In the Company of Witches

“Sometimes the sun lifts you up, sometimes the clouds bring you down, but if you’re a smart witch, you’ll ignore all that and ride the wind.” – Auralee Wallace In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace is a cozy mystery set at a family run B&B in the small town of Evenfall. The story […]

Fourth Wing

““A dragon without its rider is a tragedy. A rider without their dragon is dead.” – Rebecca Yarros Summary – Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros follows Violet, a girl who is voluntold by her General Mother that she’ll be joining the rider’s quadrant and not joining the scribes as she always planned. Violet’s journey is […]

Assistant to the Villain

Summary – Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer is a fantasy rom com following Evie who is the Villain’s personal assistant. Evie is a villager from a small town who finds herself in need of employment and after stumbling upon The Villain and endearing herself to him, he offers her a job as […]

Mushroom Rain

Mushroom Rain written by Laura K Zimmerman and illustrated by Jaime Green is a nonfiction children’s picture book about the unusual world of fungi. Mushrooms help many aspects of the world they live in and do so in many ways humans have never realized. Mushrooms have hidden networks, some contain poison, some can be eaten, […]

A Pinch of Magic

“But jealous, bitter people don’t suddenly find that those feelings go away when what they envy becomes theirs. They simply find something else to be jealous and bitter about, because it was never about what the other person had. It’s about what they themselves lack.” – Michelle Harrison, A Pinch of Magic Summary: A Pinch […]

Written in the Stars

Summary: Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur is an LGBTQ+ Pride and Prejudice retelling following Elle and Darcy as they pursue a fake relationships after a failure of a blind date. Elle Jones is an eccentric blogger who runs a popular Astrology twitter account who gets set up on a blind date with the […]

A Bookish Tour of Houston, TX

So I started writing this post shortly after I moved to Houston, which was 4 years ago (going on five) and so much has changed since I began writing this post but the first two book stores on the list are still awesome book stores that I want to talk about and discuss. Blue Willow […]

Standing in the Need of Prayer

Author: Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrator: Frank Morrison Summary: Standing in the Need of Prayer is a children’s book that retells Black American History through the words of a popular spiritual. It shows the progress that has been made but doesn’t stray from the harsh realities of the history Black Americans have faced. It shows modern […]

Mother Goose Goes to India

Author: Kabir Sehgal and Surishtha Sehgal Illustrator: Wazza Pink Summary: Mother Goose Goes to India is a book of popular nursery rhymes retold using Indian cultural symbols and language. The book explores the different names and cities in India while teaching students about important holiday traditions and experiences. This is a great book for librarians […]

WIth the Fire on High

Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Publisher: Quill Tree Books “I’ve had a lot of things to feel ashamed about and I’ve learned most of them are other people’s problems, not mine.” ― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo is a book following Emoni Santiago, a young mother who […]