Congratulations to Patrick Samphire on getting seventh place with Shadow of a Dead God in the BBNYA 2021 finals! This review is part of the blog tour award to the author, the book provided for free in exchange for an honest review. Patrick Samphire isn’t a new author to me but Shadow of a Dead Read More
BBNYA Finalist: Shadow of a Dead God By Patrick Samphire
r/Fantasy Bingo Complete!
Last year, I decided to join in with the r/Fantasy bingo, and now I’ve finally completed it. For 25 prompts, it took me a long time since most of the books I read overlapped with prompts and I wasn’t allowed to use a book by the same author. I used Storygraph to keep track of Read More
BBNYA Finalist: Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key by Estelle Grace Tudor
Thank you to The Write Reads and the author for a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. This review is part of the BBNYA blog tour. Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key by Estelle Grace Tudor is the only middle-grade book that made it this far into the competition. It’s Read More
Managing my TBR
Welcome to Readers Anonymous! My name is Tessa and I have a book problem. I don’t know exactly what the problem is but that’s why I want to talk about it. I read a lot but I also acquire many new books. As a result, my To Be Read (TBR) shelf is out of control. Read More
BBNYA Finalist: Wilthaven by Oli Jacobs
A big congrats to Wilthaven by Oli Jacobs for becoming ninth in the BBNYA 2021 finals! I won’t be reviewing this one as it’s not a genre I often read and I’m afraid I won’t see how good it truly is. Still, I’m very excited to see it so high on the list. Read More
#FebruarySheWrote: What I’m Reading and Recommendations
Benjamin from the Youtube channel Literature & Lofi organized a reading event using the hashtag #FebruarySheWrote focusing on books by authors using she/her pronouns. What I’m reading this month I’ve got four books lined up for this month. Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key and Beneath Cruel Fathoms are books I have to read for Read More
BBNYA Finalist: The Nine by CG Harris
Thank you to The Write Reads and the author for a free copy in exchange for an honest review. This review is part of the finalists’ blog tour organized by BBNYA. The Nine took the tenth spot in the BBNYA finals of 2021 and it’s easy to see why. This urban fantasy has an original Read More
Being Indie in an Ocean of Books
There’s been talk about indies taking up space on Twitter and one of the Discord servers I’m in. This was about indie games but I’ve seen people talk about this in the book scene as well. I’m leaving the discussion of who is indie and who isn’t aside. Is a small publisher with less than Read More
Book Tour: The Thirteenth Hour by Trudie Skies
Thank you to the author and The Write Reads for a free copy in exchange for an honest review. Phew, where to start with this one? I heard about The Thirteenth Hour by Trudie Skies a little before the release. She was talking about the domains and even made a quiz. I’m a sucker for Read More
Participating in Writing Prompts
It’s been years since I started making monthly lists of writing prompts but I never used them much myself. I’m going to change that this year. I bought a discounted journal that was perfect for it. With two days on one page, I’ve got enough space to write but not enough to feel overwhelmed. So Read More