Adaptations Galore!

I figured it's time to talk about all the book adaptations. I meant to do a post last year but I figured I would wait until I got more information on the Mother of All Adaptations: The Rings of Power. ---Well, that is the adaptation I am looking forward to the most and we got …

Beneath the Stairs by Jennifer Fawcett ~ARC Review~

Thank you to Goodreads, Atria Books, and Jennifer Fawcett for the opportunity to read this book! It will be released on February 22nd, 2022. I just know I am going to be seeing Beneath the Stairs by Jennifer Fawcett on everyone's October TBR. It releases next month but it will make for the perfect Halloween …

Tolkien Tuesday: The Lays of Beleriand ~Turin’s Fostering~

"Thus came it to pass in the court of Thingolthat Turin tarried for twelve long years..."The Lays of Beleriand And now we are back to the History of Middle-Earth. All the tales in The Lays of Beleriand will be familiar if you have been following my Tolkien Tuesday posts. There is one major difference this …

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers ~Audiobook Review~

“We are the earth, the land. The tongue that speaks and trips on the names of the dead as it dares to tell these stories of a woman’s line. Her people and her dirt, her trees, her water.”The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois In November and December of 2021, I flew through audiobooks. So …

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham ~Review~

Thank you, Stacy Willingham, NetGalley, and St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to read this book! "Because for the first time in weeks, someone believes me. Someone is on my side. And it feels so good to be believed; to have someone look at me with genuine caring instead of suspicion or worry or rage."A …

Twilight at Moorington Cross by Abigail Wilson ~Review~

Thank you, Abigail Wilson, NetGalley, and Thomas Nelson--Fiction for the opportunity to read this book. It was released on January 11th, 2022! I love a good regency romance. When it comes to regency romance or any type of historical romance, I know I am getting very little historical accuracy--and that is ok! I am in …

The Maid by Nita Prose ~Review~

"I am your maid. I know so much about you. But when it comes down to it: what is it that you know about me?"The Maid The Maid by Nita Prose was the perfect book to start off 2022. Our main character is Molly Gray and she struggles with social situations and has a very …

~Tolkien Tuesday~The Nature of Middle-Earth: Time and Ageing~

The Nature of Middle-Earth is a collection of JRR Tolkien's notes organized by Carl F. Hostetter. Hostetter is probably one of the most knowledgeable Middle-Earth scholars out there since we have lost the great Christopher Tolkien. I was so excited to pick up this and this month I will be focusing on the first two …

A Whole New World by Liz Braswell ~Audiobook Review~

“But wealth isn’t a magic lamp that suddenly erases all your problems. Imagine being a large bird in a tiny—but golden—cage. ... I’m free here. Having the freedom to choose is better than having everything you want.”A Whole New World What if Jafar summoned the Genie first...instead of Aladdin? A Whole New World by Liz …

~First NetGalley Update of 2022~

There is nothing like the feeling of getting your hands on Advanced Reader Books in the New Year. And I have so many books to look forward to! I currently have 18 books on my NetGalley shelf:1) The Maid by Nita Prose ~This one was actually released on the 4th but I am currently reading …