her obligations to Vaness in rooting out the betrayers in her court. In Nubrevna, Vivia has prepped the underground city and is ready to reveal it. And Merik, traveling with […]
