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Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Of My Most Recent 5 Star Reads

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. They created the meme because they love lists. Who doesn’t love lists? They wanted to share these list with fellow book lovers and ask that we share in return to connect with our fellow book lovers. To learn more about […]

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Book Review Bites

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy, Apocalyptic Publisher: Orbit (August 4, 2015) Tiara’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars This book is difficult for me to sum up without feeling as if I’m not doing the story any justice, and there’s not too much more I can say about it that Mogsy hasn’t already […]

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Waiting on Wednesday 02/10/16

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that lets us feature upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on! Wendy’s Pick The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit: August 16th 2016) I’m writing this WoW before even finishing the first book in the series, The Fifth Season, but I am […]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten 2015 Releases I Meant To Get To But Didn’t

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. They created the meme because they love lists. Who doesn’t love lists? They wanted to share these list with fellow book lovers and ask that we share in return to connect with our fellow book lovers. To learn more about […]

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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten New-To-Me Favorite Authors I Read For The First Time In 2015

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. They created the meme because they love lists. Who doesn’t love lists? They wanted to share these list with fellow book lovers and ask that we share in return to connect with our fellow book lovers. To learn more about […]

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Teaser Tuesday & Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books On My Fall TBR

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what […]

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Tough Traveling: Gnomic Utterances

The Thursday feature “Tough Traveling” is the brainchild of Nathan of Review Barn, who has come up with the excellent idea of making a new list each week based on the most common tropes in fantasy, as seen in (and inspired by) The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynn Jones. Nathan has invited anyone […]

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Tough Traveling: Middle-Aged Heroes

The Thursday feature “Tough Traveling” is the brainchild of Nathan ofReview Barn, who has come up with the excellent idea of making a new list each week based on the most common tropes in fantasy, as seen in (and inspired by) The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynn Jones. Nathan has invited anyone who […]

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Teaser Tuesday & Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books That Celebrate Diversity/Diverse Characters

A note from your friendly neighborhood blogger: First, I want to apologize in advance to all the people who have been reading and responding to my posts and getting late responses from me (or none) or even mutual visits. I’ve been so busy with work, which I work full-time for the government. I have my […]

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Book Review: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy Series: Book 1 of The Broken Earth Publisher: Orbit (August 4, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Mogsy’s Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars This book had the distinction of being on both my most anticipated […]

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