By: Mariah Brown Recently, I have been introduced to some different type of genres and book themes. I have never read books in these before now, and I am hooked on them. I can't wait to find more books in these categories as I love how they played out so far in the books I'm... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares Fantasy stories, especially magical fantasy, require several things to be successful: great world-building, a believable magic system, characters that are given room to grow and have their arcs, descriptive writing to show readers what’s going on rather than just telling us, and a decent amount of patience to bring all these things... Continue Reading →
By: Stephanie Wyatt Happy Wednesday everyone! 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'll only list one at a... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown So, the first book in this series was amazing. But this book was out of this world. I read it in about 3 or 4 hours because I was soaking up all of the material. I just needed to know how it would end. The characters grow even more in this book,... Continue Reading →
By: Leah Originally posted on Leah’s Books. I haven’t been blogging for nearly as long as TTT has been going, so this rewind gives me the time to revisit previous topics that I never got the chance to do. This week I’m going to talk about gateway books. Have you ever read the kind of... Continue Reading →
By: Leah Originally posted on Leah's Books. Pieces of Me Author: Kate McLaughlin Genre: YA General Fiction Publication Date: April 18, 2023 Publisher: Wednesday Books Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. ★★★★★ CONTENT WARNING: anxiety, mention of depression, mention... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday, and happy St. Patrick's Day! This week, we're talking about favorite adaptations! Now, this can be open to interpretation--whether you think it follows the book well, if it's just a movie/series you enjoy, etc. For the sake of this list, I chose adaptations based only on books I've read. Some... Continue Reading →
By: Christopher Bartlett I’ve always been fascinated with history and how society shaped itself over time. Getting a feel for the society of the time tells me much more than names or dates. In Isle of Woman, Piers Anthony gives me what I wish I had been given in my history classes for a textbook,... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 books on my spring TBR! So, here is a somewhat chaotic and random list based on what I currently want to read. Shadow and Bone (and... Continue Reading →
Functionally Fictional 