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The Bone Queen by Will Shindler
After finishing my last read, I dove right into another ARC. This month has several releases that I’m excited for. One of which is a very spooky-sounding tale I’d stumbled across while browsing NetGalley. This wasn’t an author I was familiar with, and it turned out they hadn’t published in the US before. All of…
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If the Dead Belong Here by Carson Faust
I can’t pinpoint exactly what it was that first drew me to apply for an advance reader copy (ARC) of If the Dead Belong Here by Carson Faust. It’s a great title and a gorgeous cover of course, but on the surface it looks to be outside of my usual genres and favored tropes. Perhaps…
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A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher had been sitting in my TBR pile for months. Books with reading deadlines kept pushing it further down my priority list, but I knew I had to get to it eventually. Before this one, I had never read any of T. Kingfisher’s work. I knew that I…
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The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed
I have been on a streak of absolutely amazing reads. I finished House of the Beast while sitting on a plane more than halfway through my flight. To keep me occupied the rest of the flight, I reached for the shortest book in my carry-on bag. That happened to be a novella that’s been sitting…
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Weekly Reading Recap: April 21, 2025
We’ve made it to another Monday! It is now April 21 and we’ve finished the third week of this month. This week, I finally got to start an advance reader copy (ARC) of a book that I’ve been extremely excited for since the author’s last book, followed by a small but mighty title that’s been…
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Reading Recap: One More Week of February
We’ve completed one more week of February, and we’ve got a little less than one more still to go before this month is over. I read two books this week while enjoying my daughter’s week-long break from school with her. It made for a great week. Both books were fantastic! 1. House of Night –…
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Reading Recap: Another Week in January
It’s hard to believe it’s already Monday again and we’ve completed another week in January 2025! This week really flew by for me. I don’t know if the rest of you felt that too? Because I also had an increase in my workload, I only had enough time to start and finish one book this…
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Reading Recap: Beginning December
Here we are, already beginning December, the month to end the year. Maybe I’m just getting older, but every year is feeling shorter than the last and 2024 has certainly been no exception. This week, I read through two emotionally intense works of fiction. These books absolutely put me through the ringer, and I loved…
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Reading Recap: November’s Start
November’s start is now behind us. I got two books read from cover to cover, even though I was reading more slowly this week than I usually do. I went a bit heavy on the doom scrolling. This week I’m intend to redouble my efforts to avoid that, so the next list might be longer.…
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Reading Recap: The End of Spooky Season
I can’t believe that the end of Spooky Season has already come and gone! I had a lot of fun with the titles I chose. I might make it a tradition to keep horror themes in all my reading throughout the month of October. It set the perfect vibe for Halloween and the deepening autumn.…
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Spooky Season Reading Recap: Week Four
There’s still a few days left in the month, but Spooky Season Week Four is already in the books! Here’s the reading I got done during the last full week before Halloween. 1. Dead Man’s Fugue – Casey Neumiller (DNF) I had just started reading this one last week when I posted my last recap. At that…
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Spooky Season Reading Recap: Week Three
It’s hard to believe that Spooky Season Week Three is already over with and in the books! I got a bit less reading done this week than my average has been as of late. Both my kid and I got sick, and I ended up with an unexpected workload in addition to all my usual…