Even Though I Knew the End

This little novella is one that was an ALC (thanks Libro.fm) that I got a few months ago, and I put myself on hold for the physical book at the library (I am really getting into having access to both reading options these days) after seeing a glowing review from @booksnblazers. Even Though I Knew the End…

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The Monsters We Defy

This was an impulse grab from the library a week or so ago, and, after finishing it, I am thrilled by that decision. The cover is really eye-catching and after skimming the synopsis, it just felt like it would be different from anything I had really read before...which turned out to be absolutely true. Plus, I…

Silver Under Nightfall

The publisher reached out to me about this one, to see if I'd be interested in a NetGalley eARC. While I actually normally do not say yes to too many of those offers, mainly because my NetGalley feedback percentage is already abysmal, and I have so many other things I want to read that I'm usually…

The Ballad of Perilous Graves

The book was nowhere on my radar until it was an ALC option from Libro.fm. And really I haven't seen too many reviews for it around, so I am not sure it was (is) really on many other people's radars either. Regardless, the mood reader in me decided on this one over the Winter Holiday…

Shutter

I don't usually read thrillers, a trend that is probably pretty obvious if you even cursorily follow my reviews, but I was intrigued by this one that made the National Book Award longlist. It's not really that common, at least in my recreational following of the award, for a book categorized as a "thriller" to…

Psy-Changeling Series

Back in November, I went on a (years postponed due to COVID-19) family vacation to Hawaii. I, of course, packed wayyyy too many books, but you never know what kind of mood you'll be on for beach/poolside reading. I had some fantasy, some contemporary romance, some nonfiction (in case I was having a motivated-to-learn waterside…

Ordinary Monsters

First, thanks to the publisher (Flatiron Books) for the eARC of this novel. I was quite excited about being asked to participate in a blog tour for a book that was being marketed as "A Dickensian X-Men.” I mean, if that's not my reading vibe, then idk what is? (I mean, it's lacking the Victorian aspect, but Vicious and Vengeful anyone?…

Black Water Sister

This was a spur-of-the-moment grab at the library on my last shift before heading out for vacation. Not like I needed any more books to bring, as I had a stack of like 7 (for a week-long vacation) already set aside. But, thus are the downsides of working at the library I suppose. Haha. And…

Payback’s a Witch

I love witches. And this title was eye-rolling-ly catchy. And the cover art is actually legit right on point for my preferred witchy aesthetic. And I actually won a copy from a Goodreads giveaway (can you believe it?! - that like, never happens). And I was going on vacation to Hawaii and honestly I can't think of any…

Elatsoe

The title is what originally drew me to this book. And then the cover, which is gorgeous...and I originally thought it was a girl wandering through snow drifts (which made me think of Little Red Riding Hood, for some reason) and actually is a girl walking with/through a crowd of ghost dogs. So I was way…