Release Day Review: Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore

Out today, Reincarnation Blues follows Milo, a soul who's been reincarnated thousands of times and is still trying to achieve something big and positive enough to end his lives. There's one complication: if he achieves enlightenment, he will lose Suzie, an incarnation of Death that he has fallen in love with in between lives in the …

Mini Review: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

I finally read this classic recently, and thought I'd share my thoughts. First, I read the Lord of the Rings trilogy when the movies came out and I was obsessed (in high school--many moons ago). I'm currently doing the LOTR Chapter a Day readalong on Litsy so that I can finish all of the major Tolkien works. …

Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

So I really have to be one of the last people in existence to pick up Laini Taylor's work, but I finally did it. I think I avoided it for so long because I was very unsure about some of the paranormal aspects, and I didn't think I'd like it. However, I kept hearing such …

Release Day Review: The Driver by Hart Hanson

The Driver by Hart Hanson is about Michael Skellig, the owner of a limousine company. He's also a military veteran, and employs an interesting crew of other veterans, each with their own defined personalities, injuries, and traumas. While on a job, Skellig is waiting in the alley and hears voices of those he's killed on the …

Review: The Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel H. Wilson

The Clockwork Dynasty is a very interesting steampunk novel that I requested from Netgalley on whim and ended up loving! The story follows two different stories set in two different timelines that are intertwined. The first follows Peter and Elena, two siblings in 1770s Russia with a secret about who they are and how they …

Release Day Review: Sovereign by April Daniels

Sovereign is the sequel (out today) to Dreadnought, which came out earlier this year in January. Dreadnought revolved around Danny, who became a superhero in a world where superheroes, villains, and "gray" capes are widely known. When Danny became a superhero, she also became a girl, making her deepest secret apparent to the world around her. It …

Graphic Novel Review: The Wendy Project

The Wendy Project, written by Melissa Jane Osborne & illustrated by Veronica Fish,  follows 16-year-old Wendy Davies in the horrible aftermath of a car crash during which she was driving. One of her brothers drowned in the crash, but Wendy refuses to believe it. Instead, she tells everyone that she saw Michael flying away with …