The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen “There was one way off this road, and that was to walk it to its end.” To be published July 30, 2019 by Henry Holt 384 pages Genre: YA fantasy Date finished: July 16, 2019 Content warnings: plague, gore goodreads Summary: A future chieftain Fie abides by one rule: look …
So this post is coming a little later - and a little different - than I originally intended, but here it is nonetheless! With this post, I'm starting a series that's all about the future of YA. Originally, it was just going to be one post, but that ended up being WAY too long, so …
Continue reading The future of YA (part 1) | changing trends and mainstream books
This summer, I've been spending a lot of time rewatching all of the movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a friend who's never seen them before. I've never been the hugest Marvel fan, but I did see many of the movies in theatres, and it's been nice to watch them in the proper order …
Continue reading Book recommendations based on my top 5 Marvel movies
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone “I want to meet you in every place I ever loved.” To be published July 16, 2019 by Saga Press 208 pages Genre: science fiction Date finished: June 20, 2019 Content warnings: war, violence, gore goodreads Summary: Among the ashes of a …
Wow, it's been almost three months since my last writing update. Oops. How do I do this again? Despite the fact that I haven't been talking about it, I have actually written a fair amount since April. May was fairly slow, but June went pretty well, and my WIP is sitting at just over 50k …
Continue reading Writing update #8 | July Camp NaNoWriMo + starting over…again
Yes, I'm finally doing it: the Mid Year Freak Out Tag! This is actually one of my favorite tags, both doing it myself and reading other people's, since I love reflecting on what I've read so far this year and seeing what others are reading. I was tagged twice for this: by Caro @ Bookcheshirecat and Sophie …
Goodbye, June - hello, July! June always feels like a transitionary month to me, and this year is no exception. It's not quite spring and not quite summer, and where I live, the weather is kinda teetering on the edge of both. July is typically the more exciting and summery month (my birthday! traveling! sunshine!), …
