October is over, and it has been a mixed bag of sorts for me. October is one of my favourite months, but I also had to deal with some bad stuff that happened, so there were definitely some high highs, and some low lows! How has your October 2018 been? Also, continue reading if you’d… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (October 2018)
September and October are 2 of my favourite months! October has something special about it though, because the trees are finally starting to change colour, temperatures are dropping, and of course there is Halloween! It’s one of my favourite holidays, if not my absolute favourite, and that GIF is literally footage of me getting ready… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (September 2018)
On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein,comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history…… Read More Mary Shelley: The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein’s Creator by Catherine Reef (ARC Review)
Sooo, I’ve been saying this about every month this summer … but, where did August go?! And it’s weird, because I’m not enjoying the summer season as much as I usually do, so I should be happy about it ending, right? Maybe I have some leftover stress from when I used to go to school,… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (August 2018)
A young adult fiction anthology of 15 stories featuring contemporary, historical, and futuristic stories featuring witchy heroines who are diverse in race, class, sexuality, religion, geography, and era… Read More Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft edited by Tess Sharpe and Jessica Spotswood (ARC Review)
I absolutely loved Roshani Chokshi’s full novels The Star-Touched Queen (my review) and A Crown of Wishes (my review), so when the first short story in this collection, “Death and Night” came out as a novella last May, I was all over it. I won’t go into that story in this review, because I wrote a full review… Read More Star-Touched Stories by Roshani Chokshi (eARC Review)
Adeluna is a soldier. Five years ago, she helped the magic-rich island of Grace Loray overthrow its oppressor, Argrid, a country ruled by religion. But adjusting to postwar life has not been easy. When an Argridian delegate vanishes during peace talks with Grace Loray’s new Council, Argrid demands brutal justice—but Lu suspects something more dangerous is at work… Read More These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch (ARC Review)
Title: Sea Witch Author: Sarah Henning Type: Fiction Genre: YA, Fantasy, Retelling, Mythology, Mermaids Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (HarperCollins) Published: July 31, 2018 Source: Publisher A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. Everyone knows what happens in the end. A mermaid, a prince, a true… Read More Sea Witch by Sarah Henning (ARC Review)
This summer has been flying by for me! Whyyyyy? I really like summer, but I also love autumn, so this time of year is always a struggle for me. Do I want the summer to last longer? Or do I want it to end so that autumn can come sooner? I’m glad that I was… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (July 2018)
Title: When Life Gives You Demons Authors: Jennifer Honeybourn Type: Fiction Genre: YA, Fantasy, Paranormal, Demons Publisher: Swoon Reads Date published: July 17, 2018 A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by Raincoast Books, in exchange for an honest review. Sixteen-year-old Shelby Black has spent the past year training to be an exorcist. Her… Read More When Life Gives You Demons by Jennifer Honeybourn (ARC Review)