Sorrowland Book Review

by Courtney Meunier | May 25, 2021 | Adult Science Fiction, ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured

By Rivers Solomon Sorrowland (ARC Book Review) Rivers Solomon’s sophomore novel, Sorrowland, is a gorgeously evocative writing style wrapped around a clash of genres—a heartwood of dark fantasy and science fiction that would make Stephen King proud with the added...

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...

Universe of Wishes (Advanced Reader Review)

by Courtney Meunier | Mar 17, 2021 | ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Magical Realism, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, YA fantasy

Edited By Dhonielle Clayton Universe of Wishes (Advanced Reader Review) From a Cinderella retelling and a tale of the recultivation of a post-apocalyptic Earth to a story of a boy stealing wishes from dead bodies, A Universe of Wishes is a charcuterie board of diverse...

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...