✉ Non-Fiction Reads

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Almost everything I read falls within the category of fiction, but I do enjoy the occasional foray into the realm of the real. So as a bonus post for my monthly book list series, I’ve put together a list of my Top Non-Fiction books that includes both titles I’ve read and titles I own but have yet to read though I’m definitely excited to! As always I hope you will comment with your own favorites and keep an eye out for my finale/Top Reads of 2020 post! Continue reading

Burn Our Bodies Down

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power (2020)

YA Fiction | Mystery? Horror? Supernatural? Sci-Fi?

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Ever since Margot was born, it’s been just her and her mother. No answers to Margot’s questions about what came before. No history to hold on to. No relative to speak of. Just the two of them, stuck in their run-down apartment, struggling to get along.

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Forget Me Not

Forget Me Not by Alexandra Oliva (2021)

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Fiction | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Blurb:

She was born for all the wrong reasons. But her search for the truth reveals answers she wishes she could forget in this suspenseful and deeply moving novel from the author of The Last One.

What if your past wasn’t what you thought?

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➶ Thanksgiving Reads | November 2020

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Happy Thanksgiving! To celebrate this historical event, this month’s list is my Top Ten historical and classic reads. What are some of your favorites? Continue reading

A Deadly Education

A Deadly Education (The Scholomance #1) by Naomi Novik (2020)

Fiction | Dark Fantasy | Magic School

Blurb:

Lesson One of the Scholomance: Learning has never been this deadly.

A Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) — until one girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets. 

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Comics & Graphic Novels: what do YOU recommend?

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I confess I’m not the biggest reader of comics, manga, graphic novels, or anything really within that general style, but that doesn’t mean nothing ever catches my eye. Many of you who do love this world will probably laugh at my limited knowledge but I’m counting on you to help give me some recommendations because I’d love to read more! Continue reading

☂ Halloween Reads | October 2020

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Happy Halloween! This month I put together a list of my recommended dark, spooky, or paranormal reads. What are some of your favorites? Continue reading

Fangs

Fangs by Sarah Andersen (2020)

Comics | Fiction | Paranormal Romance

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A new gothic romance story from the creator of the enormously popular Sarah’s Scribbles comics.

Vamp is three hundred years old but in all that time, she has never met her match. This all changes one night in a bar when she meets a charming werewolf. FANGS chronicles the humor, sweetness, and awkwardness of meeting someone perfectly suited to you but also vastly different.”

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The Lives of Saints

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Guess what! I succumbed to weakness and ordered a copy of Leigh Bardugo’s latest contribution to her Grishaverse, a collection of short stories called The Lives of Saints. It’s just so pretty and I couldn’t stop my curiosity from wanting to read these tales! If you’ve been curious about this one as well then keep reading this post where I’ll include info on what the book is about, my review, and a look at the artwork inside! And don’t worry if you have no idea what the Grishaverse is, I’ve included a bit about that as well. Continue reading

Certain Dark Things

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2016)

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Fiction | Paranormal Thriller
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Welcome to Mexico City… An Oasis In A Sea Of Vampires…

Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is busy eking out a living when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life.

Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood drinkers, must feast on the young to survive and Domingo looks especially tasty. Continue reading