I've decided to try something new and feature some of my favorite books or series every Friday, not necessarily new reads but something I'm still excited about to this day. So this Friday, I've chosen a series by one of my favorite author duos, Ilona Andrews. This husband and wife author team pumps out amazing urban … Continue reading Favorite Friday- Ilona Andrews’ “On the Edge” series
Book Reviews
WWW Wednesday
WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on the World of Words. To participate, all you have to do is answer the 3W questions. What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think that you’ll read next? I've never done anything like this before, and decided … Continue reading WWW Wednesday
Update: Sylvain Neuvel’s “Sleeping Giants” is now out!
For those that don't know, I received a copy of Sleeping Giants for review back in November and was 100% obsessed with it! You can read my review here, but in the meantime here is a tl/dr version of my review. Neuvel's debut novel is a science fiction tour de force, complete with robots, mysterious government … Continue reading Update: Sylvain Neuvel’s “Sleeping Giants” is now out!
Menna van Praag’s “Dress Shop of Dreams”
First off, I would like to state that I recently finished another one of van Praag's novels for an advance review from Netgalley called The Witches of Cambridge, which I loved. For that full review, please click here. That being said, The Dress Shop of Dreams is a very different story from van Praag's most recent offering. … Continue reading Menna van Praag’s “Dress Shop of Dreams”
“Last Days of Magic” or, why we shouldn’t buy books for their covers.
Last Days of Magic is a fantastic epic of that acts like a factual telling of how magic left the world. (Personally, I'd like to believe it to be true. you may say I'm a dreamer...) It tells the story of the Sidhe, who are the magical beings descended from Nephilim, and their interaction with … Continue reading “Last Days of Magic” or, why we shouldn’t buy books for their covers.
Green Island: A Novel- Not your every day beach read
First of all, I'd like to thank Penguin's First to Read for this advance reader copy. Next, whoa. Shawna Yang Ryan's Green Island is a trip and a half, especially for someone not used to historical fiction. The story follows an unnamed narrator, born on the same day as the February 28th riot in Taiwan, … Continue reading Green Island: A Novel- Not your every day beach read
Nora Roberts Land-for the love addicts
Nora Roberts Land takes place in a little town called Dare, Colorado, where protagonist Meredith Hale's family has been running an internationally acclaimed newspaper for generations. The ink flows through her veins just as thickly as the rest, and hr pen hand itches. Meredith is a 30-something recent divorcee who returns home to her little … Continue reading Nora Roberts Land-for the love addicts
Sylvain Neuvel’s Sleeping Giants- A Colossal start to a new Science Fiction series
Thank you, Random House Del Rey and NetGalley, for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review! Sleeping Giants is a story that starts with a little girl named Rose finding a gigantic metal hand that no one has an explanation for. Thirteen years later, by some stroke of fate, Rose is assigned as … Continue reading Sylvain Neuvel’s Sleeping Giants- A Colossal start to a new Science Fiction series
Lisa Van Allen’s “The Wishing Thread”- finding magic in the mundane
Van Allen's The Wishing Thread follows the three Van Ripper sisters and their magical house in Tarrytown called the Stitchery. When matriarch Mariah dies, the three sisters must come together to decide what is best for their home and their family's legacy as the stitch witches of the town, sewing spells for suspicious but desperate … Continue reading Lisa Van Allen’s “The Wishing Thread”- finding magic in the mundane
Dan Vyleta’s Smoke: A Novel- release date May 24, 2016
Dan Vyleta's Smoke is a dystopia look at Victorian England where humans' baser emotions physically manifest in the form of smoke that emits from their bodies, like sweat or spit. It has created an even more intense class divide, with the rich training their children to be essentially emotionless, punished for any thoughts that form … Continue reading Dan Vyleta’s Smoke: A Novel- release date May 24, 2016
Books for the Beach 