By: Cait Marie Happy Friday, and happy Pride Month! This week, we're talking about our favorite own voices LGBTQIA+ books! I was super excited to include this prompt and showcase these wonderful authors, but it ended up being more difficult than I anticipated. I have more favorite LGBTQIA+ books, but I wasn't certain whether the... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday: May 31, 2023
By: Cait Marie Hello! It's that time again. WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading update hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? I read multiple books at a time, so I'm only going to... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Things That Make Me Instantly Want to Read a Book
By: Cait Marie Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in 2018. This week’s prompt is about book turn-offs, and I couldn't think of many, so I'm going to use last week's prompt instead to talk about things that immediately make me... Continue Reading →
Friday Favorites: Unapologetic Characters Who Do What They Want
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! Does anyone else just love those characters who are unapologetically them? They're usually the ones who find themselves in trouble because they do what they want, but they're also strong and fierce, and when they care about someone or something, they put their whole heart in. For a full list... Continue Reading →
Cait’s ARC Review of “A Dose of Agony” by Stacey Trombley
By: Cait Marie Blurb They say the games have only just begun, but I'm here to end them once and for all. A civil war is brewing in the Under World, lead by the same villain who stole my sister from me. Jarron must return to his world for damage control, leaving me alone at... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday: May 24, 2023
By: Cait Marie Hello! It's that time again. WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading update hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? I read multiple books at a time, so I'm only going to... Continue Reading →
Cait’s Review of “I’ll Be the One” by Lyla Lee
By: Cait Marie Blurb Skye Shin has heard it all. Fat girls shouldn’t dance. Wear bright colors. Shouldn’t call attention to themselves. But Skye dreams of joining the glittering world of K-Pop, and to do that, she’s about to break all the rules that society, the media, and even her own mother, have set for... Continue Reading →
Friday Favorites: Fictional Parents
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! In honor of Mother's Day, and upcoming Father's Day, I thought it would be fun to talk about our favorite parents in books (or parental figures). Here are just some of mine! Because many of these are sequel series, there will be some spoilers... For a full list of the... Continue Reading →
Cait’s Review of “Chain of Thorns” by Cassandra Clare
By: Cait Marie Blurb Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her. In only a few short weeks, she has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her marriage to James Herondale crumble before her eyes. Even worse, she is now bound to an ancient... Continue Reading →
Cait’s ARC Review of “Fae’s End” by M. Lynn and Melissa A. Craven
By: Cait Marie Blurb A boy searching for an end to the fighting. A girl trapped in a nightmare of her father’s making. White walls. Locked doors. A kid’s voice in her head. Sophie’s father believes she has lost her mind, that her trip to the fae world might have healed her body, but it... Continue Reading →