Hi! In case you didn't know me I'm Sarah, curator of The Kawaii Slartibartfast (podcast and youtube channel) I thought that i would have to give up book blogging but I have a Chromebook so that's gonna make things so much easier. Most of the books are ARCs from Netgalley so it may not seem like there's much content here. It's coming, I promise! Book I'm currently reading The Ninth Life by Taylor B. Barton

It's my turn on the blog tour! Thanks to Wednesday books for providing me with the ARC! Review here!

Unfortunately, due to disability my reviews will be up on my  Podcast

I adored this book so much. It shows perfectly how the gaming community can be wonderful and horrifying at the same time. I've known people very much like the VP in this book and dealt with the harassment (Not on the level that Divya does but it was still pretty awful.) I really appreciated that Aaron's savior complex was called out as not a good thing. There was so much I identified with in this book and I got the feeling that Smith really understands why we game and the lovely communities we build despite the gatekeepers. This book is greatly appreciated.

So, this is an interesting one for the Netgalley archives! I requested to read the Harper version which looks like this! Then, the Jo Fletcher version popped up as a Read Now option a bit later and I grabbed it because I am impatient and desperate to read things like Eoin Colfer's shopping lists. I was approved and I gobbled it up. The Jo Fletcher cover looks like this! Have you ever considered what it would be like to see a dragon doing burpees? If so, this is definitely the book for you! The book tells the tale of Very, the last dragon on the planet. Very is a hard-drinking curmudgeon who hates Game of Thrones  due to the way the dragons are treated and it's these character beats that really make Vern as a character for me. This is the story of Vern and a not so hapless doofus called Squib who meet when Squib is trying to get the goods on EEVIL constable Regence Hooke. Hooke wants to bed Squib's my m and he is not thrilled at th

This was a pretty solid mystery. I had read the previous entry, "Past Due for Murder" and enjoyed it very much. When the skeleton of a struggling nusician hippie is found the secrets of an old commune are at risk of being exposed and when the members start dying in mysterious circumstances, it's up to Amy to figure out what's going on. I really like Amy's relationship with Richard. It's very sweet.

This is the fourth book in the delightful Magical Bookshop series by Amanda Flower. Violet Waverly is in a bike race for a fundraiser set up by her grandmother, the mayor. (Daisy) and a man is murdered right in the middle of the race! The man was douchey snooper Joel Redding, who Violet is convinced knows the magical secret of the bookshop. Violet's friend Jo has also been acting strangely and as more clues pop up it seems there are a lot who wanted Joel dead. And the bookstore won't stop pushing Leaves of Grass on her for some reason! Cascade Falls is always a fun place to book visit and the mystery is well-plotted.

This book was a creepy thrill ride and a half. It features a therapist name Heather who killed her best friend when they were children and now has sent her something from the night of the murder. The atmosphere of this book is so creepy and the way it's written left me unsure as to whether Heather actually did kill Becca throughout most of the book. The parts with the Dead Girls Club were so well-written. Honestly, they were my favorite parts of the book.

I really wish that somebody had told me there was an app. It makes blogging so much easier!

Fair warning, this book starts off incredibly slowly but is definitely well worth the read. The main character is Lena, the oldest daughter and next in line for leadership. Her sister, Fressa wants to marry her love Amal but can't because custom dictates that Lena must be first married. I feel I'd be doing this book a great disservice if I didn't mention that grief may well be a main character. It permeates Lena's every action and insinuates itself in her life, driving her to do things that if she weren't traumatized and grieving, cause me to label her  "too stupid too live" Why the grief? Well, Fressa dies. (Oh, I'm not spoiling anything! It's on the book blurb!) There's not a mark on her body and Lena knows something's up. So, she makes a deal with the goddess of death to switch out her sister's soulf for another of equal weight. What do we say to the goddess of death? Apparently, "Sure I'll kill people!" Well,