I believe it with all my heart and soul. And there has to be some sort of magic in that (Garber 283) We return for the finale of the tale...

June's Owl Crate box is called If The Fates Allow. With Percy Jackson being one of my first huge book loves, I was really looking forward...

The first book I read by F. T. Lukens was In Deeper Waters and I absolutely loved it. I prefer standalones or duologies best so this was...

Since it is now June, I felt it was an appropriate time to get together a post that has been mostly written for several months at this...

A bit late because I didn't realize I hadn't posted this yet - Owl Crate's March box was Let's Rewrite History. I was looking forward to...

Owl Crate's January box was titled Courting the Fae. It included five items, plus the book of course, all with strong theming and imagery...

I was pretty disappointed to hear about the end of the YA subscription box from LitJoy. I would have continued subscribing if the box was...

The Ballad of Never After continues Evangeline Fox's tale through the Magnificent North as the second book in the Once Upon a Broken...

Within the past year, I have subscribed to LitJoy's Young Adult subscription box. Besides the unavoidable delays in shipping etc. I have...

I have always loved book dedications, how they can be sweet, clever, funny, as simple as a name or the maniacal musings of The House of...

There are always more stories Lexi doesn't know much about her late mother. When her grandmother also passes, and Lexi is sent a mosaic...

But you have to have a working heart for it to break It was hard not to judge this book by its cover when the cover looks like this one...

I believe in love at first sight. Fate, the universe, all of it. But not how you’re thinking. I don’t mean it in the...

Tell me... for a girl with so much imagination, why are you so skeptical of magic? In this Mulan-inspired story, Maia Tamarin grows up a...

In the diverse and inventive realm of young adult fantasy novels, it can be difficult to find ways to stand out. Despite that, in between...

A popular childhood pet, the hermit crab holds its distinction by finding new home shells as it grows. It was this unique creature that...

I had a theory... that love was about paying attention Due to a series of unforeseen and serendipitous events, high school seniors Kat...

Madness Insanity Instability Music Love Desperation Identity These are the words that came to mind after I finished Chopsticks, by...

Everyone at some point is afraid of making the wrong choice -- Years ago I read The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau through the Kindle app....

After starting this blog in late 2019 I decided to try a personal reading challenge for the year 2020. I adapted a graphic from Penguin...