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The "I Love Spring!" Book Tag

The I Love Spring Book Tag was originally created by Helene Jeppesen & Amanda Elise Carina! I was tagged by the lovely Melanie, who you should totally follow if you aren’t already! 1. How is Spring where you live? It’s usually pretty rainy and super pollen-y and warm, but this year, winter is being really stubborn! 2. Most anticipated book release this Spring? A Court of Frost and Starlight, for sure. I’m dying to get my hands on it. <3 3. Show us...

Time Was — Ian McDonald (ARC Review)

TITLE: Time Was AUTHOR: Ian McDonald RELEASES: April 24th, 2018; Tor.com GENRE: Science Fiction/Historical Fiction AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: A love story stitched across time and war, shaped by the power of books, and ultimately destroyed by it. In the heart of World War II, Tom and Ben became lovers. Brought together by a secret project designed to hide British targets from German radar, the two founded a love that could not be revealed. When the project went wrong, Tom and Ben vanished into...

The Hobbit — J.R.R. Tolkien

TITLE: The Hobbit AUTHOR: J.R.R. Tolkien RELEASED: September 21st, 1937; George Allen & Unwin Ltd. GENRE: Fantasy SYNOPSIS: Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. {GOODREADS} This is a tough...

Devils Unto Dust — Emma Berquist (ARC Review)

TITLE: Devils Unto Dust AUTHOR: Emma Berquist RELEASES: April 10th, 2018; Greenwillow GENRE: Western/Horror AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Ten years ago, a horrifying disease began spreading across the West Texas desert. Infected people—shakes—attacked the living and created havoc and destruction. No one has ever survived the infection. Daisy Wilcox, known as Willie, has been protecting her siblings within the relatively safe walls of Glory, Texas. When Willie’s good-for-nothing father steals a fortune from one of the most dangerous shake-hunters in town, she finds herself...

Ace of Shades — Amanda Foody (ARC Review)

TITLE: Ace of Shades AUTHOR: Amanda Foody SERIES: The Shadow Game, #1 RELEASES: April 10th, 2018; Harlequin Teen GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Enne Salta was raised as a proper young lady, and no lady would willingly visit New Reynes, the so-called City of Sin. But when her mother goes missing, Enne must leave her finishing school—and her reputation—behind to follow her mother’s trail to the city where no one survives uncorrupted. Frightened and alone, her only lead is a name: Levi Glaisyer. Unfortunately,...

Sunshine Blogger Award #7-10

Yep, you read that right… this post is for my 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Sunshine Blogger Award nominations! I’ve done 6 in the past (1-2 are here, and 3-6 are here), but I haven’t caught up on these nominations since September (yikes). I actually have 3 more that I won’t be doing in today’s post, so expect another Sunshine Award post in a month or two! I am just so genuinely honored and privileged and blessed and happy that...

The Wicker King — K. Ancrum

TITLE: The Wicker King AUTHOR: K. Ancrum RELEASED: October 31st, 2017; Imprint GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: When August learns that his best friend, Jack, shows signs of degenerative hallucinatory disorder, he is determined to help Jack cope. Jack’s vivid and long-term visions take the form of an elaborate fantasy world layered over our own—a world ruled by the Wicker King. As Jack leads them on a quest to fulfill a dark prophecy in this alternate world, even August begins to question what...

Circe — Madeline Miller (ARC Review)

TITLE: Circe AUTHOR: Madeline Miller RELEASES: April 10th, 2018; Little, Brown and Company GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child–not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power–the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus...

Down Among the Sticks and Bones — Seanan McGuire

TITLE: Down Among the Sticks and Bones AUTHOR: Seanan McGuire SERIES: Wayward Children, #2 RELEASED: June 13th, 2017; Tor.com GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children. This is the story of what happened first… Jacqueline was her mother’s perfect daughter—polite and quiet, always dressed as a princess. If her mother was sometimes a little strict, it’s because crafting the perfect daughter takes...

The Barrow Will Send What it May — Margaret Killjoy

TITLE: The Barrow Will Send What it May AUTHOR: Margaret Killjoy SERIES: Danielle Cain, #2 RELEASES: April 3rd, 2018; Tor.com GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Margaret Killjoy’s Danielle Cain series is a dropkick-in-the-mouth anarcho-punk fantasy that pits traveling anarchist Danielle Cain against eternal spirits, hypocritical ideologues, and brutal, unfeeling officers of the law. Now a nascent demon-hunting crew on the lam, Danielle and her friends arrive in a small town that contains a secret occult library run by anarchists and residents who claim...