New Books in Bloom
This weekend was pretty productive when it came to reading. I'm working on some Indigenous fantasy as well as a few different longer fantasy books. I also managed to get some studying done and get ahead on reviews. Summary Strange Bedfellows is an engaging comic about the nature of reality and fantasy. The main conflict… Continue reading Exploring Fantasy vs Reality in ‘Strange Bedfellows’
I know I'm getting this month in review up late. But July has been super busy for me and continues to be so. Thankfully in the next week or so it should slow down a bit. Did you guys have a productive June when it came to reading?I read about my average of twelve to… Continue reading Monthly Review: June’s Best Reads and Future Goals
Did Pride month go well for all of you? I'm still finishing up some of my reads for the month. But I think I did a pretty good job when it came to reading. One of my favorite books from the month was The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton. This book is a sapphic… Continue reading The Stars Too Fondly: A Unique Sapphic Space Adventure
Happy Monday. I hope my readers had a good weekend. and that everyone else is getting to relax as well. June here and we are coming up on one of my favorite reading months. June is LGBTQ Pride month as most people know. But even though some would count reading LGBTQ books as diverse enough.… Continue reading Diverse LGBTQ Reads to Celebrate Pride
How is everyone doing? Did you all have a good weekend? Mine was very good. I got lots of work done around the house as well as lots of studying done. So I'm ahead on my tasks as I head into this week. I've gotten a little behind on my NetGalley reviews so expect to… Continue reading Exploring Fatphobia in Fairy Tales: A Review of _We Could Be Magic_
So I know I'm about a decade or more late to the party with this book. It's actually Ava Reid's fault I'm going back and reading the original triology, at least partly. Anyone around pop culture in the 2010s at least had some exposure to The Hunger Games franchise. And while I saw the first… Continue reading Why You Should Revisit The Hunger Games Trilogy Today
I hope everyone's April ended well. I finished up Magical Readathon. I got around twelve books done for the month. I'm glad I'm still on track for my one hundred and fifty book goal for the year. But the summer is always the period that that this goal falls apart. I have seasonal affective disorder.… Continue reading Top Mermaid Books to Read This May
April has started and so far has been fairly calm. I've just finished the new Ava Reid book, A Fable for the End of the World. I really enjoyed it more than I have any book in awhile. The book is a sapphic dystopia with strong Hungry Games type vibes. Synopsis The story focuses on… Continue reading Exploring Love and Survival in Fable at the End of the World
My reading taste at their very heart are quite cozy. I was raised on cute overly girly comics and shojo manga. I often say that Sailor Moon is in my DNA. I say this because because it is one of the first shows I remember watching as a kid. As bad as the DIC dub… Continue reading Skip and Loafer: A Fresh Look at Shojo Manga
Immortal Dark is a unique vampire novel that reimagines vampirism through African mythology. The story follows Kidan Adane, an orphaned heiress searching for her kidnapped sister while navigating an elite university's dark world. The narrative explores themes of inner darkness, love, and sacrifice, featuring morally complex characters and unexpected twists.
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