Author: firewhiskeyreader

  • Speculative August Releases: Ruby Fever, Wild is the Witch, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, and Storm Echo

    Speculative August Releases: Ruby Fever, Wild is the Witch, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, and Storm Echo

    Ruby Fever and Storm Echo coming out in the same month is wild for me. The fact that I got to read both books before their release date? Unfathomable and yet true. Of course, you’re reading this in the days after Storm Echo has released so that probably doesn’t seem as relevant to you. But…

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  • Mini Series Reviews of Karla Sorensen’s Washington Wolves and the Extended Universe

    Mini Series Reviews of Karla Sorensen’s Washington Wolves and the Extended Universe

    This set of mini series reviews feels extremely self-indulgent because it’s really just me going into a deep dive on Karla Sorensen’s Washington Wolves extended universe because I’ve been devouring them lately. I hope that you get something out of this set of reviews so it isn’t entirely self-indulgent. And if you have any other…

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  • Historical ARC Reviews: A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting, Compromised into a Scandalous Marriage, and The Return of the Duke

    Historical ARC Reviews: A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting, Compromised into a Scandalous Marriage, and The Return of the Duke

    The best part about reading these three historical romances is that they all felt distinctly different in style and place. Perhaps that seems silly to say because of course they’re different, but there’s something really special about seeing the breadth of the genre in three books I essentially read back to back to back, you…

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  • July Wrap Up & August TBR

    July Wrap Up & August TBR

    Well, July went nothing like I anticipated and yet, it was still incredibly busy and somewhat overwhelming, though not in the way I thought it would be. It’s certainly been an adventure and I’m so glad to have Mocha (my new kitten) on this journey with me. We’re adjusting to one another. By which I’m…

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  • Try a Chapter: August ARCs

    I have a Netgalley problem, friends. Like, truly. Even when I tell myself I’m not going to request any more books, I still find myself looking through the newly posted books at least three times a week. Self-control, who is she? Anyway, because I have this Netgalley problem and because I think these try a…

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  • Contemporary Favorites Project: Check In Number 1

    Contemporary Favorites Project: Check In Number 1

    I’ve decided to check in every three books so that I can do full reviews where I break down my numerical scoring of these favorites and articulate my thoughts about it. This review/rating system is really heavily inspired by G from Book Roast and her CAWPILE system. I borrowed Characters, Writing, Plot, and Intrigue from…

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  • ARC Reviews: For You and No One Else, What Moves the Dead, and Bet on It

    ARC Reviews: For You and No One Else, What Moves the Dead, and Bet on It

    I’m so delighted to be bringing you three ARC reviews today for books that are all already out and available for you to pick up if you so choose! I’ve decided to focus on the positives of being behind in reviewing books for y’all, honestly, because I’m not sure getting ahead is ever going to…

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  • Mid-Year Goals and Statistics Check In

    Mid-Year Goals and Statistics Check In

    I’ll go ahead and give you a spoiler alert that it’s a real good thing I decided to do this check in because I’m not necessarily achieving all of my goals! I set some goals for my reading at the beginning of this year and I try to check in with those periodically. And I’m…

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  • Favorites of Q2: April – June 2022

    Favorites of Q2: April – June 2022

    Y’all, I really have read some great books in the last three months that I’m excited to talk about in a little more detail. There’s a very good chance that you’ll see several of these books on my ultimate lists at the end of the year. I feel like my content lately is making it…

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  • Try a Chapter Tag

    Try a Chapter Tag

    I have no idea where this concept came from, honestly, but I have a lot of books that I really want to read and a lot of books that I really need to be reading, so I thought I would do a try a chapter tag of… almost exclusively books that I want to, but…

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