“Stolen me? As soon to say a caged bird can be stolen by the sky.”Velasin vin Aaro never planned to marry at all, let alone a girl from neighboring Tithena. When an ugly confrontation reveals his preference for men, Vel fears he’s ruined the diplomatic union before it can even begin. But while his family is... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Half A Soul by Olivia Atwater
It's difficult to find a husband in Regency England when you're a young lady with only half a soul.Ever since she was cursed by a faerie, Theodora Ettings has had no sense of fear or embarrassment - a condition which makes her prone to accidental scandal. Dora hopes to be a quiet, sensible wallflower during... Continue Reading →
Audiobook Review: Invisible Storm by Jason Kander
From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful memoir about impossible choices—and how sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all.In 2017, President Obama, in his final Oval Office interview, was asked who gave him hope for the future of the... Continue Reading →
[Blog Tour]ARC Review: What Souls Are Made Of by Tasha Suri
Title: What Souls Are Made Of Author: Tasha Suri Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publication Date: July 5th, 2022 Genres: Young Adult, Historical Fiction Goodreads Link Purchase Links: Amazon || Barnes and Noble || Blackwells || Book Depository As the abandoned son of a Lascar—a sailor from India—Heathcliff has spent most of his young life maligned... Continue Reading →
ARC Review: Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances by Aliette de Bodard
It was supposed to be a holiday, with nothing more challenging than babysitting, navigating familial politics and arguing about the proper way to brew tea.But when dragon prince Thuan and his ruthless husband Asmodeus find a corpse in a ruined shrine and a hungry ghost who is the only witness to the crime, their holiday... Continue Reading →
Audiobook Review: Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
“I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions — much good it did me.”So begins Kaikeyi’s story. The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on tales about the might and benevolence of the gods: how they churned the vast ocean to obtain the nectar... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in... Continue Reading →
Qie Shi Tian Xia / Who Rules the World : My Review and Thoughts about the Drama and Novel
I think it was summer last year when I decided to watch You Are My Glory before it started airing because I found Dilraba to be very beautiful and wanted to see what all the hype about Yang Yang was. I immediately fell in love with both of them and started looking for guzhuang (costume)... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
The highly anticipated portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing.The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions: Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and... Continue Reading →
ARC Review: The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah
Neither here nor there, but long ago…Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that... Continue Reading →