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Cat Fight by Andrew Wheeler and Ilias Kyriazis – REVIEW
Cat Fight is a wondrously fun comic, and this first volume is a colorful wild ride that you shouldn’t miss. Kitty Midnight is the most glamorous gray-haired woman you could imagine. You would never know that she runs the Kit Kat Crime Syndicate, a group of the world’s most skilled and notorious thieves. Her syndicate… Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Feel-Good Books on My 2024 TBR
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. These are all things I can wholeheartedly get behind. These past two weeks I’ve completely gone off topic for my Top Ten… Continue reading
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Indie Book Review: Into the Bargain by Colleen Cowley
If there’s one thing I can’t resist in a romantic fantasy, it’s a gaslamp setting. Add in wizards, fights against gender inequality, and steamy romances, and I can’t say no. I’ve been interested in Colleen Cowley’s Clandestine Magic series for so long, so when I saw her recently released Into the Bargain prequel novella, I knew it… Continue reading
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The Sunday Post: Reviewing the Week and Looking Ahead – 3/3/2024
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books for another Sunday Post! I need your help this week! Every Saturday I post reviews for backlist books – I call them Back Shelf Reviews. This week, I don’t have one planned yet. With the rest of my blog week mostly scheduled, I want a good backlist book to… Continue reading
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Back Shelf Review: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Welcome back to Back Shelf Saturdays, where I review backlist titles I didn’t get to read when they were first published. I do this (almost) every week to ensure I’m reading more than just newly released and forthcoming titles. For my purposes, a backlist title is at least one year past its release date. This… Continue reading
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These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein
I read These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart near the end of 2023 and I was completely blown away by how much I loved it. While I thought I would like the novella based on the synopsis, I wasn’t expecting this to be a favorite book of mine. These Fragile Graces is incredible, intense, and remarkably powerful. Continue reading
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I Feel Awful, Thanks by Lara Pickle
You know when you start reading a book and you know it’s going to be a great read? That feeling when the setting is so comfortable you could sink into it or when the characters feel like old friends you’re catching up with. That’s how reading I Feel Awful Thanks felt for me. I Feel Awful, Thanks is… Continue reading
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Audiobook Review: King Nyx by Kirsten Bakis
Anna Fort tries to be a good wife – really she does. Her husband Charles is a writer, skeptic, and amateur scientist, though he has little respect in the academic and literary communities. While Charles makes their family look ridiculous with his wild theories, Anna works herself to the bone. Finally, Charles might have a… Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: 2024 Releases on My TBR – Dark & Moody Vibes
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. These are all things I can wholeheartedly get behind. This week’s topic is books/titles with nature themes. I promise I tried to… Continue reading
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The Sunday Post: Reviewing the Week and Looking Ahead – 2/25/2024
Welcome back to Back Shelf Books for another Sunday Post! How the heck is February almost over?? The winter has completely flown by. My daffodils popped up this week like it was no big deal. I’m not sure who told them it’s Spring, but I have a feeling they know better than me. I still… Continue reading