An exploration through sci-fi, fantasy, and romance books
If you're as obsessed with Miyazaki as I am, then this is the book for you. Thanks to McElderry Books for the gifted copy. Here's more about Where the Dark Stands Still Raised in a small village near the spirit-wood, Liska Radost knows that Magic is monstrous, and its practitioners, monsters. After Liska unleashes her [...]
You know, I never considered myself a fan of cozy mysteries until I came across Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers. If this is what most cozy mysteries feel like, then consider me sold. More about Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice to Murderers Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing…Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective?Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea [...]
I started reading this one because my office book club chose it for March. I put the book on hold hoping that it would arrive before the end of March, but I was gifted a lucky copy and I ended up reading it before we even met for February's book club. This is also my [...]
I've been a huge fan of High Fidelity the movie since it came out. Every few months, my husband and I would get the jones to watch it again. It also helped that Rob was a huge fan of pop music, but the book revealed to me that he's also a massive man child. Here's [...]
Now empowered with my new resolutions for this bookish year, I wanted to share with you a little TBR I put together. For the most part, I don't want to be writing these TBRs every month. In fact, I plan on putting a little TBR together every few books I read because library holds come [...]
Hello 2024. Hello blog friends. I know it's been quite a while since I wrote here. And honestly, I'm returning with a bit of trepidation only because it's been so long since I've written a blog post (so I have no clue if I still "got it") and I've burnt out so badly that I [...]
My first book of 2024. I went into this one with completely different expectations. I thought it'd be dystopian. I thought it would be sci-fi, but instead it was the best kind of literary; the kind that interweaves lives to show you how one singular event or a hotel can shape the lives of a [...]
Hello everyone! It's been quite some time since I've written in this space and mostly because I've been trying to figure out what I want to do here. As much as I love reading and writing reviews, I felt a bit stagnant coming down to the end of 2022 and wanted to take a break [...]
Happy March! I love this month and I feel it has a lot to do with spring. I feel it in the air and despite living in a humid climate and experiencing summer all year round, I want to celebrate the occasion with some fantastic fantasy! This month, I'm exploring some rereads, some new books, [...]
What if one day you walked through your bedroom mirror and find yourself in a castle that grants wishes? That's what happens to Kokoro in this incredible story. Thanks to Erewhon Books for the gifted copy. Here's more about Lonely Castle in the Mirror Bullied to the point of dropping out of school, Kokoro’s days [...]
Simone and Her Books 