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My Top 5 Books for 2018…so far!
It is August. I cannot believe it is August! So far I have 35 books out of my 50 book goal this year. I have read some great stories this year (along with a couple of bad ones). There are still so many books in my TBR pile that I am trying to get to…
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Literary Gifts Galore! | Spotlight
The best part of the literary community is the abundance of cute accessories available to express your inner bookworm in public. Sometimes subtle and sometimes BAM in your face! They are pins, shirts, backlogs, tote bags, and a million other things to wear or carry around! I always have to try very hard to not…
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The Last of the Firedrakes by Farah Oomerbhoy | Book Review
This book was sent to me in exchange for an honest review. 16-year-old Aurora Darlington is an orphan. Mistreated by her adopted family and bullied at school, she dreams of running away and being free. But when she is kidnapped and dragged through a portal into a magical world, suddenly her old life doesn’t…
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Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne | Book Review
In “Kill the Farm Boy” by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne, a group of unlikely individuals comes together under very strange circumstances. Together, they oddly enough sorta succeeded in their grand adventure together. This novel is the lovechild of Shrek, The Princess Bride, and Monty Python and that child goes on a crazy Dungeons…
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The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden | Book Review
“The Girl in the Tower” is the second novel in Kathrine Arden’s Winternight trilogy. Ms. Arden was able to continue to create a magical world where magic is weaved delicately to every nook and cranny. In book two, Vasya sets off to become her own person — an adventurer if you will. However, her dream…
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The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Greblins | Book Review
The Adventure Zone by Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy and Carey Pietsch, follows the adventures of three very different individuals who are trying to complete a simple mission, but get dragged into a much larger adventure. Tako — an elvish wizard with a prideful personality, Magnus Burnsides — a human fighter that…
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A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro | Book Review
“‘But tonight I’ll go alone. You’re about as stealthy as a lame elephant. See you later.’ She patted me on the shoulder and took off down the path, leaving me behind, both charmed and insulted. The side effects of hanging around Charlotte Holmes.” “A Study in Charlotte” by Brittany Cavallaro is a modern twist…
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The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco | Book Review
“Everyone is a puzzle, Tea, made of interlocking tiles you must piece together to form a picture of their souls. But to successfully build them, you must have an idea of their strengths as well as their weaknesses. We all have them, even me.” “The Bone Witch” by Rin Chupeco is a dark…
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Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi | Book Review
“It wasn’t a romance; it was too perfect for that. With texts there were only the words and none of the awkwardness. They could get to know each other completely and get comfortable before they had to do anything unnecessarily overwhelming like look at each other’s eyeballs with their eyeballs.” Mary H.K. Choi’s debut “Emergency…