By: Manuela Soares “Afterall, it was midnight marking the bridge between the twenty-second and twenty-third days in October, twenty-four hours before the train would take on passengers, twenty-four hours until she would board it and be carried off to an alien place to face the enemy.” That is a quote from the second paragraph of... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday: December 22, 2021
By: Cait Marie Hello! Oof... it's been a busy few days, even though I'm technically on break now. I haven't read a whole lot in the last week (I finished a proofreading job, but I don't discuss those books until they're released), but let's chat about what I did read! WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading... Continue Reading →
Mariah’s ARC Review of “The Meow Guardians” by Maria Vermisoglou
By: Mariah Brown This is my first book that I have ever read by Maria Vermisoglou. I loved The Meow Guardians. I have never read a book that is mostly about animals acting like humans, but this one makes you believe that cats and dogs could really be secret agents. I felt like I was... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Wishes
By: Leah Originally posted on Leah's Books. Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something... Continue Reading →
Book Tour: Dragons Within
Good morning! We're excited to kick off the Dragons Within Book Tour this week. Below is the schedule, as well as the blurbs for all three anthologies! These stories are brought to by a variety of authors and published by Balance of Seven. Monday - December 20Sarah @retrogirlreads(Review of Claiming Her Wings) Tuesday - December 21Cherokee @bookswithachanceof(Review... Continue Reading →
January Dreams (January Dreams Series Book 1)
Author: Carrigan RichardsGet it here! Sharing dreams with one; sharing visions with another. Love is a dangerous game. Love is the last thing on seventeen-year-old Megan Devereux's mind. The only thing she wants to focus on is continuing her good grades to get a scholarship so she can leave her stressful home. She starts having... Continue Reading →
The Last Witch: An Earth Magic Grimoire
Author: T Wells BrownGet it here! An ancient witch in modern society... what could possibly go wrong? No mercy would be shown this night. The Last Witch closed her fingers around a bottle and, with the force of a hurricane, slammed it at her feet releasing the precious gravesite dirt. She stepped onto the ancient... Continue Reading →
Cait’s Review of “Recommended For You” by Laura Silverman
By: Cait Marie Originally posted on YA Books Central. Blurb Shoshanna Greenberg loves working at Once Upon, her favorite local bookstore. And with her moms fighting at home and her beloved car teetering on the brink of death, the store has become a welcome escape. When her boss announces a holiday bonus to the person... Continue Reading →
Friday Firsts: The Codex by Douglas Preston
By: Manuella Soares Hey all and welcome back to another Friday here at Functionally Fictional! This week I wanted to continue with a Friday Firsts post, as I'm digging it. For those who don’t know, Friday Firsts was created by Tenacious Reader and is used to spotlight the first few sentences/paragraphs of your current read... Continue Reading →
Mariah’s ARC Review of “The Lost Dreams” by Cait Marie
By: Mariah Brown The Lost Dreams by Cait Marie was a really exciting series of short stories and extra chapters from The Nihryst series. I absolutely loved reading about all of the characters backstories to have a better understanding of where each one came from. This series of short stories included ones that were already... Continue Reading →
