Friday 56 – Toil & Trouble

Friday 56 – Toil & Trouble

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

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!

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

Book Review: Grace and Fury

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