Review: A Poison Dark and Drowning by Jessica Cluess

Posted February 5, 2018 by Wendy in Reviews / 0 Comments

Why Did I Read? I really enjoyed the first book in the series, A Shadow Bright and Burning and have been eager to see what is going to happen next! My Thoughts: So one of the main things that I really love about this series is the backdrop of Victorian England– but with magic! Magicians and sorcerers and monsters and hints of other worlds out there. It appeals to my love of all things fantasy combined with historical fiction plus Victorian England […]

Monthly Recap! January 2018

Posted February 3, 2018 by Wendy in recap / 1 Comment

Is January really over?! How can that be! It seems like just yesterday we were talking resolutions for the new year! But seriously, the month flew by! Here’s what happened on the blog this month and other January happenings! Favorite Things in January: My BFF and book soul sister Rebecca came to visit me in January!! We have been planning this for MONTHS – we planned it around Pierce Brown’s Iron Gold tour because we are both hardcore Howlers and it […]

Mini Reviews: The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley, Tell the Wind and Fire by Sarah Rees Brennan

Posted January 31, 2018 by Wendy in Mini Reviews, Reviews / 0 Comments

My Thoughts: The Bedlam Stacks is something I thought I’d really enjoy! I had seen good reviews and it sounded like a really beautiful fantasy story. Unfortunately this one missed the mark for me. The writing is good, I will say that. The descriptions are beautiful and the world is unique. However, I felt zero connection to the main character and as a result, honestly didn’t care about his journey or mission. In fact, I quickly got bored and really […]

The Red Rising Saga Superlatives!

Posted January 16, 2018 by Wendy in Misc / 4 Comments

Iron Gold was pushed back from Fall 2017 and at the time, that seemed like SO FAR AWAY. Well guess what. TODAY IS THAT DAY. Buckle up your seat belts, boyo, the ride continues! In celebration of Iron Gold releasing today, Rebecca and I teamed up to do something fun for release day! We love this series and all its characters so much and thought it’d be fun to come up with yearbook style superlatives for the characters from the series! […]

End of Year Survey: 2017 Edition!

Posted January 12, 2018 by Wendy in recap / 1 Comment

I love doing Jamie’s end of year survey every year! It gives me a chance to look back on my year of reading. I always wait until the year is completely over though because I’m usually reading until the very end! Number Of Books You Read: 132 Number of Re-Reads: 16 Genre You Read The Most From: Contemporary at 47, fantasy at 42, historical fiction at 16 1. Best Book You Read In 2017? (If you have to cheat […]