I kept hearing about this book over and over, and even though this isn’t my typical genre (I am a SFF girlie, through and through lol), I wanted to know what the fuss was about. I was on the fence going into this, and trying to keep my expectations low, because let’s face it – BookTok has let me down before (side eyeing you, Quicksilver). Surprisingly, this one worked for me! I’m quite shocked I enjoyed it, lmao. Not gonna […]
This book is rather hard for me to review, because my feelings about it are so hot and cold that I have trouble pinning down exactly how I felt about it. In the first half, I was hooked. I absolutely LOVED the world and mythology! It had strong Inuyasha vibes, and I was intrigued. I also really loved the idea of the immortality trial. However, right around the halfway mark, it started losing me. I began to get frustrated and […]
A few years ago I saw Cristina @ Girl in the Pages post about her 5 star reading drought (which was originally inspired by Lauren @ Bookmark Lit’s post here), and I thought it was such a great post, so I did one of my own! It was really interesting to see what me 5 star reads looked like for last year, so I’ve been doing it ever since! Past 5 star books posts 5 star books of 2018 5 […]
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl Anticipated releases I’ve already got my hands on Last year’s most anticipated releases Compendium of Lost Tales – ★★★★ Rebel Witch – ★★★★ Fateless – ★★★★★ The Beasts We Bury – DNF The Last Bookstore on Earth – ★★½ A Language of Dragons – haven’t read yet When the Bones Sing – ★★★ Onyx Storm – ★★★★★ Water Moon – haven’t read yet Cold Eternity – ★★★★
Looking back at last year’s resolutions Here’s my post from last year! Reading/blogging resolutions Hit at least 100 books again. Welp, I didn’t do that. I ended up having to lower my Goodreads challenge goal to 50, and I ended the year at 55 books. Branch out and read different genres. I was shit at this, lol. Almost everything I read was some branch of SFF. Hit 100% ratio on both Netgalley and Edelweiss. I went higher on NG again, oops. […]
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl I’m back to combining my Novel Heartbeat Awards with Top Ten Tuesday! Top ten books of 2025 *doesn’t include re-reads Top 5 science fiction Top dystopian Top 5 high fantasy/Romantasy Top urban fantasy Top horror Top 3 out of my comfort zone Top 3 mystery/thriller Top 5 standalones Top 5 audiobooks Here’s my picks for the books with the best narration that I listened to this year! […]