Welcome to my monthly TBR post for the rest of December/the year! I kind of dropped the ball with these while dealing with a large project at work. This is also the reason why I’m publishing this post so late in the month as well! 2020 has been a tough year, and its effects have… Read More Monthly TBR: December 2020
Piranesi’s house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; he understands the tides as he understands the pattern of the labyrinth itself. He lives to explore the house. There is one other person in the house—a man called The Other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research into A Great and Secret Knowledge. But as Piranesi explores, evidence emerges of another person, and a terrible truth begins to unravel, revealing a world beyond the one Piranesi has always known… Read More Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (Review)
Welcome to my monthly TBR post for (what’s left of) October 2020! After my big slump in the spring due to COVID and related things, I managed to catch up! But then I fell behind again because of work. SIGH. Now I’m working my way through the rest of my September TBR and will hopefully… Read More Monthly TBR: October 2020
Welcome to my monthly TBR post for (the rest of) September 2020! I caught up after my big reading slump caused by COVID..and then fell behind again because work has taken over almost every minute of my waking life, haha. When I’m not working, I’m running errands or doing laundry or washing dishes. Adulting is… Read More Monthly TBR: September 2020
She answered the Emperor’s call. She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend. In victory, her world has turned to ash. After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth, a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman’s shoulders. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her Emperor to fight an unwinnable war. Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath — but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her… Read More Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (ARC Review)
Welcome to my monthly TBR post for August 2020! I’m slowly catching up on things! But if you continue reading, you’ll notice that I still have to get through one book from my June monthly TBR and two books from my July monthly TBR. Overall, things aren’t looking too bad. But I can’t have any… Read More Monthly TBR: August 2020
Welcome to my monthly TBR post for July 2020! Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t posted one of these since April. Things got a little away from me. But I won’t ramble about it here. You can check out my most recent wrap-up/update post if you want more details about what happened.… Read More Monthly TBR: July 2020
Welcome to my monthly TBR post for April 2020! Did you have a good reading month in March? I can’t believe that just last month I was asking everyone how their 2020 is going, all nice and dandy. Things have really changed in the last 31 days and it’s really eye-opening for me. I’ve changed… Read More Monthly TBR: April 2020
One thousand years ago, a wish was made to the Harbinger of Change and a sword of rage and lightning was forged. Kamigoroshi. The Godslayer. It had one task: to seal away the powerful demon Hakaimono. Now he has broken free. Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has one task: to take her piece of the ancient and powerful scroll to the Steel Feather temple in order to prevent the summoning of the Harbinger of Change, the great Kami Dragon… Read More Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa (Review)
Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life—working hard all day and partying all night—until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She’ll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths. Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels he once attempted to overthrow. His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose—to assassinate his boss’s enemies, no questions asked. But with a demon wreaking havoc in the city, he’s offered an irresistible deal: help Bryce find the murderer, and his freedom will be within reach… Read More House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas (ARC Review)