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BBNYA Spotlight: Empire’s Daughter by Marian L. Thorpe

Hello, reader!

I’ve got another BBNYA spotlight for you today. This book takes a look at an ancient society that decides to train its women to be warriors: Empire’s Daughter by Marian L. Thorpe! But before we get into the post, letโ€™s talk more about this spotlight tour and BBNYA in general.

This year, the Book Bloggersโ€™ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the 65 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title. BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 10 finalists and one overall winner. 

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Websiteย https://www.bbnya.com/ย or take a peek over on Twitterย @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with theย @Foliosocietyย (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support groupย @The_WriteReads.


Book Details


  • Title:ย Empire’s Daughter
  • Author:ย Marian L. Thorpe
  • Publication date:ย February 22nd, 2015
  • Genre:ย Historical Fantasy
  • Age group:ย Adult
  • Content/Trigger Warnings:ย For a list of potential content and trigger warnings, check out this bookโ€™s page onย BookTriggerWarnings.com

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BBNYA Spotlight: Genesis of Dragons by Charlotte Murphy

Hello, reader!

I have another BBNYA spotlight for another fantastic semi-finalist for you today! This book promises action, adventure, and dragons: Genesis of Dragons by Charlotte Murphy! But before we get into the post, letโ€™s talk more about this spotlight tour and BBNYA in general.

This year, the Book Bloggersโ€™ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the 65 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title. BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 10 finalists and one overall winner. 

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Websiteย https://www.bbnya.com/ย or take a peek over on Twitterย @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with theย @Foliosocietyย (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support groupย @The_WriteReads.


Book Details


  • Title:ย Genesis of Dragons
  • Author:ย Charlotte Murphy
  • Publication date:ย November 5th, 2020
  • Genre: Fantasy
  • Age group:ย New Adult
  • Content/Trigger Warnings:ย For a list of potential content and trigger warnings, check out this bookโ€™s page onย BookTriggerWarnings.com

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WWW Wednesday: Sep 8, 2021

Itโ€™s time for another WWW Wednesday! This is a bookish meme hosted by Taking on a World of Words where bloggers answer the 3 Ws:

  1. What are you currently reading?
  2. What did you recently finish reading?
  3. What do you think youโ€™ll read next?

If youโ€™d like to learn more about any of these books, click on the cover to be taken to the Goodreads page.


Current Reads

  • Ace of Spades by Faridah ร€bรญkรฉ-รyรญmรญdรฉ: I’m reading this book with a bunch of bookish friends and, y’all, it has started off strong! I honestly had to set it down for a bit because it was all I wanted to read and I had so many books to finish last month ๐Ÿ˜‚ Now that we’re into September and I have less books on my TBR, I’m excited to pick it back up. It’s so twisty and takes a hard look at some pretty heavy topics and I’m loving it!
  • The Dare by Lesley Kara: I’m also taking part in a Netgalley reading catch-up with more bookish friends and this is at the top of my list! Mostly because the publisher reached out to me to send me a copy and I feel bad I haven’t finished it yet. But also because I’ve loved both the books I’ve read by this author! It’s a thriller centering around a tragic train accident that happened when the main character was young that killed her best friend. There are secrets and, so far, is giving me some great thriller vibes.

Recently Finished

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Rating: 3 out of 5.
  • The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh: I recently read this for a blog tour hosted by TBR & Beyond Tours. This was such an atmospheric and creepy read! It’s definitely the perfect book to get you into the mood for spooky season. I really loved the main character, as well. I certainly won’t be swimming in a lake any time soon, though ๐Ÿ˜‚ You can read my full review here!
  • Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix: I legit just finished this yesterday and it was… fine? I really liked the premise, I enjoyed the nods to old slasher films (I love horror movies!), and the writing was certainly gripping. But the characters gave me anxiety, the twist was kind of predictable (if you pay attention to the inserted media), and the wrap up felt a little too neat. It was a good time while I was reading it, but it definitely didn’t hit the way The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires did.

What’s Next

  • The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna: This poor book has been on my potential TBR for so long now, but it’s finally time! I put it on my Magical Readathon TBR and, dangit, I’m gonna read it! I’ve been anxious to read this African inspired YA fantasy ever since I saw this gorgeous cover. I’ve heard nothing but great things from others who have read it, so I’m extra excited to pick it up.
  • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir: Though this book hasn’t been on the TBR quite as long, I’m just as excited to read it! I’ve loved everything I’ve read by Andy Weir, so I can’t imagine this will be any different. Especially since people are saying this gives strong The Martian vibes, which is my favorite book by him. Fingers crossed I love this one as much, if not more!
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BBNYA Spotlight: Five Dead Blondes by Lydia Grace and Elizabeth Kennedy

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I have another BBNYA spotlight for you today. The book I’m featuring is a horror that sounds like it would be quite the ride: Five Dead Blondes by Lydia Grace and Elizabeth Kennedy! But before we get into the post, letโ€™s talk more about this spotlight tour and BBNYA in general.

This year, the Book Bloggersโ€™ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the 65 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title. BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 10 finalists and one overall winner. 

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Websiteย https://www.bbnya.com/ย or take a peek over on Twitterย @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with theย @Foliosocietyย (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support groupย @The_WriteReads.


Book Details


  • Title:ย Five Dead Blondes
  • Author:ย Lydia Grace and Elizabeth Kennedy
  • Publication date:ย October 31st, 2019
  • Genre:ย Horror
  • Age group:ย Young Adult
  • Content/Trigger Warnings:ย For a list of potential content and trigger warnings, check out this bookโ€™s page onย BookTriggerWarnings.com

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BBNYA Spotlight: In Servitude by Heleen Kist

Hello, reader!

I’ve got another BBNYA Spotlight for one of our semi-finalists for you today! This featured book is a thriller that has messy sibling relationships and the mob: In Servitude by Heleen Kist! But before we get into the post, letโ€™s talk more about this spotlight tour and BBNYA in general.

This year, the Book Bloggersโ€™ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the 65 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title. BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 10 finalists and one overall winner. 

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Websiteย https://www.bbnya.com/ย or take a peek over on Twitterย @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with theย @Foliosocietyย (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support groupย @The_WriteReads.


Book Details


  • Title:ย In Servitude
  • Author:ย Heleen Kist
  • Publication date:ย August 27th, 2018
  • Genre:ย Thriller
  • Age group:ย Adult
  • Content/Trigger Warnings:ย For a list of potential content and trigger warnings, check out this bookโ€™s page onย BookTriggerWarnings.com

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Blog Tour: The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh

Hello, reader!

I have another blog tour for you today, this one hosted by TBR & Beyond Tours! And this book is the perfect kick off for spooky season. It’s a creepy, spine-tingling young adult horror that definitely reinforced my dislike of swimming in lakes: The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh! This was an intense read and I can’t wait to talk to y’all about it!

But, first, we must get the thank yous out of the way. First, thank you to TBR & Beyond Tours for giving me a spot on this fabulous tour! If you’d like to check out the other bloggers and bookstagrammers participating along the road, you can find the schedule here. I would also like to thank the publisher, Razorbill, and Netgalley for providing me with a free e-ARC in exchange for my participation in this tour and an honest review. It is, as always, much appreciated.

And, now, let’s talk about this wild ride of a book!


Synopsis


The Conjuringย meetsย Sadieย when seventeen-year-old podcaster Dare takes an internship in a haunted house and finds herself in a life-or-death struggle against an evil spirit.

Dare Chase doesnโ€™t believe in ghosts.

Privately, sheโ€™s a supernatural skeptic. But publicly, sheโ€™s keeping her doubts to herselfโ€”because sheโ€™s the voice ofย Attachments, her brand-new paranormal investigation podcast, and she needs her ghost-loving listeners to tune in.

Thatโ€™s what brings her to Arrington Estate. Thirty years ago, teenager Atheleen Bell drowned in Arringtonโ€™s lake, and legend says her spirit haunts the estate. Dareโ€™s more interested in the suspicious circumstances surrounding her deathโ€”circumstances that she believes point to a living culprit, not the supernatural. Still, sheโ€™s vowed to keep an open mind as she investigates, even if sheโ€™s pretty sure what sheโ€™ll find.

But Arrington is full of surprises. Good ones like Quinn, the cute daughter of the houseโ€™s new owner. And baffling ones like the threatening messages left scrawled in paint on Quinnโ€™s walls, the ghastly face that appears behind Dareโ€™s own in the mirror, and the unnatural current that nearly drowns their friend Holly in the lake. As Dare is drawn deeper into the mysteries of Arrington, sheโ€™ll have to rethink the boundaries of what is possible. Because if something is lurking in the lakeโ€ฆit might not be willing to let her go.

Book Details


  • Title:ย The Girls Are Never Gone
  • Author:ย Sarah Glenn Marsh
  • Publication date:ย September 7th, 2021
  • Genre:ย Horror
  • Age group:ย Young Adult
  • Content/Trigger Warnings:ย Scary images, death

Book Links

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BBNYA Spotlight: Ghost Story by G.V. Pearce

Hello, reader!

I have another BBNYA spotlight for you today. The book I’m featuring centers around Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, but in a way you haven’t seen them before: Ghost Story by G.V. Pearce! But before we get into the post, letโ€™s talk more about this spotlight tour and BBNYA in general.

This year, the Book Bloggersโ€™ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the 65 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title. BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 10 finalists and one overall winner. 

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Websiteย https://www.bbnya.com/ย or take a peek over on Twitterย @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with theย @Foliosocietyย (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support groupย @The_WriteReads.


Book Details


  • Title:ย Ghost Story
  • Author:ย G.V. Pearce
  • Publication date:ย May 8th, 2020
  • Genre:ย Mystery Romance
  • Age group:ย Adult
  • Content/Trigger Warnings:ย For a list of potential content and trigger warnings, check out this bookโ€™s page onย BookTriggerWarnings.com

Book Links

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BBNYA Spotlight: Is She Dead in Your Dreams? by Benjamin Langley

Hello, reader!

We have another spotlight for another incredible BBNYA 2021 semi-finalist! Today, I’m featuring a horror novel that sounds like it would be perfectly terrifying: Is She Dead in Your Dreams? by Benjamin Langley! But before we get into the post, letโ€™s talk more about this spotlight tour and BBNYA in general.

This year, the Book Bloggersโ€™ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the 65 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title. BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 10 finalists and one overall winner. 

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Websiteย https://www.bbnya.com/ย or take a peek over on Twitterย @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with theย @Foliosocietyย (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support groupย @The_WriteReads.


Book Details


  • Title:ย Is She Dead in Your Dreams?
  • Author:ย Benjamin Langley
  • Publication date:ย March 5th, 2020
  • Genre:ย Horror
  • Age group:ย Adult
  • Content/Trigger Warnings:ย For a list of potential content and trigger warnings, check out this bookโ€™s page onย BookTriggerWarnings.com

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August 2021 Wrap Up

Hello, reader!

Guess who just had her best reading month (both in quantity and quality) in August?? Yup! This girl! Not only did I read a whopping 16 books (!!), but I read not one, not two, but four 5 star reads! Let’s take a moment to appreciate this because it won’t be happening again ๐Ÿ˜‚ I have to give props to the Trope-ical Readathon and my competitive nature for bumping them numbers, lol. Though I didn’t finish all the books on my TBR, I read more prompts than I ever have before! After a kind of lackluster July, I’m happy that August really brought its A game. I read so many incredible books (and a couple of duds…) and found a couple of new favorites.

But enough chit-chat, let’s get to what I read in August!


Books Read


Click on the covers to be taken to the bookโ€™s Goodreads page

Book:ย The Furthest Stationย by Ben Aaronovitch

Rating: โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…

Thoughts: The Rivers of London readalong continues and, this time, I went with an audiobook! Which, I have to say, I really loved. The narrator was top-notch! This is a novella that I quite enjoyed, especially since we get to see a lot of Abigail. She’s quickly becoming one of my favorite characters in this series.


Book:ย The Princess Brideย by William Goldman

Rating:ย โ˜…โ˜…

Thoughts: This one hurt, I have to say. This was one of my favorite books when I was younger. The adventure! The love story! I remember falling for this book so hard. And then I re-read it with TWR book club and yiiiiikes. The fatphobia! The sexism! It was just… not it. Nostalgia is the main reason this got a two star instead of a one. I think I’ll just stick with the movie ๐Ÿ˜…


Book:ย The Empress of Salt and Fortuneย by Nghi Vo

Rating:ย โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…

Thoughts: And then came my first five star read of the month! My goodness, this book was incredible! This is the first book in the Singing Hills Cycle and it completely captured my imagination. Nghi Vo has beautiful writing that pulls you into the story in the best way. I loved the cleric and their talking bird and I loved hearing Rabbit’s story. This book made me want to read everything Nghi Vo ever writes!

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BBNYA Spotlight: More Than Us by Ryan Jones

Hello, reader!

It’s time for another BBNYA spotlight from our 65 wonderful semi-finalists. This post is featuring a young adult contemporary that takes a look at mental illness and loss: More Than Us by Ryan Jones! But before we get into the post, letโ€™s talk more about this spotlight tour and BBNYA in general.

This year, the Book Bloggersโ€™ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the 65 books that made it into Round Two with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title. BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 10 finalists and one overall winner. 

If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Websiteย https://www.bbnya.com/ย or take a peek over on Twitterย @BBNYA_Official. BBNYA is brought to you in association with theย @Foliosocietyย (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support groupย @The_WriteReads.


Book Details


  • Title:ย More Than Us
  • Author:ย Ryan Jones
  • Publication date:ย August 6th, 2020
  • Genre:ย Contemporary
  • Age group:ย Young Adult
  • Content/Trigger Warnings:ย For a list of potential content and trigger warnings, check out this bookโ€™s page onย BookTriggerWarnings.com

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