A review for the first book in a urban fantasy series by one of my favorite authors. Red City by Marie Lu is a story of love, set in an alternative Los Angeles, with powerful criminals that use alchemy to rule their empires.
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Stacking the Shelves
A weekly meme where I talk about what books I have added to my reading list this week. This will mostly be my library books, but I will talk about others as well. Lots of books added this week and all of them are ones I’m pretty excited about.
First Lines Friday
First Lines Friday is a weekly feature (or when I feel like it) hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover we judge it by its opening lines?
Can you figure out this week’s book just from the first line?
My Monthly Wrap-Up: August 2025
This was quite the busy month for me. I had eight ARCs that I needed to read and that took quite a bit of time. Plus I had my challenge books to get done as well. Thank gods for audiobooks as they kept me sane this month.
WWW Wednesday
A weekly meme in which I answer the three questions:
What am I currently reading?
What have I recently finished reading?
What will I read next?
ARC Review: A Linguistic Mystery
A review for the mystery novel Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent. This novel was first published last year in the UK and has finally made its way to the US. Full of complex puzzles and characters, this story explores the themes of truth, guilt and our perceptions of people and their lives.
Confessions of a Serial Reader 
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