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Today’s Wyrd and Wonder prompt is A book within a book.   A Discovery of Witches is all about the book. Ashmole 782 to be precise. This is an enchanted manuscript that historian Diana Bishop calls up from the Bodelian Library. […]

I realized when I started thinking about this topic that I don’t generally read the type of fantasy stories that feature traditional weapons.  I’m much more likely to read a book that shows a person making do with what they […]

I found this book by scrolling through the available fantasy audiobooks on my library app. It looked cute and it works for both Wyrd and Wonder and Foodies Read. I started out listening to the audiobook but I ended up […]

Today’s Wyrd and Wonder prompt is Undergods. It is time to celebrate the demi-gods, celestial helpers, and minor deities in stories. Cursed Luck and High Jinx are the first books in a series by Kelley Armstrong that features magic users […]

With all due respect to J.R.R. Tolkien and other authors who have labored long and hard for their books, I hate fictional languages in books. This may be an unpopular opinion but the sight of a lot of writing in […]

This description had me at love, magic, and waffles. Of course, I had to listen to it. Olivia is 28 and in a rut. She’s never left the small town near Buffalo NY where she grew up. She’s stayed in […]

Today’s Wyrd and Wonder prompt is Five Star Fantasy Reads.  I’m a notoriously hard grader when it comes to giving out 5 stars for a read.  I went back and looked at my Goodreads to see where I have given […]

What books do I want to read during May for Wyrd and Wonder? Let’s just acknowledge that I am a notorious mood reader who can not stick to any TBR for more than a day or two. Take this list […]

Welcome to May’s Foodies Read Sorry if you guys had problems linking up in April. I tried to be proactive and update some plugins and managed bring everything crashing down. It took a professional to fix. Hopefully, I won’t do […]

I’m so excited about this year’s Wyrd and Wonder. I love month long genre celebrations. The first weekly prompt is a hard one. What are the top fantasy books I’ve read in the last year? (Yeah, I know there are […]

Oh April. This was the month in which I decided to be a better and more productive blogger. I started with updating my plugins like a good girl – and completely crashed my site. I had to hire a developer […]

I recently listened to Crowbones, the latest book from Anne Bishop in the world of The Others. While listening to it I started thinking about how much I loved the original series that started with Written in Red. I decided […]

I absolutely loved reading the series of books written by K.M. Shea that are set in the town of Magiford WI. In this world wizards, fae, vampires, and werewolves are all living openly among humans. Magiford is a hub of […]

Kindle Unlimited has figured me out. Recently it has been showing me Regency romances that feature dragons. How am I supposed to resist that? Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson was […]

Welcome to April’s Foodies Reads! We had 27 entries in March. The winner of the drawing is Radha for her review of Paul Hollywood’s British Baking. All entries have to have a review of a book that features food. Posts […]

I had a big reading month mostly because I ended up binging a few series. I read 19 books. It was an overwhelmingly white author collection with the exception of one Black author. There were 3 audiobooks. My South of […]

I’m super picky when it comes to romances. I think most romance readers are. We tend to know what tropes we like and avoid what we don’t. I’ve been realizing though that I have a set of words that will […]

I find it really hard to figure out how to handle reviewing series. If I’m reading a series you can presume that I’m enjoying it a lot. I’d like to tell people about it. But how? Reviewing the first book […]

I’ve been pretty quiet this month on here. I’ve been at a bit of a loss about what to write about. I guess nothing is really inspiring me to rant and rave about it right now. I’m reading a lot […]

That summary of this book seems to have been specially designed to draw me in. Misbehaving old lady witches? – check A world where you get more powerful as you get older? – absolutely Cats? – check This is the […]