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  • Book Review: Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider

    Book Review: Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider

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    Romantasy is hardly avoidable nowadays. It seems like every single fantasy release happens to fall into this category and publishers eagerly hop on this trend. In fact, many romantasy releases are independently published first, before getting picked up by traditional publishers and getting a re-release. One of the examples of a book taking this route…

  • Top Ten Tuesday: Book Series I Can’t Believe I’ve Never Finished

    Top Ten Tuesday: Book Series I Can’t Believe I’ve Never Finished

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    Hi and welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post! And in true Laurie fashion, I’m tweaking this week’s theme a bit. The actual topic for this week is Books I Can’t Believe I’ve Never Read, but most of them stay unread for a reason. My own spin is pretty much adjacent to this topic, as…

  • Monthly Wrap Up | May 2026

    Monthly Wrap Up | May 2026

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    May has come and gone, and that means that summer is well on its way. We started this month very, very cold, wearing winter clothes and all. However, the weather took a full U-turn and summer already visited us. Unfortunately, it is always nothing at all or everything all at once here, so I wasn’t…

  • Monthly TBR | June 2026

    Monthly TBR | June 2026

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    A new month, which means a new TBR! This past month I managed to read my entire monthly TBR which is unique, as this never happened before. I can start June with a clean slaid, which feels fresh and good. As it’s pride month, I will definitely be reading some pride books. Although I don’t…

  • Book Review: Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry

    Book Review: Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry

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    After publishing a string of succesful contamporary romance novels, Devney Perry followed in her peers’ footsteps by foraying into romantasy. Shield of Sparrows was published in the summer of 2025 and immediately got lots of attention. Mostly praise, the hype was real. However, I decided to wait until it all died down a bit, because…

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