Bookish Musings: Opening Lines (7)

Bookish Musings: Opening Lines (7)

It’s the first month of the year, and I was thinking, what better time for a post about the first lines of books? So that’s what I’m doing! It’s getting hard to keep track and not repeat books when I’ve done this so many times. You’d think it wouldn’t be that hard, considering I’ve must’ve...
 
Book Review Update: The Usual Apocalypse by Christine Price

Book Review Update: The Usual Apocalypse by Christine Price

This is one of those weeks when I am just not feeling up to putting together a whole new post, and people probably aren't visiting blogs as much as usual this weekend, and I don't really have any books I feel like reviewing anyway (I don't review every book I read). Luckily, I reread this one recently, and although my feelings are mostly the same, I did bump my rating from 4.5 stars to 5 stars!...
 
Quick Reviews: A Bunch of Anthologies – The Ghost Variations // 18 Wheels of Science Fiction // My Monster Boyfriend // Silver // Ambrosia // Can I Pet Your Werewolf

Quick Reviews: A Bunch of Anthologies – The Ghost Variations // 18 Wheels of Science Fiction // My Monster Boyfriend // Silver // Ambrosia // Can I Pet Your Werewolf

Anthologies! Sometimes I like to start my posts by just shouting the thing they're about. Easier than thinking of good intros. So anyway, I have a bunch of anthologies (and one collection) I reviewed elsewhere years ago but never posted here. Both normal and graphic novels. To be honest, most of these were not really for me. I've tried to get into anthologies. They always sound so fun....
 
Book Review Update: Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

Book Review Update: Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

Hey, everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in over a week. I've just been tired and not feeling great and wasn't up to it. And now I'm here with a weird post, because I'm actually just directing you to an old post. (I didn't want to delete it and repost it as a new post for Google algorithm reasons.) I reread (more specifically, listened to) Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco and updated my...
 
Quick Reviews: Waiting // Underhill // Once Upon a Western Shore // To Find Him and Love Him Again

Quick Reviews: Waiting // Underhill // Once Upon a Western Shore // To Find Him and Love Him Again

I've reviewed the previous books in this series with mini reviews on the blog, so I wanted to at least do one of these quick review posts for the rest now that I've read them. Since they all have the same "Recommended For" and mostly the same tags, I'll just do those sections once at the end. This series sort of had its ups and downs, but overall, it had a wonderful romance/relationship/family...
 
Quick Reviews: Mimics & Mayhem // Tails of Stallion Ridge // Runes, Ruin, & Redemption // Fate & Fortune // Sunsets & Showdowns

Quick Reviews: Mimics & Mayhem // Tails of Stallion Ridge // Runes, Ruin, & Redemption // Fate & Fortune // Sunsets & Showdowns

I'm back with the rest of the books in Maz Maddox's Stallion Ridge series! (These were the first reviews.) It's a series of connected m/m romance stories, so I recommend reading them in order, though each focuses on a different main couple, set in a fantasy Wild West world filled with different paranormal creatures. A lot of instalove (or quick love), which isn't my favorite thing, but *shrug* I...
 
Quick Reviews: The Remaking of Corbin Wale // My Christmas Spirit // Christmas Spirit // The Vet’s Christmas Familiar // A Christmas Carriage Ride

Quick Reviews: The Remaking of Corbin Wale // My Christmas Spirit // Christmas Spirit // The Vet’s Christmas Familiar // A Christmas Carriage Ride

I've got some more holiday book reviews! I know, I know, I've done a lot of Christmas posts this year, and I might still do one or two more quick reviews, but I'll be getting back to the usual stuff soon. Anyway, most of these are about Christmas, but one is more about general holidays with a bit of Hanukkah. Most are m/m. One is a collection of short stories. And yes, two have the words...
 
Quick Reviews: Satan Claus is Coming to Town // Deck the Demon // Have a Hellish, Lousy Christmas // Wishing on a Dream // Building on a Hope

Quick Reviews: Satan Claus is Coming to Town // Deck the Demon // Have a Hellish, Lousy Christmas // Wishing on a Dream // Building on a Hope

Since it's December, it's time to post some holiday book reviews! I read some of these last December, some of these this December, and I enjoyed them all. The first three are all in one series that features different main characters in each book, and the last two are in a different series, though none are marked as a series on Goodreads or Amazon. (Well, one is also part of a collection sort of...
 
Quick Reviews: Catching Echoes // Tangled Echoes // Unleashing Echoes

Quick Reviews: Catching Echoes // Tangled Echoes // Unleashing Echoes

For this quick review post, I have another complete series to review. This time the Reconstructionist series by Meghan Ciana Doidge. It's part of the Dowser series world, but it's probably possible to read just these if you want to. These books have my favorite character from the Dowser series as more of a main character. Anyway, here are my thoughts and links to the full...