Title: Rise and DivineAuthor: Lana HarperRelease Date: Aug. 20 2024Format: PaperbackWhere to Buy: Amazon | BookshopMy Rating: 3/5 Synopsis Even in a family of chaotic necromancers, Daria “Dasha” Avramov has always been an outlier. An event planner at the Arcane Emporium occult megastore, Dasha is also a devil eater: a…
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Weekly Review Oct 28-Nov 3
A review of what I’m reading, watching, buying, researching, eating the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3. plus a fun story.
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Immortal Dark Review
Title: Immortal DarkAuthor: Tigest GirmaRelease Date: Sept. 3, 2024Format: HardcoverWhere to Buy: Amazon | BookshopMy Rating: 4.75/5 Synopsis Orphaned heiress Kidan Adane grew up far from the arcane society she was born into, where human bloodlines gain power through vampire companionship. When her sister, June, disappears, Kidan is convinced a…
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The Sicilian Inheritance Review
Title: The Sicilian Inheritance Author: Jo Piazza Release Date: April 2, 2024 Format: Hardcover Where to Buy: Bookshop.org My Rating: 4.75/5 Summary Sara Marsala barely knows who she is anymore after the failure of her business and marriage. On top of that, her beloved great-aunt Rosie passes away, leaving Sara…
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The Tainted Cup Review
Title: The Tainted Cup Author: Robert Jackson Bennet Release Date: Feb. 6, 2024 Format: Hardback Where to buy: Bookshop.org My Rating: 4/5 Synopsis In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even in this canton at…
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Weekly Roundup April 15
I’m starting a new weekly post where I round up all of the things that I loved the week before. I am including outfits, recipes, music, television and movies, articles, books and whatever else brought me joy each week. It may seem silly but I am realizing that I need…
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The Hexologists Review
Title: The Hexologists Author: Josiah Bancroft Release Date: Sept. 26, 2023 Format: Paperback Where to buy: Bookshop.org My Rating: 4/5 Synopsis The Hexologists, Iz and Warren Wilby, are quite accustomed to helping desperate clients with the bugbears of city life. Aided by hexes and a bag of charmed relics, the…
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Murder and Mamon Review
Lila Macapagal’s godmothers April, Mae, and June—AKA the Calendar Crew—are celebrating the opening of their latest joint business venture, a new laundromat, to much fanfare (and controversy). However, what should’ve been a joyous occasion quickly turns into a tragedy when they discover the building has been vandalized—and the body of…
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I was diagnosed with Diabetes… So now what am I doing?
Last August, I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. This diagnosis was shocking for me. I was never diagnosed with pre-diabetes. I went zero to full blown type 2. I was surprised, but it explained a lot of symptoms I was experiencing—hair loss, constant thirst, fatigue, constant sickness. We are…
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January Favorites 2024
January was approximately 843 days long. I wanted January to be a fresh start. I think we all wanted that. It wasn’t the pure trash that the past year has been but honestly it was not the greatest. I had some setbacks (emotional, spiritual, and psychologically) but I also experienced…
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