Weekly Update #1 (Oct 3rd): This check-in is coming a day early since I’ll be out of town on Oct 4th and likely without my laptop. I have started Penpal by Dathan Auerbach, I’m about 30% through it, and already I’m intrigued about how the book is written. It’s a Read more
Welcome to spooky month! We are officially in October, which means it’s time to immerse ourselves in everything dark, scary, spooky, and mysterious. This also means we are entering the last quarter of 2025 before we get to the holidays and get ready to do the whole thing over again! Read more
We’re back at it again with another installment of the Wicked Villains series by Katee Robert; this time it’s book number three, A Worthy Opponent. Based on Peter Pan (1953), this retelling of classic Disney characters is a fake marriage romance setup between our side character from other installments — Read more
It’s time to review another TBR Jar pick! A Mask Of Flies By Matthew Lyons was my pick for July and let’s just say — based on the publish date of this post — it took a little longer than that to finish. But even if it did, this supernatural Read more
I think I finally understand what people mean when they say a book is a “palette cleanser.” Because that is what we have here. Apparently I missed the online hype and craze regarding Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel published in 2022, because I had never heard of Read more
Something has happened to me that hasn’t happened in a long time — I’ve gotten hooked on a series. I remember reading the Hunger Games trilogy back in seventh, eighth grade — I was never a Twilight girlie though — and in college I read nearly all the Game of Read more
Hello everyone! Welcome back to our TBR Jar where we’ll be drawing our next slip of paper for July! I finished June’s pick, 56 Days By Catherine Ryan Howard and already have another pick lined up for my current pattern of switching from thriller to romance, to thriller, and back. Read more
I think it’s only natural for authors to draw influence from the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic (circa 2019-2021) — it’s so surreal to think we’re five years removed from that — and it’s cool to see something like this hit the shelves. It’s a backdrop that is perfect for crime/mystery/thriller novels and Read more
This is what happens when you mix hanging out with friends, discussing Disney films, and a shared connection over reminiscing about reading questionable stories “back in the day” on Wattpad: a recommendation to start Katee Robert’s Wicked Villains series, starting with Desperate Measures. If you can handle the depravity, that Read more
The time has come (the Walrus said)! Again. That’s the phrase I’ve been saying lately so I apologize to anyone that isn’t a Disney Alice In Wonderland (1951) fan. But if you’ve been keeping up with this blog, then you know I recently read my first-ever TBR Jar pick, Disappearance Read more