“A combination of study, timing, and luck had brought me to this moment, and I had a strong sense that it was exactly where I was supposed to be.” - Bane Bloom by Sharon Lynn Fisher Gothic Romantacy, say less! Gothic season has officially begun (unless you celebrate 365 days a year, like[...]
"Nobody likes a scheming woman, a calculating one. A diva. I'd have to be the girl next door, blissfully ignorant of my place in the world, its proximity to greatness. As if I'd spent my whole life unaware that my destiny could walk into my life one day and place me gently where I belong." Dreamlan[...]
“She watched the rat mother scurry and fall, shock herself over and over and over again, and thought Yes. Yes, that's exactly how it feels sometimes, doesn't it?” - Mom Brain by Nicole Hackett The title alone drew me into this book. Yes, I eventually read the synopsis and thought, “Oka[...]
“The days of killing women for their connection to the earth, for the power they wielded, were not gone. Not entirely. But they were changing.” A Time of Witches by Madeline Martin There are few things that will get me to pick up a book faster than witches and witch trials. I’ve been c[...]
"You have nineteen minutes left." - Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves Death in the form of a handsome young man living across the hall from a woman and her boisterous daughter? I had Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves played out in my mind just how[...]
"In the beginning, everything felt dark and big. Lonely and serious. But as time went on, everything grew lighter and smaller, less alone. It was a love story." - Homewrecker by Becky Mandelbaum This was such a weird, beautiful, strangely comforting, and alarmingly human story about grief, n[...]