Stacy’s Favorite Books of 2022

January 3, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

Well, we made it! Congratulations!! ♥ We looked 2022 in the eye, got a little scared, and told it to buzz off. Let’s hope that 2023 is even better than last year. It’s that time of year again where I give you my absolute favorite top eleven books of 2022. Hopefully, there are some new […]

Book Review Attack of the Black Rectangles- A.S. King

October 4, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

Award-winning author Amy Sarig King takes on censorship and intolerance in a novel she was born to write. Everyone in town knows and fears Ms. Laura Samuel Sett. She is the town watchdog, always on the lookout for unsavory words and the unsavory people who use them. She is also Mac’s sixth-grade teacher. Mac and […]

First Line Friday 9/9/22 Spells for Forgetting- Adrienne Young

September 9, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

A deeply atmospheric story about ancestral magic, an unsolved murder, and a second chance at true love. Emery Blackwood’s life changed forever the night her best friend was found dead and the love of her life, August Salt, was accused of murdering her. Years later, she is doing what her teenage self swore she never […]

Goodreads Monday 8/29/22 Leech- Hiron Ennes

August 29, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

Goodreads Monday was hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners. It’s now hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading. In an isolated chateau, as far north as north goes, the baron’s doctor has died. The doctor’s replacement has a mystery to […]

Book Review I’m Glad My Mom Died- Jennette McCurdy

August 23, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life. Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her […]

First Line Friday 8/19/22 Kingdom of the Feared- Kerri Maniscalco

August 19, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Two curses. One prophecy. A reckoning all have feared. And a love more powerful than fate. All hail the king and queen of Hell. Emilia is reeling from the shocking discovery that her twin sister, Vittoria, is alive. But before she faces the demons of her past, Emilia yearns to claim her king, the seductive […]

Goodreads Monday 8/15/22 Your Driver is Waiting- Priya Guns

August 15, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Goodreads Monday was hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners. It’s now hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading. In this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire– a gender-flipped reboot of the iconic 1970’s film “Taxi Driver”–a ride share driver is […]

Review The Depths- Nicole Lesperance

August 10, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

A tropical island full of secrets. Two Victorian ghosts, trapped for eternity. And a seventeen-year-old girl determined not to be next. Eulalie Island should be a paradise, but to Addie Spencer, it’s more like a prison. Forced to tag along to the remote island on her mother’s honeymoon, Addie isn’t thrilled about being trapped there […]

Goodreads Monday 8/8/22 It Looks Like Us- Alison Ames

August 8, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Goodreads Monday was hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners. It’s now hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading. The remote terror of THE THING meets the body horror of WILDER GIRLS in this fast-paced Antarctic thriller. Shy high school junior […]

First Line Friday 8/5/22 Leech- Hiron Ennes

August 5, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

A surreal and horrifying debut, Hiron Ennes’s Leech defies our understanding of identity, heredity, and bodily autonomy. “A wonderful new entry to Gothic science fiction, impeccably clever and atmospheric. Think Wuthering Heights… with worms!”—Tamsyn Muir MEET THE CURE FOR THE HUMAN DISEASE In an isolated chateau, as far north as north goes, the baron’s doctor has died. The […]