Reading Roundup #70: Boys & Girls, Kings & Queens

I threw myself into reading this week and was reward with a full shelf off good books, ranging from wholesome slice-of-life to magical horror. Most of what I have to say about these tales are in the reviews themselves, so let's get to it. The Undaunted (A Series of Worthy Young Ladies #3) by Kate …

Pride Recommendations Book Tag

Hello, friends. I hope you're all taking care of yourselves and each other. It's been another hard week for many of us, and I admit I've been staying offline a lot. As always, of course, reading is a great comfort, and so is writing! Madeline over at The Bookish Mutant tagged me for the Pride …

Reading Roundup #69: Nothing but the Best

As a reader, I take the words of Jane Austen for my motto: 'I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other." I deserve good books and will accept nothing less — and if I have to, I'll rant about what I and fictional characters deserve until I find it! …

Reading Roundup #68: To Know Thyself is the Beginning of Wisdom

I love a good adventure or a mystery as much as the next person, but there is something uniquely satisfying about seeing characters unravel the mysteries of their own souls. In each of this week's books, the protagonists struggle to know who they are and what they want, but by the end, they're all a …

Thank You, Next by Andie J. Christopher

I didn't know what to expect going into Thank You, Next, as it's my first Andie J. Christopher book, but it left me with mixed feelings. There are some real bright spots here — the wacky premise, the leads, their friends, GRANDMA LEXI, MY LOVE — but the material doesn't quite rise about some messy …

Reading Roundup #67: One for the Books

I honestly don't have some clever intro this week — I just read a lot of books while trying to avoid the news, and I have some thoughts. I wouldn't recommend all of these books to everyone, but I would definitely recommend each of them to someone, so if one of these sounds like something …

Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman

I began this week feeling cynical about everything, from life to books, and then Abbi Waxman's Adult Assembly Required came along and made me sigh, grin, and laugh my head off every few pages. My faith in humanity may still be bruised, but my hope for modern literature is restored. And I now have a …

Reading Roundup #66: Murder Over Marriage

The thing I love about having not one but two comfort genres is that when romance fails me, murder mysteries will come through. I had high expectations for Alexis Hall's A Lady for a Duke and Katy Birchall's The Wedding Season (which, okay, is technically only romance-adjacent, being more truly Women's Fiction), but both fell …

The Sunshine Blogger Award

Several months ago (let's not count them), Dini over at dinipandareads tagged me for the Sunshine Blogger Award, which is awarded to bloggers who "are creative, positive and inspiring while spreading sunshine to the blogging community." As Dini is one of the brightest spots in my blog feed, I'm honored she thought of me when …

Reading Roundup #65: Looking for Love

We made it to another Wednesday — hallelujah! It's been a busy, busy week, full of work deadlines and events, which is why I couldn't get this post up at the usual time. But I'm here now and ready to talk about everyone's favorite topic — books! On the surface, these titles all look extremely different: …