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10 Gay Romance Novels to Add to Your TBR
This week I’m continuing to share queer romance novels for Pride Month. For today’s list have 10 gay romance novels for you to check out. You can also check out last week’s queer romance list and look ahead to see what I have planned for the rest of the month: For the past week, I’ve… Read more
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10 Trans and Non-Binary Romance Novels
Happy Pride Month readers! If you follow my Twitter you may have seen me announce that I’ll be focusing on queer romance books all throughout June. Last Pride Month I published a list of 50 fantasy books with queer main characters because when I’m looking for queer rep, I specifically want queer main characters. Although… Read more
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Wyrd and Wonder 2022 Wrap Up
We’ve come to the end of another month of fantasy celebration, so it’s time to wrap up the Fifth year of Wyrd and Wonder. There’s a lot to get through so I’m just going to jump right into it. First up is a summary of the books I read this month! This post is part… Read more
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Top Five Comic Fantasy Novels
For the last Top Five Fantasy prompt, the Wyrd and Wonder hosts asked us to pick our favorite fantasy subgenre. My (current) favorite fantasy genre is comic fantasy. For me, reading is a way to destress, and comic fantasy novels are a perfect, lighthearted form of escapism. I also just love anything that makes me… Read more
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10 Cool Fantasy Settings
Whenever I think of a fantasy setting those maps at the beginning of the book are the first thing that comes to mind. You know, the ones where you find all the medieval-inspired kingdoms and made up names for seas and forests. In reality Read more
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Top Five Standalone Fantasy Books
Today’s Fantasy Top Five prompt is single-serve fantasy reads, which I interpreted to mean standalone fantasy books. The fantasy genre is notorious for its doorstoppers and 5+ book series, which makes sense considering how much worldbuilding and character development goes into creating a complete fantasy world. While diving into a long fantasy series can be… Read more
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Top Five Books Featuring Wyrd and Wonder Mascots
I’m looking forward to getting back on track with my posts and starting the Wyrd and Wonder read-along book, The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay. And for today, I’m sharing my top five fantasy books featuring the Wyrd and Wonder mascots! Read more
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Top Five Forest Fantasy Recommendations
Today I’m excited to share my second list of Fantasy Top Fives for Wyrd & Wonder: top five forest fantasy recommendations! Read more
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More than Meets the Eye: Uchiha Itachi and the Good All Along Trope
I found myself watching Naruto, and came across the Good All Along trope. This trope happens when, for whatever reason, a character must play the role of a villain in order to do good. Read more
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Wyrd and Wonder: Top Five Fantasy Reads Since Last May
It’s finally May, which means it’s time for Wyrd and Wonder! I am so excited to start this month of fantasy celebration, and to kick it off I’ve compiled a list of my top five fantasy reads since last May. Read more
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Wyrd and Wonder the Fifth: I Won’t Even Bother With a TBR
Another year with Word Wilderness has gone by, which means it’s time for my third year participating in Wyrd and Wonder! Read more
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Review: Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Danforth’s writing pulled me into a bewitching tale full of mystery and ghosts that would leave me with more questions than answers. Read more
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Great Books for Book Club Discussions
Every once in a while I pick up a book that just begs to be talked about. I’ll spend the next week bugging my mom, roommate, or anyone who’ll listen to me about the new book I’m reading. I can’t help but think these books are perfect book club picks. Read more
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Review: The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
I actually didn’t plan on reading The Girl from the Sea, but a graphic novel book club I’m in picked it for this month and it was available at my library so I figured… why not? Reader, I flew through the story in one day. I was actually surprised when I found out the page… Read more
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Review: The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
as I sat down to write my review for The Spanish Love Deception I became angrier and angrier at the way this misleading enemies to lovers rom-com turned out. Read more
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Review: Rand by Silvia Shaw
Portal fantasies aren’t my usual go-to, but every once and a while I seem to rediscover them and remember how exciting they can be. The shock of being transported to a new world and the clash of the modern world with a fantasy one are both fabulous tropes to read about. Today I’m excited to… Read more
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How to Start Reading Graphic Novels
In 2020 I decided I would start reading graphic novels. I was hesitant at first because I knew very little about comics/graphic novels beyond the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and navigating decades of superhero comics seemed overwhelming. Plus, superheroes have never been my go-to for reading material. I’ve always preferred high fantasy stories about monsters and… Read more
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Top 10 Female Authors on My TBR
I tend to shy away from posts about my TBR because I’m a hopeless mood reader, and can leave books on my TBR for months to years. But today I’ll make an exception to talk about the top 10 female authors on my TBR and why I’m excited to read their books. Read more
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Interview With Travis Baldree, Author of Legends & Lattes
I recently had a chance to host an interview with Travis Baldree on his debut novel, Legends & Lattes, a cozy fantasy about an orc mercenary who decides to hang up her sword and start a coffee shop. Legends & Lattes might be the most unconventional fantasy book I’ve ever read so I was so… Read more
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Review: Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Today I’m delighted to share a review of the most unconventional fantasy book I’ve ever read: Legends and Lattes. What really enticed me about this story was the unique premise. I’ve read a wide range of fantasy about saving the world, defeating monsters, and overthrowing corrupt monarchies. What I haven’t done is read about an… Read more
