Hey all, Sam here. Several years ago, when I started getting to the point of reading 150 or so books a year, I realized it was absolutely awful for me to try and narrow that number of books down into a top ten list for the year. It was then that I decided to split… Continue reading My Top Ten Reads of 2025 (January-June Edition)
Hey all, Sam here. All right, hello, and happy book birthday to today's review. This is another one of those books where I bought the indie pub version and then just didn't get around to reading it, so I ended up finally getting around to it in time for the trad pub edition. That's happened… Continue reading NetGalley Review: This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne
Hey all, Sam here. Was I just talking about wanting some atmospheric and spooky reads because it's October AKA Spooky Season? Yes, as a matter of fact, I was discussing that in the past couple of posts. So do I have an atmospheric and mysterious slightly spooky read to talk about today? Why, yes I… Continue reading NetGalley Review: Strange Beasts by Susan J Morris
Hey all, Sam here. October has been filled with wonderful reads so far, and I am trying to be better about getting my reviews typed up and posted in a more timely manner. Obviously, I still have so many that I need to catch up on, and I fear that I will always be striving… Continue reading NetGalley Review: The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong
Hey all, Sam here. I wanted to have this review written up and posted before the end of August, but I ran out of time because work was pretty stressful...and in the weeks since I've just been struggling to figure out a balance between work, a desire to read, a need to rest, and wishing… Continue reading NetGalley Review: Warrior Princess Assassin by Brigid Kemmerer
Hey all, Sam here. Sometimes you just have to rearrange your reading plans because you get approved for a book that sounds really interesting and you really want to read it. That is what had to happen when a copy of today's book landed on my Kindle. Honestly, I tried to hold off on reading… Continue reading NetGalley Review: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Hey all, Sam here. Honestly, August feels like a slower month for book releases, but it's also my birthday month, so I'm just always excited for it to come around again. Reaching my birthday each year makes me daydream about all the books I might get to read over the next year of my life....while… Continue reading Books I’m Looking Forward to in August
Hey all, Sam here. We have made it halfway through the year! Somehow we have survived half of this year. At times it has absolutely been a struggle, but here we are, still trying to keep going. This has been such a difficult year already, and I know a lot of us are concerned about… Continue reading June Wrap-Up
Hey all, Sam here. I think today is a good day to review a book, especially since I have so many books I still need to review. While I do have a whole bunch of books I've read and would like to talk about, my primary review focus is on my NetGalley reads at the… Continue reading NetGalley Review: Pearly Gates by Bonnie Solomon
Hey all, Sam here. I'm wishing a very happy release month to today's review, which was released March 4th. So a few months back I participated in a cover reveal for The Witch and His Crow and I was really looking forward to reading it...and then I went into reading slumps and got distracted by… Continue reading ARC Review: The Witch and His Crow by Ben Alderson
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