By: Leah Originally posted on Leah's Books. The Forest of Stolen Girls Author: June HurGenre: YA Historical FictionPublication Date: April 20, 2021Publisher: Feiwel & Friends CONTENT WARNING: suicide, death, blood, death of a parent, murder ★★★★ Plot summary The forest watches me, hostile and still, with remembering eyes. 1426, Joseon. Hwani’s family has never been... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares Happy Tuesday all, and welcome back to Functionally Fictional! This week I decided to list 10 of the books that I plan on reading at some point this year. This is kind of a Top Ten Tuesday and a 2022 TBR wrapped into one. Top Ten Tuesday, for those who aren't familiar,... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown 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? This is our first WWW post of 2022 and I am super excited to be the one writing it!... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Hello! It's that time... Below is my list of top 10 books of the year, which was extremely hard to narrow down. So, some are actually series, otherwise it would just be the same few authors on the list. I'm also not including any re-reads because I read a lot of old... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
By: Mariah Brown All of these books are on my list to be read. Some I will read sooner than others. Grimm: Daughter of a Curse by J. R. White is an ARC that I received, and I cannot wait to read it. Curse of the Fallen by H. C. Newell is an ARC that... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown 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? What are you currently reading? Hallowed Trail by Alyssa Lynn Grimm: Daughter of a Curse by JR White The... Continue Reading →
By: Leah Originally posted on Leah's Books. A History of Wild Places Author: Shea ErnshawGenre: MysteryPublication Date: December 7, 2021Publisher: Atria Books Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: infidelity, death, drug use, suicide, mention of death of a parent,... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown Sparks and Marks by Laura Greenwood and Arizona Tape is about a murder that is committed with a fingerprint left behind. Ambrose and Amy believe they have found the murderer really quickly until there are many other murders that start showing up from cold cases that are similar to this one. The... Continue Reading →
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