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Friday, January 19, 2024

“The Last Tale of the Flower Bride” by Roshani Chokshi

Title: The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
Author: Roshani Chokshi
Publisher:  HarperCollins
Year: 2023
Genre(s):  gothic, mystery
Part of a Series: No

Rating: 

Why I Read It: Once Upon a Book Club selection

Summary: A scholar specializing in fairytales and legends marries a mysterious woman named Indigo on one condition – he never asks about her past. But when they return to her childhood home for her aunt’s last days, he realizes he needs to break his promise and discover what happened to her friend Azure. But will learning this secret not only end his marriage but his life?

Friday, January 5, 2024

Wrapping Up 2023

Happy New Year again! 

Since I don't have a new review ready, I thought I would just do a little wrap up of 2023. Everyone else does it, so why not me?

I had 22 posts to this blog during 2023 and 17 of them were book reviews. The other fives were other posts, usually recommendation lists. Of those reviews, these were the most popular: 

1. The Space Between by Dete Meserve: 55 total views

2. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna with 45 total views

3. The Duchess by Wendy Holden  with 44 total views

4. The Wildland by Rebecca Hodges and Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells tied with 43 total views each

6. The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James with 42 total views 

Many, of course, were published in the first half of the year and so benefitted from being up longer. Here were the three most popular posts of the second half of the year: 

1. The House on Harbor Hill by Shelly Stratton with 33 total views

2. The Night Olivia Fell by Christina McDonald with 20 total views

3. How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior with 16 total views

So that was my 2023! I look forward to all the reviews I'll post in 2024 and hope you continue reading them!

Did you have a favorite review or book from 2023? If so, let me know in the comments! 

Monday, January 1, 2024

My Books of 2023

 


These are the 15 books I read in 2023! I still have two books left to review so you can expect those soon! I struggled with one and then the holidays were a bit crazy this year. But I'll start new now that it's January 1st and I'll finish those two pending reviews from 2023. 

And then I'll continue on with the new books I'm going to read in 2024. 

Thank you to everyone who read one of my reviews last year and I hope you'll continue this year! 

Happy New Year!