bibliophile

  • Another week, another overwhelming pile of books waiting to be read. 📚 This TBR Thursday, I’m sharing what’s on my reading list for March—and let’s be real, I’ll probably pick up three books that aren’t on this list because mood reading is a thing. 😅 What’s On My TBR This Month? ✨ Winter’s Tale –

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  • Review: Grave Empire

    I went into Grave Empire with high expectations, drawn by its intriguing premise and the promise of a complex, immersive fantasy world. Unfortunately, I found the book to be a struggle to get through and ultimately decided not to finish it. One of the major issues for me was the pacing. The story felt slow

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  • Review: Polybius

    Collin Armstrong’s Polybius is an enthralling debut novel that blends 1980s nostalgia with supernatural horror. Drawing on the urban legend of the mysterious arcade game rumored to induce bizarre effects, Armstrong crafts a story that is part Stranger Things, part The Walking Dead. Set in the quiet coastal town of Tasker Bay, the narrative follows

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  • Cassie Hanwell is good at what she does. She lives and breathes being a firefighter. Every moment is spent making every effort to be the best firefighter she can be. Her captain praises her efforts, her crewmates have her back. Life is pretty good. Until her someone from her past shows up at her big

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  • Review: The King and Vi

    The Marquess of Kingston – King to his friends – has never wanted for anything. Except maybe the attentions of his father. Instead, he has spent his childhood in boarding school after boarding school, oftentimes getting into as much trouble as a young boy can. On one particular adventure, he’s tasked with stealing a cask

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  • Fin doesn’t belong. Never has, never will. Growing up in a small fishing village, she hasn’t amounted to much. Her mother was taken when Fin was young. Her father never really stepped up before his death. So Fin has simply tried to make it on her own, and done a piss poor job of it

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  • 24 in 2024

    Hey friends! It’s a New Year and with that comes new reading goals. I didn’t meet my goal in 2023 to read 45 books (I was short by 14 books 😬). So this year, I lowered my goal to 35. I’ve also started my reading journal for the year which will hopefully keep me on

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  • Review: Mortal Follies

    I’m not sure what I was expecting when I received a copy of Mortal Follies but I can say I was happily surprised by how much I enjoyed this story. Told from the perspective of a hobgoblin, known as Robin, we follow Miss Mitchelmore as she navigates the trials and tribulations of the ton. However,

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  • In 1889, Paris sits on the brink of industrial breakthrough, but in the process has stirred up ancient secrets that now threaten the very existence of civilization. But no one has more to lose than Severin, a treasure hunter and wealthy hotelier, who now must help the very organization he loathes in order to save

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  • Three sisters. Three queens. One crown. Life for Katharine, Arsinoe, and Mirabella is anything but normal. They are gifted girls, each with a special power. Katharine has the gift of poison, able to withstand ingesting any poison she comes in contact with as well as mixing intricate potions to dispatch her enemies. Arsinoe is a

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