Book Blurb In every person’s story, there is something to hide… The ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is quiet, until the tranquility is shattered by a woman’s terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers, who’d happened to sit at the same table, pass the time in conversation and friendships are struck. Each has his or her own reasons for being in the reading room that morning—it just happens that one is a murderer. Award-winning ..read more

Blurb In this third volume of The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the irrepressible Precious Ramotswe faces supreme problems at home and at work. With her detective agency in financial difficulty, Mma Ramotswe takes the hard decision to share offices with her husband-to-be, Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni. But even though Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors could do with a little help, it is Mr. Matekoni himself who requires her attention… If that wasn’t enough, the agency is facing some of it’s most puzzling cases: the government official whose sister-in-law is trying to poison his brother: the beauty p ..read more

Sense and Second-Degree Murder (Jane Austen Murder Mystery #2) Author : Tirzah Price Genre : Young Adult Historical Fiction Mystery Publishing Date : April 5, 2022 Blurb Three of Jane Austen’s classic novels receive a murder mystery makeover in this romantic and thrilling three-book series that’s perfect for fans of The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy and Stalking Jack the Ripper. In Sense and Second-Degree Murder, aspiring scientist Elinor Dashwood and her sister Marianne, a budding detective, work together to solve the mystery of their father’s murder. When eighteen-year-old aspiring ..read more

The Turning Pointe  Author : Vanessa L Torres  Publisher : Knopf Release Date : March 8, 2022 Genre : YA Historical Fiction Blurb A bold and emotionally gripping novel about a teenage Latinx girl finding freedom through dance and breaking expectations in 1980s Minnesota. When sixteen-year-old Rosa Dominguez pirouettes, she is poetry in pointe shoes. And as the daughter of a tyrant ballet Master, Rosa seems destined to become the star principal dancer of her studio. But Rosa would do anything for one hour in the dance studio upstairs where Prince, the Purple One himself, is in the ho ..read more

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the The Boy Met A Whale by Nizrana Farook Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! The Boy Who Met A Whale Author : Nizrana Farook Pub. Date : February 1, 2022 Publisher : Peachtree Publishing Company Formats : Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook Pages : 256 Goodreads | Amazon | Audible | B&N | iBooks (audiobook) | Kobo (audiobook) | TBD | Bookshop.org Blurb A Sri Lankan fisherboy is swept up in a thrilling seafaring adventure, complete with a kidnapping, missing t ..read more

A CURSE OF ROSES AUTHOR : Diana Pinguicha GENRE : YA Fantasy-Own Voices, LGBTQ RELEASE DATE : December 1st 2020 Entangled Teen Blurb With just one touch, bread turns into roses. With just one bite, cheese turns into lilies. There’s a famine plaguing the land, and Princess Yzabel is wasting food simply by trying to eat. Before she can even swallow, her magic—her curse—has turned her meal into a bouquet. She’s on the verge of starving, which only reminds her that the people of Portugal have been enduring the same pain. If only it were possible to reverse her magic. Then she could turn flowers…i ..read more

TITLE: To Bleed a Crystal Bloom AUTHOR: Sarah A. Parker PUBLISHER: Self-Published RELEASE DATE: July 24th, 2021 GENRES: ADULT FICTION—Dark Fantasy, Romance, Retellings > Rapunzel BUY LINK Blurb “What a pretty flower to keep locked in a big, rocky tower.” Nineteen years ago, I was plucked from the heart of a bloody massacre that spared nobody else. Small. Fragile. An enigma. Now ward to a powerful High Master who knows too much and says too little, I lead a simple life, never straying from the confines of an imaginary line I’ve drawn around the castle grounds. Stay within. Never leave. Out ..read more

TITLE: Dangerous Play AUTHOR: Emma Kress PUBLISHER: Roaring Brook Press RELEASE DATE: August 3rd, 2021  GENRES: YOUNG ADULT FICTION—Contemporary BUY LINK Blurb A fierce team of girls takes back the night in this propulsive, electrifying, and high-stakes YA debut from Emma Kress. Zoe Alamandar has one goal: win the State Field Hockey Championships and earn a scholarship that will get her the hell out of Central New York. She and her co-captain Ava Cervantes have assembled a fierce team of dedicated girls who will work hard and play by the rules. But after Zoe is sexually assaulted at a pa ..read more

Blurb Two sisters. One brutal murder. A quest for vengeance that will unleash Hell itself… And an intoxicating romance. Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe—witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family’s renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin… desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister’s killer and to seek vengeance at any cost—even if it means using dark magic that’s been long forbidden. Then Emilia meets Wrath, one of the Wicked ..read more

Hi everyone, I am finally back to my blog after a long six month break. My exams were coming up then but after finally they ended up being cancelled. So I am again back to reading books and reviewing. In the meantime, I attended a Lock the Box event where basically you can purchase any one out of 3 empty box sizes available and all the books u can fit in it, provided the lid closes perfectly, are yours. I ended up with a lot of books, around 25 in this event. Here is the first part of the haul where I will be only mentioning the paperbacks which I bought. The Paperbacks 1 . The Seven Husbands ..read more