Review Casting Shadows- Dziyana Taylor

January 21, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

For two years, Rebecca Grimwood has been plagued by the same dream: an overturned ambulance vehicle, a long winding road, a motorcycle, and a man whose face she can’t make out. Dreams are just dreams, though, and she tries not to pay them much notice. Yet when a fortune teller tells Rebecca that her destiny […]

First Line Friday 12/25/20 This Poison Heart- Kalynn Bayron

December 25, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron’s new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power. Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch. When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents […]

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 11/9/20

November 9, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Happy Monday! I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. This week I’m going to read a book that I won in a giveaway, a book that has been part of my collection for awhile, and a book that the publisher sent to me on Netgalley. What are you reading? The Heart and Other […]

Arc Review The Taxidermist’s Lover- Polly Hall

October 7, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

A modern Gothic tale of a woman obsessed with her lover’s taxidermy creatures and haunted by her past. Things were never quite the same after you started mixing up the species. When Scarlett meets taxidermist Henry, a passionate love affair commences. One year later, on Christmas Day, Scarlett recalls the ebb and flow of their […]

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 9/28/20

September 28, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Hello and welcome to the last Monday of September. This month has been crazy and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. This week I’m going to read a book that I’ve owned for years…., a book that I wanted to read before I watch the film on Netflix, and an e-book that I received […]

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 8/3/20

August 3, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Happy Monday and welcome to August! How is everyone? I hope everyone is doing well. This week I’m trying an ebook & audiobook read for a book that was turned into a movie, a signed book that I received at ALA in New Orleans (2018), an arc that I picked up at ALA Midwinter, and […]

Top Ten Favorite Books According to Stacy January-June 2020

July 7, 2020.Reading time 17 minutes.

It’s July and time is flying by! Since half of the year is over, I decided to show you my top ten favorite books from January- June of 2020. And these are all books that I have read this year. Some have been released for a while but I just made it to the party. […]

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 7/6/20

July 6, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Hello and welcome back to Monday! I hope everyone is doing good and staying safe. This week I’m going to read a book that I’ve started last week, a book that I’ve recently received from Waterstones, and a book that I’ve recently purchased from Book Depository. What are you reading this week? NOS4A2- Joe Hill […]

First Line Friday 7/3/20 The Falling in Love Montage- Ciara Smyth

July 3, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings. If they were real, her mother would still be able to remember her name and not in a care home with early onset dementia. A condition that Saoirse may one day turn out to have inherited. So she’s not looking for a relationship. She […]

Mini Review The Wicked Deep- Shea Ernshaw

July 1, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow… Where, two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town. Now, for a brief time each summer, the sisters return, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so that […]