Category: Features

Heartbeat Monthly [41]: January & February 2024

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 10, 2024 | 0 Comments

January haul Bought Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross (B&N) Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao (B&N) Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White by Amélie Wen Zhao (B&N) Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Waterstones) From subs The Longest Autumn by Amy Avery (Owlcrate, January) February haul Bought Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek (Waterstones) The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland (B&N) Mood Reader shelf sitter from The Bookish Bird Co From subs Voyage of […]

Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Little to No Romance

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 13, 2024 | 0 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl Happy (early) Valentine’s Day/Galentine’s Day/Singles Awareness Day! Today’s TTT is a love freebie, and anyone who knows me at all knows I don’t really care for romance in books. There are a few that I love, but they have to be done just a certain way for me to enjoy them. So, for those who are like me and would rather have plot over romance, I wanted to share some […]

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Meant to Read in 2023

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 23, 2024 | 0 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl Heartless Hunter Talonsister A Tempest of Tea Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White The Bitter Twins Kinslayer Infinity Gate The Book of Doors Assassin’s Apprentice Butcher & Blackbird What books did you mean to read in 2023 and didn’t get to?

Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Releases for the First Half of 2024

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 9, 2024 | 0 Comments

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 A House With Good Bones – ★★★ Briardark – ★★★½ Godkiller – ★★★★ In the Lives of Puppets – ★★★★½ Kill Your Darlings – ★★★ Riven – still haven’t read, oops Damsel – DNF A Door in the Dark – ★★½ Fourth Wing – ★★★★★ Spice Road – started to read & lost interest

2023 End of Year Book Survey + Reading Stats

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 6, 2024 | 0 Comments

The end of year survey was created by Jamie @ The Perpetual Page-Turner Past surveys 2011 end of year survey 2012 end of year survey 2013 end of year survey 2014 end of year survey 2015 end of year survey 2016 end of year survey 2017 end of year survey 2018 end of year survey 2019 end of year survey 2020 end of year survey 2021 end of year survey 2022 end of year survey (It’s crazy that I’ve been doing […]

Top Ten Tuesday + 2023 Novel Heartbeat Awards

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 2, 2024 | 0 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl As always, I’m combining my Novel Heartbeat Awards with Top Ten Tuesday! Top ten books of 2023 *doesn’t include re-reads Top 3 science fiction Top 5 high fantasy Top 5 urban/gothic fantasy Top 3 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 […]