Netgalley Review: The First Sister

Book Title: The First Sister Author: Linden Lewis Series: Trilogy Genre: Sci-fi Publisher: Simon and Schuster Page Count: 400 Notes/TW: graphic violence, murder, implied torture, threats of sexual violence, implied sexual assault, implied rape, child prostitution, loss of bodily autonomy, non consensual surgery, human experimentation, gender dysphoria, misgendering, PTSD, racism, (?) Goodreads Summary: First Sister …

New Release Review: You’ve Lost a Lot of Blood

Hello Everyone, Book Title: You've Lost a Lot of Blood Author: Eric Larocca Series: Standalone Genre: Adult Fiction, Horror Publisher: Author Page Count: 300 Trigger warnings: violence, torture, abandonment, cancer, child death, parent death, other(?) Please note: The only horror authors I'm familiar with are Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Paul Tremblay. Horror is a …

Netgalley Review: The Dead of False Creek

Hello Everyone, Two Netgalley reviews in a month? Who is this girl and where has she been all this time? 🤔 Anyhoo... The Dead of False Creek is a twisty murder mystery not quite involving time travel. I say "not quite" because no one actually goes back in time. Instead two people communicate through a …

May 2021 TBR: An Assortment of Kindle and Physical Reads

A rather delayed TBR post, my apologies, but I'd been pondering how big I want this month's tbr, considering the last month was a success, despite that I'm still not posting reviews just yet. As is, I'm really in the mood for a lot of books, and I'm really hoping to post reviews after I …

Book Review: The Bear

Title: The Bear Author: Andrew Krivak Series: Standalone Genre: Adult Fiction Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press Page Count: 300 Status: Completed Type of Book: Arc, Kindle Ebook Received: Netgalley Rated: 5/5 stars Notes: I very much loved this book, it was beautifully rendered! Well deserving of 5 stars! Lyrical and beautifully written prose throughout the whole …

Book Review: Through Lya’s Eyes

Title: Through Lya’s Eyes Author: Carbone/Cunha Justine Series: Book 1 Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Europe Comics Page Count: Type of Book: Comic Book/Graphic Novel Received: Netgalley Rated: 2/5 stars Review Word Count: 100 Notes: This might possibly be my shortest review to date! This was a strange read for me, and wound up being a DNF. …

Book Review: Little Witches

Title: Little Witches Author: Leigh Dragoon Series: Book One Genre: Historical/Fantasy, YA Publisher: Oni Press Page Count: 115 (?) Type of Book: Comic/Graphic Novel Received: Netgalley Rated: 4/5 stars Notes: A new category for my blog! I’ve started diving into Comics and Graphic Novels, so I figured to add the new button! Little Witches took …

Book Review: Courage to Be Counted

Title: Courage to Be Counted Author: Elerie Grace Series: Book One Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Bugle Call Books Page Count: 400 pages Type of Book: Arc, Kindle Ebook Received: Netgalley Rated: 3/5 stars Review Word Count: 500 Notes: Interesting, just not for me. Not for me, sadly. I wanted to like, I really did, and …

Old Review, No Author (2016 Me Was An Idiot): Freedom’s Child Book Review

I thoroughly enjoyed Freedom's Child. It was intense and beautifully written, filled with believable characters and a fascinating plot. I found that I enjoyed this a lot more than I had thought that I would, actually, and I will definitely check out more by this author! Additional Notes: Um...who's the author? What year was it …

My Very First Book Review (2016): If I Fall, If I Die by Michael Christie

I spent quite a bit of time on this book. I struggled to enjoy it, but I just couldn't get into it, no matter how much I tried. It wasn't bad writing, either. It just wasn't my type of book. Maybe if I was in a different mood, I might've enjoyed it more. Additional Notes: …