Let’s Call It a Doomsday is a contemporary YA written by Katie Henry and released as her sophomore novel in August of 2019, which, in pandemic terms, was actually like fourteen years ago, so it seems like it’s been out for a while, and yet it only recently surfaced on my radar. As soon as…
So when I saw the Top Ten Tuesday topic of “Books I Loved With Fewer Than 2000 Ratings on Goodreads”, I knew I probably had at least a few favorites with a low number of ratings. Somehow, I always find myself really loving things that aren’t quite as popular, and also not always understanding the…
Spooky friends!!! Get hype because you can now officially purchase your copy of Bad Man, by none other than Dathan Auerbach, Reddit legend (dare I say?) and author of Penpal, the book perhaps best known from making the journey from r/nosleep to unsettling novel. Auerbach follows up on 2012’s creepy Penpal with the mysterious horror novel Bad…
Today I’m going to be talking about a super hyped YA novel just released in May of this year, in addition to a fun YA slasher (that’s right, I used fun and slasher together) by Stephanie Perkins, author of the popular Anna and the French Kiss series. That’s right, today is a good old-fashioned two-for-one.…
I’m back! And I’m back with a vengeance, because this review has been a long time coming and I have a lot to say, and some of it may come across a little…erm…let’s say “strong-willed”. Much like the main character of this book, actually. The Hazel Wood is a contemporary fantasy novel by Melissa Albert…
Another month of OwlCrate has come and gone and I’m so excited to share this one with y’all! I mean seriously *SO* excited. If you’re familiar with OwlCrate or my general love for OwlCrate, then you my already know that I think they knock it out of the park pretty much every time. In every…
Now that it’s time for the January OwlCrates to get sent out, I figured it’s high time I go ahead and share my December unboxing, for any of you who are looking for some cute bookish merch or are just curious about what was in the box for the month of December! The theme for…
If you’ve been floating around the bookish community over the past few months, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve already heard of Bonfire. But in case you haven’t, let’s recap: Bonfire is a suspense/psychological thriller novel by Krysten Ritter, who, prior to penning this novel, was best known for being an actress in shows like…
I usually try to be at least somewhat eloquent and, at the very least, coherent in my book reviews, but this book just made me want to yell OH MY GOD EVERYONE READ THIS NOW. Of course, I totally understand that you may want to know a bit more than that, so don’t worry. I…
With the overwhelming success of the Netflix series Stranger Things and the return of Stephen King’s It to theaters with the children’s storyline bumped forward by nearly thirty years, the 80s are having another major moment in horror—and My Best Friend’s Exorcism, by Grady Hendrix, is no exception. This horror novel has been on my…