Author: Pixireads
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2024 Reading Challenges
2023 has not been the best when it comes to reading, and certainly not my tracking of whatever reading I did. For 2024 I am setting myself up for a better year, as I have revamped my reading tracker. Something I probably should have done a while ago and certainly…
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Review: A Forest of Vanity and Valor by A.P. Beswick
This is a Robin Hood retelling, and I loved how the main character who represents Robin Hood grows into the role. He doesn’t start as a good man, instead he starts as a persistent tax collector. Then both our Robin Hood, who is named Vireo, and the man who will…
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Year End Book Tag
Today I’m doing the Year End Book Tag. This has become a fun way to wrap up the year, and look to the next. Are there any books you started this year you need to finish? I’ve for the most part finished the books I have started, or DNF’d them.…
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DNF Review: Witch You Well by Colleen Cross
Summary Dead billionaires are not good for business!That’s what Aunt Pearl complains to Cen when the dead body is found in the cozy family inn at Westwick Corners. Still, it’s not Cen’s problem. She lives an ordinary life away from her witch-ful family for a reason. She got her ordinary…
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Review: Murder Your Employer – McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes
Summary Who hasn’t wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you’ve probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a…
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Review: Little Red Shadow by S. C. Grayson
*I was provided a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Summary The Wolves are out for blood, but Scarlett doesn’t intend to let them catch their prey. When Scarlett’s friend Georgette starts receiving death threats from the Wolves, a powerful street gang, she…
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Review: Pack Dragon by Eva Richardson
*This book was received via NetGalley from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Summary An orphan searching for her future unlocks a destiny she never imagined… War has engulfed Destia, reaching even the remote country-side, where foundling Eva Thirsk lives. When army recruiters come to town, Eva sees…
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Preptopber: Preparing for NaNoWriMo
Tips for Preparing for National Novel Writing Month National Novel Writing Month is fast approaching and we are already in October, or what some of us call Preptober. This is the time to make sure we have done everything possible to make our NaNoWriMo experience the most successful it can…
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Review: The World we Made by N.K. Jemisin
Summary All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading—and destroying the entire universe in the process—the mysterious capital “E” Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the…
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Review: A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney
Summary Alice must save Wonderland from itself in A Crown So Cursed, the long-awaited third book in L.L. McKinney’s Nightmare-Verse series. Alice and her crew are doing their best to recover from the last boss battle, but some of them keep having these. . . dreams: visions of a dark past—and an…