This year, I have been trying to complete the A through Z Challenge. As a result, I feel like I have been reading more, but I also feel that my reviews have been getting pushed back as I keep trying to read more and more. I do have some reviews that I am working on. … Continue reading Reading Update
Author: Rosey the Libby'N
Always with a book and pen in hand
Inspired to change the world
Reading is a journey never done alone
If a Slasher was a Book…
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix: A Book Review Genre: Horror Hendrix introduces his readers to “the final girls” in his book, The Final Girl Support Group. Built around a support group around 6 different final girls, Hendrix’s final girls are final final… as in they were the complete survivors – killing the … Continue reading If a Slasher was a Book…
A Time for Magic
The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall: A Book Review Genre: Fantasy Filled with “magical” recipes to help boost confidence, gain clarity, and bring up memories, The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic is a heartfelt story surrounding family, grief, guilt, betrayal, and magic. Following what I feel like is … Continue reading A Time for Magic
The Trouble with Marriage
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen: A Book Review Genre: Thriller Hendricks and Pekkanen write a terrific story of a failing marriage. Full of the ups and downs of everyday life, the characters are shown as completely human, with the flaws and personalities of those in the public eye. I did especially … Continue reading The Trouble with Marriage
Horrors of Human Fear
That Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk: A Book Review Genre: Thriller Think libraries are boring? Not this one. Crafting a story in which seven students lock themselves in a Rare book library, Jurczyk drops them one by one. Throughout the story, both you and the characters are asking the questions: What is going … Continue reading Horrors of Human Fear
All in One Day
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller: A Book Review Genre: Fiction Being very character-driven, Miranda Cowley Heller writes a story spanning decades of the main character in a single day. Going back and forth between the present and the past surrounding the main character (Elle) who, throughout the book, must make a hard decision … Continue reading All in One Day
Touched by Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth by Ave Reid: A Book Review Genre: Fantasy; Historical Enther Macbeth. Written as a retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Reid tells a more feminist version of the story by surrounding Lady Macbeth. Told in parts, the story starts at Roscille’s journey to meet her soon-to-be husband, Macbeth, before moving to their marriage, the prophecies, … Continue reading Touched by Shakespeare
I’m back…
The First Spark by Teshelle Combs: A Book Review Genre: Fantasy, Romance Disclaimer: I was given a free copy of this book for a complete and honest review. Combs writes of an intriguing concept in The First Spark. Slow to start - and with different formatting errors - the book was hard to get into. … Continue reading I’m back…
A Bloody Mess
The Carolina Variant by Brooke L. French: A Book Review Genre: Thriller French writes an intriguing sequel to her debut Inhuman Acts in her new novel The Carolina Variant. Focusing around the story of Tess, a struggling lawyer, a renown CDC doctor, and a pilot, French tells a story close to what could only be … Continue reading A Bloody Mess
THUG LIFE
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas: A Book Review Genre: Urban Fiction In 2020, a man by the name of George Floyd was brutally murdered by police officers. It is this year that Thomas brought me back to in The Hate U Give. Written three years before the death of Floyd, Thomas depicts a … Continue reading THUG LIFE
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