Review: Bringing Down the Duke

Title: Bringing Down the Duke (League of Extraordinary Women #1) Author: Evie Dunmore Publisher: Berkley Format: Paperback, 356 pages Bringing Down the Duke on Goodreads Synopsis: England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. In return…

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2020 NetGalley Reading List

With my bookstore temporarily closed due to COVID-19 I decided to use my increased amount of free time to restart this blog and to join NetGalley. So at the end of March I signed up, filled out my bio and started requesting books. Fast forward one week and I'd been approved for 25 of the…

Top 5 Saturday: Books with a Color in the Title

Top 5 Saturday is a meme hosted by Devouring Books. This Saturday's challenge is books with a color in the title! This one was a lot of fun for me and I found some great books to add to my TBR pile! 1. Red Rising by Pierce Brown This series is recommended to me all the time…

Top 5 Auto-Buy Authors

This Friday I'm thinking about some of my favorite authors and I thought I'd share some of my auto-buy authors. I love these authors and while I'm not through each of their backlists yet I always add their newest book to my TBR pile. Links take you to each book's Goodreads listing if You'd like…

WWW Wednesday April 8th, 2020

Hello lovlies! WWW Wednesday is a book meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a world of Words. I'm new to book blogging and I love finding new blogs to follow and this seems like a great way to discover more blogs! For WWW Wednesday you answer the following three questions: What are you currently reading?What…

Review : Crescent City, House of Earth and Blood

Title: Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood Author: Sarah J Maas Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Format: Hardcover, 803 pages House of Earth and Blood on Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR PLOT SPOILERSThis book took me pleasantly by surprised and is probably my favorite Sarah J Maas book that I’ve read. The plot…

5 Audiobooks about Pandemics to Listen to While in Quarantine

Over the last few weeks life for a lot of us has gone from normal to practicing social distancing and then to living in quarantine. When I was laid off from my job I knew I’d need to find things other than Netflix and Disney+ to keep me going. But I also wanted to do…

Top 5 Saturday: Series to Read While in Quarantine

This is a meme hosted by Devouring Books . With most of the world in Quarantine here are 5 series you can read to pass the time! Shades of Magic by VE Schwab A Darker Shade of Magic A Gathering of Shadows A Conjuring of Light A grumpy magician turns to smuggling objects between worlds…

Backlist Review: Red, White and Royal Blue

Title: Red, White and Royal Blue Author: Casey McQuiston Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Formate: Paperback, 421 pages Red, White and Royal Blue on Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: I recently read Red, White and Royal Blue for the second time back at the beginning of March. The fact that I enjoyed reading this book both times is an oddity in and…

Backlist Review: Tunnel of Bones

Title: Tunnel of Bones Author: Victoria (V.E.) Schwab Publisher: Scholastic Press Format: Hardcover, 304 pages Tunnel of Bones on Goodreads Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: A spooky adventure perfect for the young ghost hunter!In this second installment of Victoria Schwab's Cassidy Blake series readers travel to Paris, France, and explore the vast catacombs below the city streets.…