Review + Giveaway (INTL): Gather the Fortunes – The Most Neil Gaiman Thing I Read Since I Last Read Neil Gaiman

Title: Gather the Fortunes (A Crescent City Novel Book 2) Author: Bryan Camp Publisher: John Joseph Adams/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release Date: May 21st, 2019 Genre(s): Urban Fantasy Subjects and Themes: Gods, Mythology Page Count: 384 (hardback) Rating: 8.0/10     Renaissance Raines has found her place among the psychopomps—the guides who lead the souls of …

Review: A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World – Like a Warm Blanket of Hope

Title: A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World Author: C.A. Fletcher Publisher: Orbit Books Release Date: April 23rd, 2019 Genre(s): Post-Apocalyptic Subjects and Themes: Coming-of-Age, Animals Page Count: 384 (hardback) Rating: 8.5/10     My name's Griz. My childhood wasn't like yours. I've never had friends, and in my whole life …

Monday Chatter: A Birthday of a Sort (And Books)

I missed posting last Monday because I got super sick during the weekend and didn't really have the energy to blog for the rest of the week. Luckily I had multiple (*gasp*) posts scheduled that week, which was a first for me. So that was pretty heady. I don't know how you people have posts …

OMG That Song Tag

Aurora tagged me for this a lifetime ago (thank you!) and it's been two lifetimes since I've posted a tag, so I figured this would be a good place to start!   [MY JAM] A song you have to listen to no matter how many times you’ve heard it Rachel Platten's Stand by You because …

Review: A Memory Called Empire – A Brilliantly Ambitious Space Opera

Title: A Memory Called Empire (Texicalaan 1) Author: Arkady Martine Publisher: Tor Books Release Date: March 26th, 2019 Genre(s): Science Fiction Space Opera Subjects and Themes: Political Intrigue, Culture, LGBTQIAP+ Page Count: 464 (hardback) Rating: 8.0/10 Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the …

Blog Tour Review: We Rule the Night – Came for Girl Friendships, Stayed for Girl Friendships

Title: We Rule the Night Author: Claire Eliza Bartlett Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release Date: April 2nd, 2019 Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Steampunk Subjects and Themes: Female Friendships, Feminism, History-Inspired Page Count: 400 (hardback) Rating: N/A Seventeen-year-old Revna is a factory worker, manufacturing war machines for the Union of the North. When she’s …

Review: Dealing in Dreams – Starts Off High, Crashes To Blandness

Title: Dealing in Dreams Author: Lilliam Rivera Publisher: Simon & Schuster Release Date: March 5th, 2019 Genre(s): YA Dystopia Subjects and Themes: Feminism Page Count: 336 (hardback) Rating: 6.0/10   Sixteen-year-old Nalah leads the fiercest all-girl crew in Mega City. That role brings with it violent throwdowns and access to the hottest boydega clubs, but …

Blog Tour Review + Giveaway: The Fever King – Baby, You Burn My Brain Up Like a Fever

Title: The Fever King (Feverwake, #1) Author: Victoria Lee Publisher Skyscape Release Date: March 1, 2019 Genre(s): YA Fantasy, Paranormal, Dystopian Subjects and Themes: LGBTQIAP+, Politics, Abuse Page Count: 384 Rating: 6.5/10   In the former United States, sixteen-year-old Noam Álvaro wakes up in a hospital bed, the sole survivor of the viral magic that …

Review: Do You Dream of Terra-Two? – In Space, Everyone Can Hear You Dream

Title: Do You Dream of Terra-Two? Author: Temi Oh Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd Release Date: March 7th, 2019 Genre(s): Literature, Sci-Fi Subjects and Themes: Space expedition Page Count: 528 (hardback) Rating: 8.5/10     A century ago, scientists theorised that a habitable planet existed in a nearby solar system. Today, ten astronauts will leave …

Top 5 Wednesday – Characters That Embody the Hufflepuff House

Happy Wednesday! I know I said I'd be back to a semi-normal schedule last week, but I've been suffering from a case of "Oh god, my reviews and posts are flaming piles of garbage" and "WHAT ARE WORDS????" which has had the added benefit of wreaking havoc on my reading pace. Fun, fun times. But …