Heartbeat Monthly [39]: October 2023 + Book Signings

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 12, 2023 | 0 Comments

October haul Bought The Serpent Bride by Sara Douglass (I had never seen this in mass market!!) Talonsister by Jen Williams (I had to order from Amazon UK) The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin Night of the Witch by Beth Revis & Sara Raasch (SIGNED) The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (SIGNED) Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (SIGNED) Fourth Wing pins from Brio + Brandish Special editions Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather […]

Tips for attending YALLfest (updated 2023)

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 1, 2023 | 0 Comments

I’ve posted tips several times over the years, but with YALLfest 2023 coming up in a couple of weeks, I wanted to repost them because I have things to add! This will be my ninth year attending the festival and the tenth anniversary of my very first YALLfest (HOW has it been an entire decade since I started attending?!?!) and I am SO FREAKING EXCITED! It’s always chaotic, but SO. FUN. This festival is non-negotiable in my schedule and I look […]

Review: The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 20, 2023 | 0 Comments

Save the king, save the island. I’m actually quite shocked that I enjoyed this book! This was only the second reverse harem I’ve ever read in my life, lol. But I do think this was a good one for a beginner to the genre because it’s not in your face smutty (which I am not a fan of) and it’s still got a great story! This book was a very quick and easy (and fun!) read. There are no white […]

Review: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törz

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 16, 2023 | 0 Comments

Holy. SHIT. Dude. This book. This is the kind of story I dream of finding every time I open a new book (and rarely find). This book GRABBED me from the very first page and never let go! I was hopelessly hooked, and I knew in the first handful of pages that this was going to be a 5 star read for me as well as a new favorite. And I was sooo not wrong! I fucking LOVED every single […]

Audiobook Review: The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw & Richard Kadrey

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 9, 2023 | 0 Comments

If I could use one word to describe this book, it would be….gross. But like, in the most delightful way possible! (If you like gory stuff, that is. If you don’t, this book is absolutely not for you.) I love really dark disturbing shit, so this one was right up my alley! I loved how grotesque and gruesome this book was. I knew in the first chapter I was going to love that part of the story. And love it I […]

Heartbeat Monthly [38]: September 2023 + book signing

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 8, 2023 | 0 Comments

September haul Bought Books Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törz That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams Find Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen Simmons (signed) Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun (LitJoy) Merch Gryffindor Squishmallow (Kroger) Illumicrate ‘What Lies Beneath’ box items – Plant pot, Daughter of Smoke and Bone book organizer, Witch King metal bookmark, Whispering Dark phone grip Illumicrate ‘In the Dark’ box items – Mia’s dagger replica, blackout journal, Monstress metal […]