1000 Storms by Tony Sandoval

I previously read Watersnakes by Tony Sandoval, and loved the artwork. When I was invited to read 1000 Storms, I was excited! I couldn’t wait to see the new adventures and gorgeous illustrations. The artwork is gorgeous, which is expected. Beautiful and ethereal with a bordering menacing darkness. Its ephemeral nature complements the narrative beautifully […]

A Pre-Columbian Bestiary: Fantastic Creatures of Indigenous Latin America by Ilan Stavans, Eko

I am honestly pretty disappointed with A Pre-Columbian Bestiary by Ilan Stavans and illustrated by Eko. It feels almost as though this is a book that couldn’t decide what it wanted to be. It includes mythical creatures, but also creatures like grasshoppers. The illustrations are great, but black and white. Honestly, it feels like a book with a strong premise that falters into a clunky coffee table book.

Los peligros de fumar en la cama by Mariana Enríquez

One of my goals in 2023 was to start reading books in Spanish instead of just English. I’m bilingual, and I’ve tried reading long form Spanish fiction before, but never really stuck with it. I tried reading Fellowship of the Ring in Spanish thinking it would be easier because I know FOTR so it would […]

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

This was a great read that I’m upset I didn’t get to earlier! I did read A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik as an audiobook and golly Anisha Dadia is SUCH a great narrator. She gave so much emotion for each of the characters and with just the slightest change in tone or inflection, you knew who was speaking, you know their mood, you knew the situation. I think reading this as an audiobook really changed and elevated my experience.

The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner

Would I recommend The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner? Sure! It wasn’t amazing, but it wasn’t horrible. It was a good filler book to read. A palate cleanser book to read between heavier novels or series.

Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Would I recommend this? Honestly, I think I would simply because 75% of the book was really good and really captivated my attention. There are good ideas and it was good foundation, even if Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness stumbled at the end.

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

Long and Short of it: Great writing, but ultimately just a basic retelling with a well-known impetus. I previously read The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher which absolutely creeped me out. It was a great horror book. When I saw the cover for What Moves the Dead and that it was written by T. Kingfisher, […]

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

I am literally bereft, annoyed, betrayed, and upset. I was really loving this book. So much so that before I even reached 50%, I purchased the other two in the trilogy and now all I can think is what a waste of money! I am beyond disappointed. I feel as though this has been a […]

Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

Would I recommend? Yes, and the series gets better! Again, this is a ‘re-read’ as I listened to the audiobook for the first time. Marsters continues to be the best voice for Harry Dresden and I can only picture him now as the lanky, cantankerous wizard. Onto the book itself! Fool Moon is a good […]

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Technically, this is a re-read, though this is a review of the audiobook which I listened to for the first time. Where I work, it is very quiet so I decided to try audiobooks. In the past, I was never able to really sit and pay attention. Now, knowing I wanted to do some reading […]

Sweet, Young, & Worried by Blythe Baird

I don’t typically read or look into books of poetry, and I would never have found Sweet, Young, & Worried if I had not stumbled across it at a local bookstore. It’s short but poignant. There were a few poems that really cut through me, while a few others I fear I aged out of […]

Wild Thing by Michelle Hercules

Long and short of it: WAY better than the first in the series. If you pick up the first book for free on Amazon Prime, this second one is DEFINITELY worth shelling out for. The first book in this series, Dark Prince, I honestly liked but was not blown away. Was happy enough with it […]

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Long and Short of it: A lot of build just to be let down and confused. I wanted to read something that would scare me. Something that would sweep me up and make me read it nonstop because I would want to know what is happening and what will happen. Our Wives Under the Sea […]

Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher

Long and short of it: Fun, angst, happily ever after romance that works great as a palate cleanser! So, I there I was, stuck in the middle of another long reading slump and unable to find something to get me back into reading when I decided to look at the romance section of Kindle Unlimited. […]

They Drown Our Daughters by Katrina Monroe

I absolutely hated this book. It was not horror in the slightest. It was, in all honestly, women’s fiction about mothers and daughters which you know, cool if you go into a book knowing that and wanting to read that. I went into this book expecting horror thanks to the genre and the fact that […]