Summary: Old Secrets lead to Murder At a secret society in Oxford’s Cardinal College, privileged young men from important families get drunk and rowdy and cause trouble. It’s been going on for centuries, but when someone dies, it looks like more than boys behaving badly. It’s up to Lucy and her undead knitters to … Continue reading Book Review: Garters and Gargoyles by Nancy Warren
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: A Dance with Fate by Juliet Marillier
Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. The young warrior and bard Liobhan has lost her brother to the Otherworld. Even more determined to gain a place as an … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: A Dance with Fate by Juliet Marillier
Book Review: Crosstalk by Connie Willis
Summary: In the not-too-distant future, a simple outpatient procedure to increase empathy between romantic partners has become all the rage. And Briddey Flannigan is delighted when her boyfriend, Trent, suggests undergoing the operation prior to a marriage proposal - to enjoy better emotional connection and a perfect relationship with complete communication and understanding. But things … Continue reading Book Review: Crosstalk by Connie Willis
This Week in Reading: A Good Week!
I had a pretty good week in reading last week. I finished 2 books, 1 Romance and 1 SFF novel. I LOVED Written in Red by Anne Bishop and wound up reading it in about 4 days despite it being about 500 pages and reading another book in between. I loved it so much that … Continue reading This Week in Reading: A Good Week!
Series Review: Elemental Mysteries by Elizabeth Hunter
Summary: A phone call from an old friend sets Dr. Giovanni Vecchio back on the path of a mysterious manuscript he's hunted for over five hundred years. He never expected a young student librarian could be the key to unlock its secrets, nor could he have predicted the danger she would attract. Now he and … Continue reading Series Review: Elemental Mysteries by Elizabeth Hunter
Why I Love Tropes
First of all, before we get into why I love tropes, we should probably define what a trope is, exactly. When it comes to literature, a trope is something that's common or reoccurring that happens a lot in stories, so much that it becomes known as A Thing. Different genres often utilize different tropes. For … Continue reading Why I Love Tropes
TBR Shelf Cleanup #25
Time for another round up of books from my TBR to go through! Each week I'll be going over a selection from my physical unread books and deciding what to keep and what to purge. There will be a third option--undecided--which I might ask for your input on why you think I should keep or … Continue reading TBR Shelf Cleanup #25
The Tarot Sequence Presents: Black Lives Matter Reading Bingo
Today I'm sharing a brand new reading challenge created by Kathy @ Pages Below the Vaulted Sky and the Tarot Sequence fandom--Black Lives Matter Reading Bingo. You know I'm all about reading bingo challenges, so I'm excited for this one! Above all, this is a challenge aimed at discovering, reading, and supporting Black authors and … Continue reading The Tarot Sequence Presents: Black Lives Matter Reading Bingo
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne
Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. Terminally Ill salvage pilot Ash Jackson lost everything in the war with the alien Vai, but she'll be damned if she … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne
Book Review: Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst
Summary: Life, death, and rebirth—in Becar, everyone knows that who you are in this life will determine what you are in your next life. The augurs can read your fate in your aura: hawk, heron, tortoise, jackal, human. Armed with that knowledge, you can change your destiny with the choices you make, both in this … Continue reading Book Review: Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst
Way Too Fantasy 