Top Ten Tuesday Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010, but is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl as of January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desi…

Today’s TTT Topic:
April Showers 🌧️

I took that to mean books that made me cry! Grief-stricken or happy tears, either will do 🥲

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Top Ten Tuesday Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010, but is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl as of January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desi…

Today's TTT Topic:
Books about/set in places on my bucket list!

I had a ton of fun creating this list :D

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April Bingo Reading Challenge!

For each book you read in April, check off EVERY box that fits 💚

(Also on StoryGraph!)

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Top Ten Tuesday Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010, but is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl as of January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desi…

My first Top Ten Tuesday post!

I love this bookish listicle concept, and I'll now be joining every week :)

This week's topic: Top 10 Buzzwords/Phrases That Make Me Want to Read (or Avoid) a Book

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Book Spotlight: Miss Bennet’s Dragon by M. Verant As part of the BBNYA 2025 Finalist blog tour in association with The Write Reads, I am reviewing MISS BENNET’S DRAGON by M. Verant. It’s the first book in the Jane Austen Fantasy series…

As part of the @bbnya.bsky.social 2025 Finalist Tour with @thewritereads.bsky.social I'm shining a spotlight on the 10th-place finalist, MISS BENNET'S DRAGON by M. Verant!

It's the first book in the Jane Austen Fantasy trilogy 🐉

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First Lines Friday! Can you guess the book from its opening lines? Greenwich, North Carolina, December 1919 Most children inherit jewelry or surnames. I inherited death, debt, and a door I should have never opened.

✨First Lines Friday✨ (and this one's a good one!)

Guess the book from its opening lines:

Greenwich, North Carolina, December 1919
Most children inherit jewelry or surnames. I inherited death, debt, and a door I should have never opened.

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WWW Wednesday! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words. The idea is pretty simple–every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s: What are you currently reading? Wha…

It’s WWW Wednesday!

See my mountain of current reads, what I just finished reading, and my hopeful next reads!

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WWW Wednesday! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words. The idea is pretty simple–every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s: What are you currently reading? Wha…

It’s WWW Wednesday!

See my mountain of current reads, what I just finished reading, and my hopeful next reads!

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Mini Book Review: Oddities A dystopian vampire teenager, severed finger salad topping, disgruntled Teddy bears, and an army of Percivals. What do these all have in common? They are all trapped within the pages of this collec…

New Book Review!

Thurdy's ODDITIES is a collection of unique and--you guessed it--odd short stories featuring the classic zombies, aliens, and vampires alongside purple teddy bears and self-aware fictional characters

See my full 4.25⭐️ review here: thebookdragondotblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/m...

First Lines Friday! Can you guess the book from its opening lines? Everyone knows Anne is a fraud of an oracle. Every single scenario presented to her can be turned into a bloodbath filled with doom and gloom.

✨First Lines Friday✨

Guess the book from its opening lines:

Everyone knows Anne is a fraud of an oracle. Every single scenario presented to her can be turned into a bloodbath filled with doom and gloom.

See the answer here: thebookdragondotblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/f...

WWW Wednesday! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words. The idea is pretty simple–every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s: What are you currently reading? Wha…

It’s WWW Wednesday!

Enjoy my mountain of current reads that I just can’t help adding to (SIX books. SIX!), plus what I just finished reading, and my hopeful next reads!

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Book Spotlight: The Yamanaka Factors by Jed Henson As part of the BBNYA 2025 Finalist blog tour in association with The Write Reads, I am reviewing THE YAMANAKA FACTORS by Jed Henson. It was the 12th place BBNYA 2025 finalist!

Today’s my stop on the #BBNYA2025 Finalist Blog Tour!

I'm shining a spotlight on the 12th place finalist, THE YAMANAKA FACTORS by Jed Henson! A very cool-sounding Techno-Thriller :D

@thewritereads.bsky.social @bbnya.bsky.social

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First Lines Friday! Can you guess the book from its opening lines? Lawrence pulled the old minivan into a parking space and sighed as he shut off the motor. The engine hissed, mirroring his sigh: there was yet another…

✨First Lines Friday!✨

Guess the book from its opening lines:
Lawrence pulled the old minivan into a parking space and sighed as he shut off the motor. The engine hissed, mirroring his sigh...

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WWW Wednesday! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words. The idea is pretty simple–every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s: What are you currently reading? Wha…

It's WWW Wednesday! 🐉

Here are the books I've just finished reading, am currently reading, and plan to read next!

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Mini Book Review: The Moss Dragon of Brittlekeep Stay hidden. Stay alive. Stay free. Penny has a power people would kill to possess. Fire magic forces her to hide in the shadows of the city of Brittlekeep, her only solace a mysterious talking loc…

NEW mini book review!

⭐️⭐️⭐️.25 review of YA coming-of-age fantasy, THE MOSS DRAGON OF BRITTLEKEEP by Ashley Capes:

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Sign ups are open!! Go forth and enter! #authors #writers #writingcommunity #IndieAuthors #authorsandwriting #writesky #authorsky #Booksky 📚💙

First Lines Friday! Can you guess the book from its opening lines? Water sloshed around Evan’s metal-plated boots with every step. A dry sting, like scraping nettles, rubbed the insides of his lungs. His body be…

✨First Lines Friday✨
Guess the book from its opening lines!

“Water sloshed around Evan’s metal-plated boots with every step. A dry sting, like scraping nettles, rubbed the insides of his lungs. His body begged him to turn and flee.”

Answer: thebookdragondotblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/20/f...

Book Review: Jump by DL Orton The multiverse is collapsing. The time machine is broken. And humanity’s last hope? Might already be dead. Seven months after the EMPs brought the world to its knees, a handful of scientists are ra…

As part of @thewritereads.bsky.social blog tour of JUMP (Book 2 in the Madders of Time series) by DL Orton, here’s my 4⭐️ review!

(FYI, this book is more plot-focused for those harder sci-fi readers 😁)

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Book Review: Hive by DL Orton For Isabel, a dying scientist, and Diego, the man she loves, time is running out—literally. The Earth is ravaged, and the biodome that was meant to save humanity is failing. But when Isabel stumble…

As part of @thewritereads.bsky.social blog tour of JUMP (Book 2 in the Madders of Time series) by DL Orton, here’s my 5 ⭐️ review of the first book: HIVE!

A beautiful, character-driven scifi 💜

#blogtour #BookReview

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Book Review: By Hook & Crook by SG Karam As part of the BBNYA 2025 Finalist blog tour in association with The Write Reads, I am reviewing BY HOOK & CROOK by SG Karam. It’s the first book in the Kings of Copper Trilogy and the 15…

Today’s my stop on the #BBNYA2025 Finalist Blog Tour!

See my review of the scifi fantasy, By Hook & Crook by SG Karam. It’s set in a world where stealing is legal—*if* you can get away clean!

@bbnya.bsky.social @thewritereads.bsky.social

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Mini Book Review: Precise Oaths Even though spider-kin Liliana sees the past, the future and into men’s souls, she can still be surprised. After all, no one wakes up wondering if they’ll be accused of murder by a were…

✨ New Mini Review ✨

Precise Oaths by Paige E Ewing, a romantic paranormal fantasy with a neurodivergent FMC! Very cool 😎

5 ⭐️

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WWW Wednesday! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words. The idea is pretty simple–every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s: What are you currently reading? Wha…

It’s WWW Wednesday!

Books I’m currently reading, just finished, and ones I’ll read next! Including a couple for the #IndieInkAwards 👀

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January Wrap-Up! A Monthly Wrap Up! Books I finished reading in January with links to reviews, other posts, and upcoming books to read in February!

Here’s my January Wrap Up!

I finished 5 books this month, and they were absolute CHONKERS 😁

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February Bingo Reading Challenge For each book you read this month, check off any and all the boxes that match it! Win when you check off 5 boxes in a single row, column, or diagonal! The point is to have fun, diversify your readi…

Here is February's Monthly Bingo Card!

And I've already got a book I'm reading that will fit perfectly with one of the prompts ;)

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I wrote just over 1k words tonight!! 🎉

Finally getting back into the swing of things 😌

WWW Wednesday! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam over on Taking on a World of Words. The idea is pretty simple–every week you dedicate a post to the three W’s: What are you currently reading? Wha…

It’s WWW Wednesday!

Here’s what I’m currently reading, just finished, and going to read next! 😁

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I’ll just be there for the snacks and some butt smacks 🤷‍♀️

Book Review: Taking Red Mariska knows her duty—be the good healer princess, the dedicated daughter, and marry for money, because her family has a ruinous they’re broke. However, after stumbling out of a snowstorm with onl…

📕 BOOK REVIEW 📕

4.5 ⭐️ book review of a Little Red Riding Hood retelling. It’s a fantasy novel with some sizzling romance ❤️‍🔥:

TAKING RED by Liv Strom

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Book Review: The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen As part of the BBNYA 2025 Finalist blog tour in association with The Write Reads, I am reviewing The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen. It’s the first book in the Sails of Black and B…

Today is my stop on the #BBNYA2025 Finalist Tour!

Here’s my review on The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen, an LGBTQIA+ vampire fantasy romance!

It got 17th place in BBNYA 2025 🖤

@thewritereads.bsky.social @bbnya.bsky.social

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✨First Lines Friday!✨

Guess the book from its opening line:

The sodden earth makes a wretched sucking sound each time Diego's shovel cuts into it.

(hint: it's a dystopian thriller with time travel)

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