In the Watchful City Book Review

by Courtney Meunier | Feb 19, 2022 | Adult Science Fiction, ARC, Book Review, Featured

By S. Qiouyi Lu In the Watchful City (ARC Book Review) Part novella and part anthology, “In the Watchful City” is a series of glimpses into the world of the City of Ora and its history through the eyes of one of its guardians, Anima, who lives interconnected to the...

The Between (ARC Book Review)

by Courtney Meunier | May 18, 2021 | Adult Science Fiction, ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Horror

By Ryan Leslie The Between (ARC Book Review) The Between pulls you in with a gloriously glitchy album-art style cover and the promise of an action-packed ride in a world of video-game-inspired horror but delivers something amateurish at best.  Reminiscent of House of...

The Hollow Places ARC Review

by Courtney Meunier | Oct 5, 2020 | Adult Fantasy, ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Horror, Magical Realism, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

By T. Kingfisher The Hollow Places (ARC Review) With a close cast of catchy, quirky characters, and a strong narrative voice from page one, The Hollow Places is equal parts sarcastic humor and unnerving horror.  Kara’s Uncle’s museum, full of taxidermy, oddities, and...

Station Eleven Review

by Courtney Meunier | May 19, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Dystopian, Featured

By Emily St. John Mandel Station Eleven (Review) Following the parallel stories of an impending pandemic that ends the world as we know it, and a group of traveling actors and musicians 20 years afterward, now was either the absolute best or absolute worst time to...

Bubblegum ARC Review

by Courtney Meunier | Apr 7, 2020 | Adult Science Fiction, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured

By Adam Levin Bubblegum (ARC Review) There are two types of people in this world: the kind that likes books like Bubblegum, and those (the majority of people) who do not. The synopsis of this book, which describes an alternate world in which the internet was never...