Rating: 4 / 5 I received this gorgeous copy of GIRL, SERPENT, THORN by Melissa Bashardoust in my June Fairy Loot box. I was also thrilled to get a complementary audiobook copy from Macmillan Audio through Netgalley. I wound up listening along with the print book in hand which made for a great reading experience!… Continue reading GIRL, SERPENT, THORN by Melissa Bashardoust
Rating: 5 / 5 I have seen so many rave reviews for A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY by Brigid Kemmerer that I was excited to pick up a copy last year. When I saw that one of my reading challenge prompts was to read a book with disability representation, I immediately knew this was… Continue reading A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY by Brigid Kemmerer
Rating: 4 / 5 ROYAL ASSASSIN by Robin Hobb is the second book of THE FARSEER TRILOGY and the second book for the #elderlingalong which is a buddy read for a couple of Robin Hobb's trilogies. I read the first book ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE in March and I was a little underwhelmed at the time. Given… Continue reading ROYAL ASSASSIN by Robin Hobb
Rating: 4.5 / 5 After hearing all sorts of good things about Brandon Sanderson in spite of the intimidating length of his adult novels, I decided to join in for the #Cosmerealong. After reading and absolutely loving the first book ELANTRIS, I was much less intimidated to to continue on. THE FINAL EMPIRE is the… Continue reading THE FINAL EMPIRE by Brandon Sanderson
Rating: 4.5 / 5 I have had my eye on SERPENT & DOVE by Shelby Mahurin since it first came out. When some friends were putting together a buddy read for April I tried to resist adding another book to my already full TBR, but then in the space of about a week I received… Continue reading SERPENT & DOVE by Shelby Mahurin
Rating: 4.5 / 5 I really enjoyed Erin Morgenstern's THE NIGHT CIRCUS, so I was very excited when THE STARLESS SEA was announced. It got added to my endless TBR, but when a friend announced she was scheduling a buddy read for the book over March and April, I finally had an excuse to pick… Continue reading THE STARLESS SEA by Erin Morgenstern
Rating: 4 / 5 A fun flashback picture to the days when it was still easy to get cupcakes! This is for sure a comfort food and comfort read picture! THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES by Agatha Christie was my pick for a book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female… Continue reading THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES by Agatha Christie
Rating: 4.5 / 5 After a few friends had talked about how much they enjoyed WOVEN IN MOONLIGHT by Isabel Ibañez, I added it to my list. When I heard that the Fairy Loot theme for January was "Moon & Stars" and the spoilers expected this to be the book included, I signed myself up… Continue reading WOVEN IN MOONLIGHT by Isabel Ibañez
Rating: 5 / 5 I keep hearing all sorts of good things about Brandon Sanderson and have been wanting to pick up more of his books. I read and enjoyed his YA novel STARSIGHT and have his second in that series on my shelf, but the size of his adult fantasy novels has been a… Continue reading ELANTRIS by Brandon Sanderson
Rating: 3 / 5 ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET? by Lucy Vine arrived in a recent Unplugged Book Box. When I pulled a book involving social media out of my Jar of TBR, I picked this one up. I didn't know much about this one, but the main character is writing a blog, the posts… Continue reading ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET? by Lucy Vine
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