Author: firewhiskeyreader

  • ARC Reviews: Love & Other Disasters and Not the Witch You Wed

    Well, this is certainly a combination of books for y’all. I read Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly in January and was supposed to post a review, but, um, I did not do so. So here we are in February and I’m finally sharing it with you! Along with Not the Witch You Wed

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  • February ARC Reviews, Part Two: Good Girl Complex and Hunt the Stars

    And today I have two more February releases to review for you! I was fortunate enough to receive advanced copies of both Good Girl Complex by Elle Kennedy and Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik via Netgalley, but I wound up purchasing both audiobooks from Audible so I listened to them instead. And now, let’s

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  • January Wrap Up

    January Wrap Up

    Y’all, I’m going to be honest. My mental health has been a bit of a mess the last month or so. I’m not really sure what’s going on, but it’s been a bit of a struggle and I do not appreciate it. So, if I continue to be chaotic in terms of a posting schedule

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  • February ARC Reviews: Count Your Lucky Stars and Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead,

    I was incredibly fortunate with my February ARCs and I am delighted to be bringing you timely reviews for once. (Okay, let’s ignore that I’m only bringing you reviews of two out of four books that release today…) Anyway!!! I loved both Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur (thank you to Avon and Netgalley!)

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  • Reacting to the Swoonies Semi-Final Nominees & Planning a TBR (Contemporary Only)

    Reacting to the Swoonies Semi-Final Nominees & Planning a TBR (Contemporary Only)

    So, y’all already know I love The Swoon Awards as a concept if you were here for me complaining about the Goodreads Romance nominees and planning my contemporary nominees for The Swoon Awards nomination round. Therefore, I couldn’t help but come back to talk about my response to the semi-final contemporary nominees and my TBR.

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  • #SnowInLoveBingo Recommendations

    #SnowInLoveBingo Recommendations

    This post is something I love putting together every season and also hate putting together because it’s such a huge project! But I do love getting to shout about the books that I love. I always worry I’m a little repetitive in shouting out the same books over and over, but I figure y’all probably

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  • Historical Fiction TBR: And a Plea for Y’all to Help Me Prioritize

    Historical Fiction TBR: And a Plea for Y’all to Help Me Prioritize

    If I have a lot of fantasy books that I’m trying to figure out to prioritize the same could be said for historical fiction titles. Growing up historical fiction was my favorite genre and I credit that for my passing of the AP U.S. History exam more than I do the actual class, but that’s

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  • My Fantasy TBR: A List and a Request for Opinions

    My Fantasy TBR: A List and a Request for Opinions

    I admittedly usually read at least some fantasy, but it’s usually either an author I already know and love (Sarah J. Maas or Rebecca Roanhorse) or it’s an urban fantasy series with a strong romantic plot that in my head I still consider a romance even if I categorize it differently in my statistics. But

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  • Ranking All the 2021 Releases I Read from September – December

    Ranking All the 2021 Releases I Read from September – December

    Woo! We get to wrap up this year long blogging project! If you missed the first two, you can find them here (January – April) and here (May – August). Essentially though, this post is one where I attempt to rank the 2021 releases I read from worst to best, so a few disclaimers here.

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  • 2021 Wrap Up and 2022 Goals

    2021 Wrap Up and 2022 Goals

    It’s honestly hard to believe that 2022 is here and 2021 has come to a close. It feels so weird to look back on the last year. I started 2021 with covid, finally started therapy, but not until after I booked a last minute trip across the country to go whale watching in Seattle to

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