Emma Hinds | Metaphors and Moonlight

Cover Love: Best Book Covers from Books I Read in 2025

Starting my end of the year posts today with book covers! Believe it or not, this isn't every book I read this year... just most of them 😅 As I always like to say, books can still be amazing with more basic covers, and ultimately the most important thing is what's inside the book, but I still like to appreciate pretty...

Update: Life and Books (Oct 2025)

I know I don't really talk about the "life" part of "Life and Books" anymore, but, well. Today is not the day I'm going to change that, so let me tell you instead about the games I played (or attempted to play)! Much to no one's surprised, I'm still playing Baldur's Gate 3. I'm currently close to wrapping up an all druids run, which has been very fun. Druids are so strong in combat (in this...

Bookish News: 10 Queer SFF Books I’m Excited For in 2025 (Part 2)

It's the second half of the year, and that means it's time to talk about more queer sci-fi/fantasy books I'm excited for! There's never a shortage of great sounding books coming out, is there? At least, these all sound great to me, and hopefully you'll still find something you're excited for too! (A few might already have released recently, but that's ok, just means we get to read them...