“We set boundaries so we know what to do when we very much want to love those around us really well without losing ourselves in the process.” Throughout my life, I’ve read many different non-fiction books that are attempting address difficult topics. But I’ve never read one that so clearly depicted the struggle of knowing …
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“There’s more to life than a beating heart, Julius.” Julius, also called Jules, had escaped his fate as an assassin trained since childhood by the government, but the after effects of the experiments conducted on him still linger. Dependent on the injections that suppress his emotions and ultimately his humanity, Jules find himself buying and … Continue reading When Legends Rise by Daphne Self
I wanted to celebrate some of the new releases that I read this year, some are stand alone books while others are continuations of series I’m enjoying. While they might show up in some of my other lists, I also wanted to highlight these books that you maybe haven’t heard of yet! They were all … Continue reading Top 10 New Releases of 2022
It’s time for my annual shout-out to my favorite new-to-me authors of 2022! Some of these are indie authors, while others are mainstream; but they are all authors that I read for the first time this year. This year I was surprised by how many different genres I ended up reading, so you’ll find a … Continue reading Top 10 New-to-Me Authors of 2022
“He was more of a fairy godparent than he liked to admit. There was still a single, determined spark of duty and loyalty inside of him that refused to be quenched by the rivers of distaste he felt toward humans.” I’ve been back on a fairytale retelling kick lately, and I’m discovering that I’m a … Continue reading The Reluctant Godfather by Allison Tebo
Astrid & Vasily Petrov are the beauty & the beast couple I didn’t know I needed. Just as the title implies, this novella follows the sci-fi retelling of this classic fairytale where the beast is a cyborg (quite literally a soul trapped in a machine, although I won’t spoil how all of that works as … Continue reading Beauty & the Cyborg by Jodie Seibert
I’ve always loved rom-coms. The comedic foibles of couples who should definitely be together but inexplicably are incapable of doing so…it gets me every time. But they always feel a little removed from reality, like nothing really happens that way right? That’s why it’s fiction. One of the reasons that I loved reading Falling for … Continue reading Falling For Your Best Friend’s Twin by Emma St. Clair
“Not knowing something already doesn’t make you bad or dumb; it doesn’t mean you failed. Not knowing something doesn’t mean you’re falling behind or fundamentally flawed. It just means there’s more to learn.” There are times when a book reaches right through the chaotic mess of this world we live in and speaks directly to … Continue reading I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet by Shauna Niequist
A few months ago, I stumbled on a sale for this series: Entwined Tales. The most interesting part about the series is that each fairy tale retelling was written by a different author; yet the stories still work together as they follow the misadventures of a particular family who must suffer through the administrations of … Continue reading An Unnatural Beanstalk by Brittany Fichter
Sometimes the best thing for a reading slump is to try something completely different. So, when I was scrolling through the numerous books on my Kindle that I’ve bought over the last year (I’ve been grabbing a lot of free and discounted ebooks to build up my indie author collection!) I found The Lost Sister … Continue reading The Lost Sister by Kaylie Night
Kathleen Bird 