Wild Rain Author: Beverly JenkinsSeries: Women Who Dare, book 2Publisher: Avon (February 9, 2021)Mass Market Paperback, 384 pagesRomance, Adult Romance, Historical RomanceGoodreads Summary A reporter has come to Wyoming to do a story on doctors for his Black newspaper back east. He thinks Colton Lee will be an interesting subject…until he meets Colton’s sister, Spring. …
I love Korean food, so you'll probably see food posts that feature Korean food fairly often here, haha. My favorite place to find recipes is Maangchi's website (and her YouTube videos are somehow very soothing and joyful to watch too!) Today I'd like to share three of my favorite banchan recipes with you! Banchan are …
Never Have I Ever Author: Isabel YapPublisher: Small Beer Press (February 9, 2021)Paperback, 248 pagesShort Stories, Adult Fiction, Fantasy, HorrorGoodreads Summary “Am I dead?”Mebuyen sighs. She was hoping the girl would not ask. Spells and stories, urban legends and immigrant tales: the magic in Isabel Yap’s debut collection jumps right off the page, from the …
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TBR-Gnome says HELLO! Are you finally going to read some of these books? I personally have never much liked reading hardcover books. Partially because I have stubby little fingers and they tend to be big and HEAVY, but more because of the dust jacket issue. Dust jackets are always slipping around, or getting sweaty from …
Top Ten Tuesday is brought to you by the lovely Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Check out the Top Ten Tuesday post for a full list of prompts! This week's prompt is: Books Written Before I Was Born This is going to be a mix of books I've read and books I want to …
Daughter of the Salt King Author: A.S. ThorntonPublisher: CamCat Books (February 2, 2021)Hardcover, 448 pagesFantasy, Adult FantasyGoodreads Summary As a daughter of the Salt King, Emel ought to be among the most powerful women in the desert. Instead, she and her sisters have less freedom than even her father's slaves … for the Salt King …
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I've decided to start a new category here in Book Otterington (I don't know why I just called my blog that, just go with it....) Anyhoo! You'll start to see some posts prefaced with this "General Nerdery" tag. This will be my space to talk about some of my non-bookish hobbies (or let's be real, …
Circe Author: Madeline MillerPublisher: Little, Brown & Company (April 10, 2018)Hardcover, 393 pagesFantasy, Adult Fantasy, Historical Fiction, MythologyGoodreads Summary In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child - not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. …
I said I wasn't going to do any challenges in 2021. I lasted all of, what, a month? Before I broke. Dangit. 2021 Book Blog Discussion Challenge I've done this one in the past and it's a fun way to challenge myself to do more than just post reviews here. I'm aiming for the tier …
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Top Ten Tuesday is brought to you by the lovely Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Check out the Top Ten Tuesday post for a full list of prompts! This week's prompt is: New-To-Me Authors I Read in 2020 TJ Klune - The House in the Cerulean Sea is one of the last books I …
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