The weather's getting warmer, the flowers are starting to bloom and Easter candy is already appearing on store shelves even though it's only mid-March. Spring's finally here and for this week's Top 5 Wednesday spring reads freebie, I'm celebrating the start of the season by making a list of book covers that evoke spring. 1) The … Continue reading T5W: Spring Reads – 5 Book Covers that Scream SPRING!
1) Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff I'm really late to the party for this one but what better time to read a juicy political tell-all than springtime? 2) Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard The latest installment of the Witchlands series came out in February but I just didn't have time for it - which means it's at the top of my TBR for … Continue reading TTT: Top 10 Book on My Spring 2019 TBR
"You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart" 1) Cassie from The 5th Wave series Cassie not only survives an alien invasion but she goes on to do battle with the extraterrestrials in order to save her little brother and, eventually, what's left of humanity. A … Continue reading T5W: 5 Characters that Embody Gryffindor
1) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Okay, I know that there are already countless sequels, prequels, and spin-offs for this book but my ideal sequel would be a smutty look into Darcy and Elizabeth's wedding night. 2) Mansfield Park by Jane Austen I don't want a sequel to Mansfield Park so much as a rewrite - a version where Fanny … Continue reading TTT: Standalone Books that Need a Sequel
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One by Amanda Lovelace Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young Save Me from Dangerous Men (Nikki Griffin #1) by S.A. Lelchuk The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry In Another Time by Jillian Cantor A Memory … Continue reading March 2019 Releases I’m Adding to My TBR
1) Dragons Any book that has dragons in it becomes 1000x more compelling, in my opinion. They're just so awesome - they can breathe fire, they can fly, they're immensely powerful and dangerous - I mean, what's not to love? Just like Hagrid from the Harry Potter series, I'd love to have a dragon as a pet. … Continue reading T5W: Top Favorite SFF Creatures
1) Lia from The Dream Thief Lia is a Drakon, a supernatural being who can transform into a dragon. Seeing as that is the most awesome power I can imagine having, I'd trade places with her in a heartbeat. Plus, she ends up with Zane, a super sexy mortal man who is completely, fiercely in love … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Characters I’d Trade Places With
1) The Vagrant (The Vagrant #1) by Peter Newman Rating: 4/5 The Vagrant is an incredibly unique fantasy with elements of steampunk/sci-fi woven in to the story. This book takes the 'showing, not telling' rule of storytelling to the extreme - we are not given access to any of the character's inner thoughts and there's hardly any exposition. Instead, … Continue reading February 2019 Reading Wrap-Up
Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America by David Hajdu The Three Kingdoms, Volume 1: The Sacred Oath by Luo Guanzhong; translated by Yu Sumei Stripped (Blue HEAT #1) by Tara Wyatt Born to Be Wilde (The Wildes … Continue reading February 2019 Book Haul
I could only come up with four entries this week but below are all the fictional places I'd love to take a date to. 1) The Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade Picture this: the snow is falling, you're walking hand in mittened hand with your date through a twilit Hogsmeade. You go into the Three Broomsticks … Continue reading T5W: Top 5 Fictional Places I’d Take a Date To
