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The Importance of Being Bookish
Welcome to the bookish feast! Here you will find all things bookish including (but not limited to): book reviews, book news and commentary, book box spoilers, book release calendars, and reviews of boxes.
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Review slots full until Fall 2026.
The Big 2022 Bookish Review
2022 was a huge reading year for me. I read over 150 books, and I’ve only ever been able to get a smidge past 80 in any year before. ...
Story Eater
Jan 6, 20236 min read
ARC Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde #1) by Heather Fawcett
Release date: 10 January 2023 (19 January 2023 in UK) Rating: 4/5 Book Boxes: FairyLoot Adult December 2022 Synopsis: A curmudgeonly...
Story Eater
Jan 5, 20234 min read
ARC Review: Well of Eida (The Fallen Kingdoms #1) by K.B. Benson
Release date: 3 Feb 2023 Rating: 3.75/5 Book boxes: None yet (fingers crossed for a spiffy, signed edition) Synopsis: Two years have...
Story Eater
Jan 4, 20233 min read
Recent Release/Audio Review Copy Review: Wizard’s Masquerade by Jay Pellegrin
Release date: Print copy: 30 September 2022 Audio copy: 1 December 2022 Rating: 4.5/5 Synopsis: **Note: there are two different...
Story Eater
Dec 5, 20226 min read
ARC Review: Nocturne by Alyssa Wees
Release date: 21 February 2023 Rating 5/5 Synopsis: In this haunting, lyrical fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds...
Story Eater
Nov 28, 20223 min read
ARC Review: A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziak
Release date: 14 February 2023 Rating: 1/5 Synopsis: A Mystery of Mysteries is a brilliant biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines...
Story Eater
Nov 24, 20223 min read
New Release Review: Under the Earth, Over the Sky by Emily McCosh
Release date: 8 November 2022 Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: In the woods where human lands meet fae, an ancient king born before the history...
Story Eater
Nov 16, 20223 min read
Late Approval ARC Review: Children of Ragnarok (Runestone Saga #1) by Cinda Williams Chima
Release date: 8 Nov 2022 Rating: 4.5/5 Book boxes: LitJoy November 2022 Synopsis: Ever since Ragnarok—the great war between the gods...
Story Eater
Nov 14, 20224 min read
ALC Review: The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Release date: 1 November 2022 Rating: 2.75/5 Narrator: Emily Tremaine Book Boxes: BOTM Synopsis: When Ann Stilwell arrives in New...
Story Eater
Nov 6, 20224 min read
ARC Review: Raven Unveiled by Grace Draven
Release date: 8 Nov 2022 Rating 3/5 Synopsis: A woman with the gift to speak to the dead—and the assassin pursuing her—may be the only...
Story Eater
Oct 24, 20223 min read
Better Late Than Never Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Release date: 3 January 2012 10th Anniversary Edition Release Date: 15 March 2022 Rating: 3.5/5 Book boxes: FairyLoot Special Edition...
Story Eater
Oct 12, 20224 min read
Recent Release Review: These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan
Caution: This review may be snarky, though it does not have language. It also may contain spoilers. If you have not read These Hollow...
Story Eater
Oct 8, 20224 min read
ARC Review: One Dark Window (Shepherd King #1) by Rachel Gillig
Release date: 27 September 2022 Rating: 3.5/5 Book Boxes: FairyLoot October YA Synopsis: Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay...
Story Eater
Sep 26, 20224 min read
Book Radar: My Most Anticipated Indie Releases for Fall and Spooky Season 2022
September 2022 Wishtress by Nadine Brandes Release date: 13 September 2022 Format: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook Available at: Everywhere...
Story Eater
Sep 14, 20226 min read
ARC Review: Wishtress by Nadine Brandes
Release date: 13 September 2022 Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: She didn’t ask to be the Wishtress. Myrthe was born with the ability to turn her...
Story Eater
Aug 28, 20224 min read
Special Edition Review: Daphne Press Sabriel by Garth Nix
Hold onto your seats, bookish folk, I’m going to be incredibly nitpicky with a small amount of snark for this one. Daphne Press'...
Story Eater
Aug 13, 20225 min read
ALC and Pre-Release Review: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
Release date: 23 August 2022 Rating: 3/5 Narrators: Michael Gallagher and Rachanee Lumayno Book boxes: FairyLoot July 2022 Adult...
Story Eater
Jul 25, 20225 min read
Recent Release Review: The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray
Release date: 3 May 2022 Rating: 2.5/5 Synopsis: A summer house party turns into a whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most...
Story Eater
Jul 22, 20223 min read
ALC Review: Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan
Release date: 2 August 2022 Rating: 3.75/5 Narrator: Julia Whelan Book boxes: None yet—if this isn’t in one, I’ll be shocked. Synopsis:...
Story Eater
Jul 14, 20224 min read
ARC Review: The Song that Moves the Sun by Anna Bright
Release date: 28 June 2022 Rating: 2/5 Indie: No Publisher: HarperCollins Synopsis: This sweeping YA fantasy romance full of...
Story Eater
Jun 27, 20223 min read
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