Arguably, my most popular blog post ever is my absolute evisceration of Zodiac Academy. I hated it. A lot. I thought it was because I hated the tropes—but turns out I just hated how the tropes are done in those fateful first few books. Now I've found a series that does a lot of the same stuff Zodiac Academy does, just...better.
June Wrap Up | 10 Books
For my Storygraph reading goal this year, I went even more conservative than I was last year. And after a slump of zero books finished in March, I am now 15 books ahead of my goal. Is this partly due to not-so-great romance novels? Sure. But it's equally thanks to great series like Temeraire and, now, The Stormlight Archive.
May Wrap Up | 10 Books
An exciting month of reading despite the mediocre ratings. And so many dragons!
April Wrap Up | 5 Books
A couple big-brain books and a couple no-brain books. On balance, I'd say I used all the brain cells I had to spare this month.
March Wrap Up | 5 Books (in Progress)
Many books were enjoyed, even more were started. March was dreary, but a great month for reading.
Book Review | The Serpent & the Wings of Night
There's a reason TikTok is drooling. Serpent (I'm going to call it serpent, it has an incredibly annoying name but I promise it's a great book) has all the tropes you love in romantasy; it gives spice, vampires, enemies to lovers to enemies, one bed, resentful training montage, who did this to you, and more.
February Wrap Up | 5 Books
Many books were enjoyed, even more were started. February was dreary, but a great month for reading.
The Fantasy Hall of Fame | 3 Age Groups, 9 Books
What would you put in your Fantasy Hall of Fame—for Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult? Guest writer Isabella Brotchie gives her takes.
January Wrap Up | 9 Books
Somehow, I read the majority of Zodiac Academy this month, plus a couple books I actually enjoyed. I'm trying out linking to Bookshop.org this month!
Book Review | Godkiller
A perfect fantasy book, in the archetypal sense: perfectly plotted, familiar yet creative. It reminded me why I fell in love with reading in the first place. Here's why.
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