Book recommendation

January 2025’s newsletter: “Ranking My Reads From 2024.” Hello, friend! Another year of reading is over. Because I like torturing myself, it’s time to rank my reads from 2024! Ranking things is really hard. I read so many great books and series! (Maybe I should do a tier system next year? Thoughts?) Since ranking great […]

November 2024’s newsletter: Series Recommendation of Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians Librarians are lying to you. (Sorry, Heidi. I’m sure you’re not in on the conspiracy.) They don’t want you to read “Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians” by Alcatraz Smedry (under the identity of Brandon Sanderson): an action-packed middle grade, adventure, 5-book series. If you

My Ultimate Compendium of Fantastic Fiction: Looking for your next literary adventure, but you’re not sure where to start? The Ultimate Compendium of Fantastic Fiction is a helpful list of every fiction book that I’ve read and would recommend, for middle grade, YA, and adult genres. (This includes books I’ve recommended in my previous posts!)

March 2024’s Newsletter: Book Recommendation for “The City We Became” by N.K. Jemisin Are you looking for a new urban fantasy? Are you into abstract magic and a taste of cosmic horror? Do you like diverse representation and morally grey characters? Do you hate bigots? Check out “The City We Became” by N.K. Jemisin, the

January 2024’s newsletter – “Ranking My Reads From 2023.” Another year over, and a new one just begun. Let’s take a moment to look back on 2023. Specifically, I’d like to share all the wonderful books (and series) that brightened my days last year. I didn’t read a single bad book in 2023. Ranking them

August 2023’s newsletter, “Series Recommendation: The Iron Druid Chronicles.” Series Recommendation: The Iron Druid Chronicles “The Iron Druid Chronicles” by Kevin Hearne is an urban fantasy series. While its setting is your typical multi-mythological modern world, it has interesting spins on the old tropes. The finale is melancholy, but the books overall are a fun

July 2023’s newsletter main feature, “Book Recommendation: The Sun and The Star.” Book Recommendation: The Sun and The Star The Sun and The Star is a stand-alone Olympian adventure co-written by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro. It follows Nico de Angelo and his boyfriend Will Solace as they journey through the Underworld and into Tartarus

March 2023’s newsletter main feature. “Book Recommendation: Shadow Magic.” Book Recommendation: Shadow Magic A little known fact about querying agents is that it is useful to compile a short list of comp titles, which are books similar in genre and/or theme to your own, in order to give the agent an idea of what your

Archived: January 2023’s newsletter main feature: Hello! Welcome to the first content newsletter! I’m super happy to have you here at the start of our newsletter journey! To begin, I thought I’d share one of the novels I read and enjoyed last year from my local library. Let’s get to it, shall we? Book Recommendation: