By: Manuela Soares Hello readers and welcome back to another Tuesday post on Functionally Fictional. With so many great books coming out this year, I thought I would share six books that I'm looking forward to in the first half of 2023. 1. Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao. Pub. Jan.... Continue Reading →
By: Mariah Brown I wanted to start this review by discussing how much I enjoyed growing up with Nancy Drew and reading her stories. I recently came across a thrift book store that had some of the books in the series at a discounted price and was really excited to gain more of the series... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! I love historical fiction, especially historical fantasy and/or romance. However, when I went to list my favorites, I realized I haven't read as many as I'd thought. So, if you have recommendations based on the ones below, please share! For a full list of the Friday Favorites prompts, click here.... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares Still reeling from events not long passed, and tension with her almost fiancé Alec, Annalisse Drury receives a message from an old farm hand about her MIA mother. Desperate for some space from the tension and issues with Alec, Anna takes off to New Zealand to try and track down her elusive... Continue Reading →
By: Stephanie Wyatt Happy Wednesday!! It's time to get an update on my literary adventures. 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... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Blurb Sizzling hot chemistry and surprises await this overzealous city girl and small-town, grumpy doctor. Evicted! Newly graduated, Evie finds herself broke and jobless with zero options. That is until her friend from college convinces the older brother to hire her. The problem? The job is in Sugar Creek Falls, a small... Continue Reading →
By: Leah Originally posted on Leah's Books. Last year was a great reading year for me all around—in terms of the number of books I read, the amount of 5 star books, and the number of new-to-me authors that I had discovered. There were a lot of really great authors that I hadn’t read any... Continue Reading →
By: Stephanie Wyatt From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout tells the story of a teenager named Poppy who is her kingdom's Maiden. She is tasked with remaining pure so she can ascend to take her rightful place with the gods and help others in the kingdom ascend as well. One night during her... Continue Reading →
By: Cait Marie Happy Friday! I recently realized that a lot of the books I read, and most of the ones I write, take place primarily outdoors, so I thought a prompt for that would be fun. Now, these books do not solely take place in nature. They either have a majority of scenes outside... Continue Reading →
By: Christopher Bartlett I’ve been a member of a service called Book of The Month Club for a number of years, simply because I enjoy discovering new books and authors. Katherine Addison’s The Goblin Emperor is one of the books that has come across my desk in that time. And while it is not a... Continue Reading →
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