We’re joining our bestie Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight to co-host her monthly Wrap-Up Round-Up! Welcome to the April 2026 Wrap-Up Round-Up What is the Wrap-Up Round-Up? Every month, at the end of the month, we’ll put up a monthly wrap-up link-up post where everyone can link up their month-end posts. There are no specific […]
Sometimes love asks the most from the people least willing to give it. The Code One Club series by Alison Naomi Holt centers sapphic stories where trust is hard-won and connection arrives at the worst possible time. Synopsis: Power, loss, and emotional distance shape the relationships within The Code One Club series, where connection […]
Julie’s Review of : I went into this with some biases from the posts I have seen in the bookverse. One is that the series is amazing but you have to get through book one, and that the FMC Diem is unlikable. And another was a really cool reel I saw where the book girlie […]
We decided to join the Top Ten Tuesday meme with today’s discussion post. The topic is a freebie so here is our pick. Top/Bottom 10 Book to Movie Adaptations Julie: Look, adaptations are a dangerous thing sometimes. Some of them are just fabulous. And some, horrific. But here is my list of the best adaptations […]
The Civil War didn’t divide every place along clear lines. In some communities, it settled in more quietly—reshaping relationships, testing loyalties, and turning ordinary moments into something uncertain. In The Reluctant Patriot, Susan Lohafer follows one man trying to stay outside of that shift as it gradually reaches his doorstep. Set in East Tennessee during […]
Julie’s Review of : Something about this book really got under my skin. The emotions and angst I felt, right alongside our main character! Going into it I knew it was a Hades and Persephone retelling, the blurb gives away a lot, and the tropes shared by the author give away more. Except… that’s not […]
A Cold War Adventure Historical Fiction/Cold War Fiction w/romance subplots Date Published: 03-01-2026 Publisher: Bim Bom Books “There are no accidents in life, only opportunities wearing different clothes.” When the first privately owned Soviet circus arrived in 1990 America as the Soviet Empire unraveled, its elite performers expected to build cultural bridges […]
Julie’s Review of Curse of the Tiger Prince: A Twisted Spicy Fairytale Retelling/easyazon_link]: In this fairytale reimagining, we follow a princess in the modern world – she has a cell phone! – and there’s magic, too! The story kicks off with the King announcing the betrothal that princess Aisling is unhappy about, but of course […]
Plant medicine has moved from the fringes into mainstream conversations, featured now on everything from celebrity websites to wellness podcasts. Shannon Nering’s new memoir, The Mother Vine: How I Healed My Heart With Ayuhuasca (4/21/26, She Writes Press, distributed by Simon & Schuster) is a soulful, oftentimes hilarious, journey from a harried mother’s rat race in the TV […]
For this discussion post, we are joining the Fantasy With Friends discussion with Pages Unbound. This week’s prompt: Do you have any favorite subgenres of fantasy such as urban fantasy, historical fantasy, etc.? Julie: I have some thoughts on fantasy. The OG fantasy that was high or epic fantasy is not for me. […]