Books
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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 Mushroom Knight, Vol. 1 by Oliver Bly
If a cottagecore setting and sentient, chivalrous mushrooms strike your fancy, I have the perfect graphic novel for you. The Mushroom Knight, a clever creation from Oliver Bly, is a fantastical tale about tiny woodland creatures, a changing forest ecosystem, and a young black girl who has lost her dog. 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
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Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience by Rebecca Roanhorse
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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Review: The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
I’ve been excited about Lee Mandelo’s The Woods All Black for a long time. Back on November 29th it was my Can’t Wait Wednesday, where I fangirled about how much I couldn’t wait for an Appalachian novella with a sf/f/h bent. Unfortunately, I didn’t completely love it. Continue reading
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Superpowers and My Favorite Superhero Books
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 Bookish Superpowers I Wish I Had. This is such… Continue reading
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Review: The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
The Warm Hands of Ghosts shouldn’t have been a great read for me. I purposely avoided Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale and its sequels because when people talked about them, they always spoke of them as Historical Fiction first and Fantasy second. I’m not much of a Historical Fiction reader, and I didn’t realize that The Warm… Continue reading