Today is the LAST DAY of the Maryland Renaissance Festival for 2019! It’s unofficially known as The Day of Wrong, and a lot of patrons and participants will do something subtly or overtly -wrong- with their garb to celebrate. For instance, this year, I’m going as a blonde! I’m naturally a brunette, and the last … Continue reading
Book Review: Serpent & Dove
Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin Young Adult / Fantasy / Romance 519 pages Published September 2019 This was Barnes & Noble’s Young Adult book club book for October, so I read it because I was planning to go. I ended up feeling particularly introverted that entire week, so I stayed home, but I’d read … Continue reading
Friday 56 – Serpent & Dove
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. This week’s quote is from Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin, an enemies-to-lovers young adult fantasy romance about a witch and a witch hunter. … Continue reading
Book Review: Chaotic Good
Chaotic Good by Whitney Gardner Young Adult / Contemporary Fiction 249 pages Published 2018 Hoooooooo boy do I have some mixed feelings about this one! First, the good: The writing is great. The action flows, the dialogue is suitably nerdy, the affection between Cameron and her twin brother is evident. There are a few jumps … Continue reading
Library Loot Wednesday
Three books this week; two YA and one nonfiction. Steel Tide is the sequel to Seafire, a sapphic pirate adventure, and Slay is about a young, black, female computer programmer. You Are Your Own is a book about being an ex-evangelical Christian and dealing with the fallout from that, which I am intimately familiar with.
TTT – Extraordinary Book Titles
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is books with extraordinary titles. I’m sure this is going to a hugely varied week; everyone’s definition of extraordinary is going to be different. For me, these are titles that made me sit up and take notice; They’re long, … Continue reading
Goddess In The Stacks 