The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda’s Voice. The rules are simple – turn to page 56 in your current read (or 56% in your e-reader) and post a few non-spoilery sentences. Today’s quote is from Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft. It’s a perfect book for the Halloween season. Page 56 lands … Continue reading
Book Review: To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han Young Adult 355 pages Published 2014 I picked this up mostly because the trailer for the Netflix adaptation looked AMAZING. It’s the first book in a trilogy, and I really want to read the other two now! (Update: I’ve now read PS. I Still Love … Continue reading
Library Loot Wednesday!
I checked out seven books this week, two of which I’ve already read and turned back in, The Sleeper and the Spindle and Toil & Trouble. Both were excellent. I also checked out The Dreaming Stars (sequel to The Wrong Stars), Inkmistress, Of Fire and Stars, Where Am I Now? True Stories of … Continue reading
TTT – Top Ten Books about Witchy Ladies!
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, and this week, because Halloween is tomorrow, the theme is Halloween freebie! So I’m doing my top ten on awesome witchy ladies. These are strong-willed women who have magic and use it with intent. They know what they want and they use the tools at … Continue reading
Book Review: Grace and Fury
Grace and Fury by Tracy Banhart Young Adult 311 pages Published July 2018 I didn’t actually have high hopes for this book – the description hits a lot of standard YA tropes. Sisterhood, switched roles, Royal/pauper juxtaposition…but WOW. No, this book blew me away. In Serina and Nomi’s world, women are second-class citizens, forbidden to … Continue reading
Book Review: All I Want for Halloween
All I Want for Halloween by Marie Harte Romance 345 pages Published 2017 This will just be a quick one, as this is your normal smutty romance novel. I picked it up for the PopSugar prompt “Based on Halloween” and it is that. But it’s also the typical “lust at first sight and the sex … Continue reading