Prisoner of Ice and Snow and The Wolf Wilder [MG Reviews]

6 January 2025 / brief reviews / 3 Comments
Prisoner of Ice and Snow and The Wolf Wilder [MG Reviews]

Prisoner of Ice and Snow by Ruth LaurenSource: Hardcover/ownedPublished: Apr 2017Publisher: BloomsburyLength: 288 pages Genre: Historical fantasyTarget Age: +8 The Wolf Wilder by Katherine RundellSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Aug 2015Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Length: 231 pagesGenre: Historical fantasyTarget Age: +8 Do you have a favourite wintry story? Bonus points if it’s set in Russia. 😛

Wrapping Up 2024, Looking Forward 2025

3 January 2025 / thoughts / 23 Comments
Wrapping Up 2024, Looking Forward 2025

Welcome to my 15th annual ‘Wrapping Up, Looking Forward’ post. In this post, I take a general look back at how I did with my goals in 2024, and set some new goals for 2025. I’m adding a new section to the post this year. First, I tally up the posts I wrote in 2024 and my goal progress. Then I move into my usual posting and reading overview, followed […]

December 2024 Month In Review + Cybils 2024 Finalists

1 January 2025 / month in review / 4 Comments
December 2024 Month In Review + Cybils 2024 Finalists

Sooo, I ended up working only two days in December. My term ended Dec 13, but I was in Vancouver to Dec 4 (Wed), and then I had so much vacation time banked that I took off Dec 9 to 13 (Mon to Fri). I kept quite busy, though, with reading, blogging, enjoying some wintry weather, completing some deep house cleaning, wrapping gifts and writing Christmas cards, and spending time […]

2024 End of Year Book Survey

31 December 2024 / meme, thoughts / 19 Comments
2024 End of Year Book Survey

Originally hosted by Jamie @ Perpetual Page Turner, I like how this survey delves into the specifics of books read and gives me a chance to review all I read and wrote this year. I have completed this survey every year since I started book blogging full time (2014). I removed some questions for which I didn’t have an answer. So, be sure to visit the original post if you’d like […]

We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado [Horror Review]

28 December 2024 / review / 9 Comments
We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado [Horror Review]

We Came to Welcome Youby Vincent TiradoSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Sept 2024Publisher: William Morrow (HarperCollins)Length: 384 pages Genre: HorrorTarget Age: Adult (suitable for +16)Representation: Protagonist is Black (Dominican American) lesbian, spouse is Korean lesbian (author is non-binary Afro-Latine) Summary 💬 Where beauty lies, secrets are held…ugly ones. Sol Reyes has had a rough year. After a series of workplace incidents at her university lab culminates in a plagiarism accusation, Sol is put on probation. Dutiful visits […]