fall into fire, rise like a phoenix: David Mogo, Godhunter by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Okungbowa has done something special here.
This book will put a spell on you: Darkling by Brooklyn Ray
Wow do I have thoughts about this one. Like – let me get it out of the way and say that this is beautifully written (seriously, Ray’s description and pacing and tone and everything seduced me looong before we got to the sex scenes); the characters are fucking awesome; the magic is breathtaking; the worldbuilding […]
Must-Have Monday #5!
Tomorrow sees the release of three books I’ve been incredibly excited about for a long time!
Queer Magic and Finding Your Place: Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu
I received this book for free from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. This a wonderful graphic novel that I read in a single setting – I couldn’t put it down, and had no desire to! Mooncakes felt […]
The #IronTomeAThon: or, Read All The Fantasy!
So it is probably an abominably bad idea, but what the hell, this sounds like a lot of fun and I need motivation! The #Iron TomeAThon is a readerthon running throughout July, hosted by Aimal of Bookshelves and Paperbacks over here. The goal is to read adult fantasy books – no YA! – with points […]
The Road So Far: The First Half of 2019 in Books
In 2016, I managed to read 300 books. I’m pretty damn proud of that. But getting my first job – part-time that became full-time – plus various health issues and actually attempting to have some kind of social life – all slowed me down a lot. This year has been especially sucky in terms of […]
Must-Have Monday #4
Usually I feature a few different books on Mondays, but today I just want to talk about one: The Black Veins by Aisha Monet!
A Battle Cry For Our Times: We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
This deserves every bit of the hype it’s received. Despite the promise of f/f, this wasn’t actually a book I was originally especially excited about – I don’t usually have a lot of interest in dystopias, which was what this sounded like, and I guess the blurb struck me as sounding a little too…conventional YA? […]
Storytellers > Wicked Faeries: The Girl with the Dragon Heart by Stephanie Burgis
The first book in this series, The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart, won me over with its premise – dragons! chocolate! found-families! – so that I pre-ordered it despite it being a Middle Grade book. That was not a mistake; Burgis writes the kind of MG that packs a punch for adults too, and DwaCH is now […]
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WAIT WHAT PYR LINKED TO MY BABY BLOG??? EXCUSE ME WHILE I IMPERSONATE A GLITTERY HEADLESS CHICKEN FOR JUST A SEC Ahem. Okay, for real, I’m good now. Totally. We will now return to our regular scheduled programming.