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Briana and Krysta at Pages Unbound are hosting a fantasy discussion meme this year called Fantasy with Friends. Since fantasy is my favorite genre, I thought it would be fun to take part. This week, their question is: There has been ongoing discussion on social media about whether readers actually read or enjoy prologu
Title: Silk and Sensibility Author: Mengxi Seeley Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing Publication date: September 15, 2026 Genre: Historical Fiction Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is one of my favorite novels. I love the story of Elinor and Marianne and their complicated romances. I’ve also been looking more for
At Home This was a fast week, and this weekend is a long one for my kids. They’re off today and Monday, which will be nice because they can help keep the kittens in check! It’s been so busy all week, and the cats have decided it’s the perfect time to get back into jumping […]
Briana and Krysta at Pages Unbound are hosting a fantasy discussion meme this year called Fantasy with Friends. Since fantasy is my favorite genre, I thought it would be fun to take part. This week, their question is: What are your thoughts on historical fantasy? Do you enjoy authors adding magic to real events/people
Briana and Krysta at Pages Unbound are hosting a fantasy discussion meme this year called Fantasy with Friends. Since fantasy is my favorite genre, I thought it would be fun to take part. This week, their question is: Do you enjoy dark academia fantasy novels? What are some themes you enjoy seeing discussed in dark aca
Briana and Krysta at Pages Unbound are hosting a fantasy discussion meme this year called Fantasy with Friends. Since fantasy is my favorite genre, I thought it would be fun to take part. This week, their question is: Do anachronisms in fantasy bother you? Should fantasy be “similiar” to the time period it’s based on,
Title: An Empire in the Clouds Author: Ai Jiang Publisher: Titan Books Publication date: September 15, 2026 Genre: Science Fantasy An Empire in the Clouds is a Chinese-inspired science fantasy where one empire is comprised of lotuses and the other is a sinking continent. I wanted to love this one. I expected to love it
Title: Morfran, Dark Lord Reformed Author: S.B. West Publisher: Ace Publication date: September 8, 2026 Genre: Fantasy Morfran, Dark Lord Reformed sounded like a lot of fun, and sometimes I can use a little fun in my reading life. This is definitely not the kind of story to be taken seriously. Though, for such a light
At Home This week was a busy one with house projects ongoing and appointments that had to be gone to and made. It was also Back to School night at my daughter’s school, and her teacher definitely remembers when I helped in the classroom three years ago when my son was there! There will likely […]
At Home It’s been a few weeks since I’ve dropped in like this. The end of summer break was kind of chaotic. We had some sort-of-emergency house projects we had to take care of and then we were off to the mountains in Colorado for about a week. My husband had a conference at 9600 […]
Dreamers of the Full Moon Coffee Shop served with Pocky, because one of the things Fujiko and Wataru enjoyed together was chocolate covered pretzels Title: Dreamers of the Full Moon Coffee Shop (Full Moon Coffee Shop #3) Author: Mai Mochizuki, translated by Jordan Taylor Publisher: Ballantine Books Publication date: Au
The Art of Charming a Changeling served with stew, because Florrie only eats stew Title: The Art of Charming a Changeling (Pigments & Paramours #1) Author: Sylvie Cathrall Publisher: Orbit Publication date: August 25, 2026 Genre: Cozy Romantasy I enjoyed Cathrall’s Sunken Archive duology, so was interested to see what
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