Author: Tammy

March 2024 Reading Wrap-Up

March 2024 Reading Wrap-Up
Posted March 30, 2024 by Tammy in Monthly Wrap UP / 26 Comments

March was a very good reading month for me. I managed to post nine reviews, and there isn’t a bad book in this bunch! As always, these are listed in order of preference. On the down side, this is the first month I wasn’t able to read my TBR jar book (The Adventures of Amina […]

FLOATING HOTEL by Grace Curtis – Review

FLOATING HOTEL by Grace Curtis – Review
Posted March 26, 2024 by Tammy in 4 stars, Reviews / 38 Comments

The nitty-gritty: A (mostly) gentle character study about a motley crew of hotel staff and patrons, Floating Hotel is light on plot but succeeds with its lively characters and emotional connections. Floating Hotel is a delightful found family, slice-of-life story revolving around a group of people aboard the Grand Abeona Hotel, a spaceship that ping-pongs […]

DIAVOLA by Jennifer Thorne – Review

DIAVOLA by Jennifer Thorne – Review
Posted March 25, 2024 by Tammy in 5 stars, Reviews / 18 Comments

The nitty-gritty: Diavola has it all: a creepy, haunted villa, an uncomfortable, dysfunctional family gathering, an ominous Italian setting, and even some jump scares. Come for the well executed folk horror ambiance, stay for the unforgettable characters. “And yet there was something idiosyncratic about Villa Taccola. The whole house suggested pentimenti, original brushstrokes covered over […]

Ranking My 2024 Reads

Posted March 19, 2024 by Tammy in Book rankings / 31 Comments

I’ve seen other bloggers rank a year’s worth of books, and I thought it would be an interesting challenge! This post is an introduction to what I’ll be doing for the rest of the year, and as I finish each book, I plan on adding it to the spreadsheet below. I’ll do a check-in maybe […]