eARC Review: The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 3, 2025 | 0 Comments

This is rather hard for me to review, as I had mixed feelings about it. I absolutely LOVED Karen’s Fever series – namely, books 1-5. After that, the series kind of lost me. I mostly enjoyed books 6-8, but they started to feel a little monotonous and I never continued past that. I enjoyed most of the Highlander series, too, although Immortal Highlander is my favorite far above all the rest (ADAM BLACK!!). So, when I saw that she was […]

Audiobook Review: The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 20, 2025 | 0 Comments

I had pretty mixed feelings on this book. While I did enjoy it overall, there were some things that seriously bugged me. I’ll start with the good first. The concept is fantastic! I loved the idea of a bookstore – possibly the last bookstore – being open during the apocalypse, trading goods for books. Because even in the apocalypse, literature is relevant. Also, there’s something about a post-apocalyptic book that I just love. I don’t know why; I wouldn’t want to […]

Theories & Questions for Onyx Storm (CONTAINS SPOILERS!)

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 20, 2025 | 0 Comments

THIS POST CONTAINS EXPLICIT SPOILERS FOR FOURTH WING AND IRON FLAME. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ BOTH BOOKS, LOOK AWAY CHILD!! Violet’s second signet Rebecca said we had everything we needed to figure out what it is. Rebecca also said we would be disappointed when we found out. So does that mean it’s a lesser signet and not as powerful? Or just that it’s not what we think? According to Violet (page 520): “Signets have to do with who […]

5 star books of 2024 + Predictions for 2025

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 18, 2025 | 0 Comments

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 […]

2025 Goals & Resolutions

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 14, 2025 | 0 Comments

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 53 books. Continue to read different genres. I didn’t completely bomb this one, but I didn’t do super hot, either. Hit 100% ratio on both Netgalley and Edelweiss. I actually went higher, oops. I started the year with […]

2024 Novel Heartbeat Awards

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 11, 2025 | 0 Comments

I usually combine my awards post with Top Ten Tuesday, but I missed it this time, oops. Top ten books of 2024 *doesn’t include re-reads Top 3 science fiction Top 5 high fantasy/Romantasy Top 5 urban/gothic 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! I did […]