Book Review: The Voyages of Trueblood Cay by Suanne Laqueur

Book Review: The Voyages of Trueblood Cay by Suanne Laqueur

Pelippé Trueblood, son of the kepten of the ship he grows up on, is 19 when he finds out he's part of an important prophecy, along with his closest friends and a beautiful winged horse shifter named Fen. Fen doesn't want part in anything that means giving up his freedom, but he doesn't have much choice, and the two men finds themselves falling in love while trying to fulfill their...
 
Bookish Musings: Opening Lines (2)

Bookish Musings: Opening Lines (2)

I did a post with opening lines before, and I'm doing it again because I just think it's really interesting to look at the opening lines of books! I don't know about you all, but I tend to just kind of gloss over the first line, in a way, and immediately forget it by the time I'm a few sentences deep. I don't really stop to pay attention to just the opening line specifically when I'm starting...
 
Bookish Musings: How to Listen to eBooks with TTS (and Why It’s Great!)

Bookish Musings: How to Listen to eBooks with TTS (and Why It’s Great!)

About a year and a half ago, I developed this nerve problem in my head, and ever since then, I haven't been able to read much with my eyes without getting headaches. But the thing is, I still love books! Sure, I can read small amounts and take painkillers, but I could never read 100+ books a year like I normally do. Audiobooks are a great option, and thankfully I have access to many through my...
 
Bookish Musings: Sci-Fi Worlds Ranked by How Much I’d Want to Live in Them

Bookish Musings: Sci-Fi Worlds Ranked by How Much I’d Want to Live in Them

I feel like I kind of neglect science fiction books on this blog, but I do read sci-fi books sometimes! So I thought it would be fun to take ten different types of sci-fi worlds I'm familiar with and rank them based entirely on my own personal opinion about how much I'd want to live in them. Then you can tell me how wrong I am in the comments and how you would rank these instead...