Waiting for Wednesday

Sometimes when I’m looking to fill these spots I get so excited about a book I keep meaning to write about it. Then at some point I assume I have written about it. Today’s…

As we have established recently Brujeria is a form of witchcraft I love reading about. It aligns with my own magical views and practices as an indigenous pagan. I also of course always love…

So I’m in the middle of Zoraida Córdova’s first book in the Brooklyn Bruja series Labyrinth Lost and I am loving it. I have recently discovered of all the witch books available, I strongly…

Me waiting for this book should come as absolutely NO surprise to any of you. If you are surprised, like do you even go here? Firstly Anna -Marie McLemore is my favourite ever! Secondly,…

There are few things I love more than the Septimus Heap series, and it is my all-time favourite series ever! I love the world-building, I love the badass women in it, I love the…

Rarely do I stumble across a book in my travels that I hadn’t heard of but in this case that is absolutely what happened. I was looking through book lists and read the opening…

It’s no secret that Gideon The Ninth was one of my favourite books of last year. I loved everything about these space lesbians and the ending truly shocked me. I cannot wait to get…

As you might have guessed from my recent review of Highway Bodies, I am a big fan of Alison Evans and their writing and style. I love how queer the books they write are…

So like pretty much most of the world I loved Julie’s Dumplin’ so very much and love the way she writes Fat and Plus Sized characters. She also just writes such great stories so…

I have yet to actually read Astrid Scholte’s Four Dead Queens even though it’s been on my TBR since it came out, but it has honestly a lot of company on that “unread anticipated…

Anyone who even vaguely knows me will know that I adore Shaun David Hutchinson. He is definitely the biggest find for me this year. I discovered him through Books and Lala’s recommendation of The…

Wilder Girls was one of the standout books for 2019 for me, surpassing any and all expectations. It was the perfect combination of Horror, Suspense, and Romance. Thus I am absolutely THRILLED to see…

Sandy Stark-McGinnis’s debut Middle-Grade Novel Extraordinary Birds was by far one of the most beautiful books I read in 2019. I loved the powerful message and the way it didn’t pull punches. So I’m…

It is no secret that We Hunt The Flame was one of my favourite books I have read this year. I was obsessed with it before I read it and I only became more…

SO As you know I loved George by Alex Gino so when I heard about this companion book I was SO HYPED. Rick’s never questioned much. He’s gone along with his best friend Jeff…

I blame some kind of fatigue or brain fade for not posting this book earlier. I adored Scythe and am still got brain matter dripping out of my ear at how mind-blowing Thunderhead was.…

I’m honestly a bit surprised that I haven’t already posted about this. I have been hearing about it everywhere for ages. I was so positive that I had already posted but think I got…

We Set The Dark On Fire was one of the best books I read this year so far. I think of it all the time and I loved the way it was written. So,…

This is an odd one to be excited for as I have yet to read the first book, but I have heard so many good things about the first book, that I can’t wait…

I don’t read a lot of nonfiction, it’s just something that for the most part doesn’t interest me. But Ali Wong is a goddess, so this is my exception. Actually essay collections like this…

This is a book I only recently stumbled upon and sounds like something I’m really interested in. I am learning I really like books that talk about identity and how to navigate and discover…

Wicked Saints by Emily Duncan has definitely been a highlight of the year, and definitely a favourite book. I loved this dark gritty fantasy so much, with warring factions of magic, and dark evil…

By far the Wayward Children Series by Seanan McQuire is one of my favourites I have discovered this year. I absolutely loved each one with Beneath the Sugar Sky is probably my absolute favourite…

In May, I had read City of Ghosts, to which Tunnel of Bones is a sequel to, and loved it. It’s the creepy kind of middle grade I thrive on when I’m feeling down.…

The Babysitters Coven is being touted as Babysitters Club meets Buffy The Vampire Slayer! Just YES! GIVE! IT! TO! ME! Surprising probably absolutely no one I loved The Babysitters Club as a kid reading…

I’m not a huge fan of cisgender heterosexual romance novels. Not because I think they are a lower form of writing or any elitism, just I have enough heteros cis stuff in my life…

Reverie looks like everything I could ever want in a book! Contemporary fantasy! Daydream Magic! Drag Queen Sorceress! Oh My! This book looks like a rare gem of perfection, absurdity and romance! Inception meets…

Rival Princes: A Fairyland Romance looks so wholesome, wonderful and GAY! I am here for every moment of it! Like every moment! The three golden rules for new recruits at Fairyland Theme Park: 1.…

Okay, so I’ll admit I’m a late comer to the Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater. But I loved that series and have high hopes for Call Sown the Hawk, and more Ronan Lynch. I…

Anna-Marie McLemore is a new writer to me this year and she has blown me away. Her debut novel ‘When the Moon was Ours‘ is probably one of my top 5 favourite trans novels.…