A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

This is a backlist book that has been on my TBR for years. And every once in awhile I see it pop up on bookstagram as an old/undersold favorite of some of my fellow readers. So, when I made my Beat the Backlist choices for this past year, I figured it was time to get…

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A Gentleman in Moscow

This book has been on my TBR since it’s publication in 2016. Years ago, definitely before I started officially blogging my reviews, I had read a previous novel of Towles’, Rules of Civility. I really enjoyed it. I remember thinking it was a great period piece, though I don’t remember a lot of the details,…

Pachinko

This book has been making the rounds on bookstagram. Everyone is talking about it, saying how wonderful it is and, how even though it is quite long (almost 500 pages) it’s such a fast read. And we all already know how much of a sucker I am for books with lots of hype. Haha. I…

The Conqueror’s Saga

This will be a long post (sorry), but that's because it's a three for one special! I pretty much binge read this trilogy, so instead of doing a separate post for each, I'm giving them to you all at one time. I'll separate my reviews for the three books very clearly, so you can read…

The God of Small Things

I was recommended (and actually gifted) this book by a friend years ago. Like, so many years ago that it is quite embarrassing that it took me this long to read it, especially considering how much I read and how good of a friend the recommender is. However, I’m going with a “better late than…

Confessions of the Fox

The first time I saw this available on NetGalley, I clicked right past it. The blurb sounded intriguing (I do love stories about the “underbelly” of society) but I try to only request from NetGalley when something truly strikes me, so that my TBR there doesn’t get too backed up. However, right after that, I…

The Poppy War

For having just come out a couple months ago, this book made its appearance swiftly and surely. Which, to be honest, fits perfectly with the story itself. In any case, after seeing these great reviews, I read the synopsis and it was all over for me. An epic, sweeping fantasy with a “started from the…

Kindred

As I have mentioned before, I’m trying to read books from a more representative range of authors this year. I have always read more female authors than male…I just have always gravitated that way. But I realized that I was not doing as well reading books from a variety of racial, ethnic, sexuality, etc. authors.…

The Philosopher’s Flight

The description of this book sounded right up my alley. A mix of magic, history, science and more with a whole flipped gender role aspect. I mean seriously, sign me up! And though it took me much longer than I had originally anticipated or hoped to get around to reading it, I was right. (Congratulations…

Sky in the Deep

I have likely never been as excited to be approved for an ARC as I was for this one. Not that that should come as a surprise, since it’s billed as a mix of Wonder Woman and Vikings, so pretty much fierce fighting females, which is directly up my alley. Plus, this also seemed like…