Be Still My Heart: (Magical Realism) Romance Recommendations | Vol. 2

I have recently discovered a romance sub-category that might be my favorite: Magical Realism Romance. Think romance stories where our heroine or hero is the only one with some kind of power or is the only one to experience the 'magic', like time travel or having visions that is directly intertwined with the story. I …

By the Pricking of My Thumbs: Fantasy Recommendations | Vol. 1

I am very excited to post my next genre recommendation list series: By the Pricking of My Thumbs: Fantasy Recommendations. It took me forever to create the above image since there are so many types of fantasy books/ stories. Fantasy is one of my top genres though lately I don't always pick up as many …

Back to the Past: Historical Fiction Recommendations | Vol. 1

Welcome to my next genre recommendation list series, Back to the Past: Historical Fiction Recommendations! I'm actually surprised that I have enough historical fiction books to recommend since this is the one genre that I don't tend to gravitate towards or that I tend to be picky about. As I started going through the books …

Books by AAPI Authors I Really Enjoyed

Happy May! We are a week into May, which is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Being a reader, one of the ways we can celebrate is by reading books by AAPI authors (and not just during May either, definitely read widely and diversely whenever you can). I thought I would take the opportunity …

Books That Go Bump in the Night: Horror Recommendations | Vol. 1

The official start of spooky season, October 1, is just a few days away! I've been really excited about this year's spooky reading season for some reason. I think I found myself finishing up whatever current backlog of romance books a few weeks ago and started looking ahead. Which meant buying a few books. With …