ARC Review: Seven Mercies, by Laura Lam & Elizabeth May

Seven Devils was one of my favourite books of 2021, and I Could Not Wait for the follow up, so I jumped at the chance to review the ARC from Netgalley! I also buddy-read it with Tessa, mostly for support and general yelling "wtf" at each other. (spoilers for Seven Devils in the following review, …

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A little last minute readathon: Pondathon II signup

Yeah so I'm not always Au Fait of what's going on in the bookblogging world, as I'm mostly doing my own thing. So today I found out it's the start of Pondathon II (created by The Quiet Pond, a great blog with lots of great content!) and decided to join. What is the Pondathon? Pondathon …

Book review: The Wife in the Attic, by Rose Lerner

I'd had this book recommended to me a few times as a great historical sapphic romance. I had been keeping an eye on it, and by total chance I won the author's Halloween giveaway. Given a choice of ebook or audio, I of course took the audiobook - and binged it over one weekend! So …

A little chat: 2021 achievements / Goals for 2022

I have been thinking over the last couple weeks on how to set up my "bullet" journal (it's lined so it's not really a bujo but I use it similarly) and so it has allowed me to reflect on what I achieved and what I want to do next year in a lot more detail, …

Introducing: the 2022 nonfiction bingo!

One of my goals for next year is to read more nonfiction. I enjoy it when I do, but I don't normally go toward it. I looked into a few existing bingos and challenges, and I wasn't super happy with the prompts, which covered too many topics I am in fact not interested to read. …

Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I've been intrigued by this book for a while without actually knowing what it was really about, except that it had queer themes (and 7 husbands). It went off Scribd before I could get to it, but it's back now so I jumped right on it the moment I noticed it. The Story Aging and …

A little life update (or, why the blog has been so quiet)

Hi everyone! I just wanted to say a few words about why the blog's been so quiet lately. I did not want to go on an official hiatus, as I kept really wanting and meaning to write and post reviews, but for those of you who don't follow me on twitter - I've been struggling …

Cover reveal: Tessa Hastjarjanto’s Devil’s Deal, and scavenger hunt!

Bringing you something a little different today, celebrating the relaunch of Tessa's novel, Devil's Deal, with a brand new cover! And I've had a sneak peek at the others in the series, they're gorgeous! Without further ado... Devil's Deal Series: Infernal Contracts #1Publisher: NarratessCover Design: Ravven Buy it here! Read the whole post for some …

November Recap and December TBR

November has been a very weird month for me. I had to take time off sick due to complete exhaustion at the beginning of the month, which paradoxically means I had time to be bored and read more stuff, especially audiobooks. I did find it hard to stick with my challenge of reading all/most of …

Review: Armed in her Fashion, by Kate Heartfield

I've enjoyed reading Heartfield's short story in Monstrous Little Voices a few years ago. It was the highlight of that anthology (it was a bit of a letdown, as a whole, but it looks like the authors weren't aware of the others' work although it was all linked together somehow... which led to some unfortunate …