I listen to audiobooks at night to help me fall asleep.
Not because they are boring or uninteresting but because I have tried a number of things to try and stop my anxious, racing thoughts at night (including various medications herbal and otherwise).
Nothing helped except concentrating on a good story with a good narrator.
These timelines (aka: Daily React) highlight the things that stayed with me or really stood out about the book over a course of nights.
A full and final review of each book once I’ve finished it can be found in the audiobook section.
Morgan Brookes is a wonderful, kind, open, thoughtful, amazing detective. The people around her are also equally epic people. That doesn't make this book unrealistic, it makes it a more positive and enjoyable experience.
"Ava Reid's YA debut is part historical fantasy, part rivals-to-lovers romance, and part Gothic mystery ..." all expressed through the mind of an insufferable main character.
From the New York Times best-selling author of Sorcery of Thorns and An Enchantment of Ravens comes a thrilling, “dark coming-of-age adventure” about a teen girl with mythic abilities who must defend her world against restless spirits of the dead.
"The worlds of Dracula and Sherlock Holmes collide in a thrilling exploration of feminine power." Aka: Tell me you hate men and have never read Dracula ...
A bewitchingly cozy, fiendishly funny cautionary tale about the perils of gatecrashing fairytale kingdoms—particularly ones with drunken unicorns, bored dragons, and sorcerers in tight leather pants.
"BookTok phenomenon and award-winning author Alex Aster delivers listeners a masterfully written, utterly gripping YA fantasy novel." Yeah whatever. Suzy Jackson reads the shit out of this epicness!
After burying her spinster aunt, orphaned Veronica Speedwell is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry—and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as with fending off admirers, Veronica intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime.
From the New York Times best-selling author of An Enchantment of Ravens comes an imaginative fantasy about an apprentice at a magical library who must battle a powerful sorcerer to save her kingdom.
Nadine Matheson is an author, podcast host, a criminal defense lawyer, and has an MA in Creative Writing. Her bestselling debut crime fiction novel, The Jigsaw Man was published in 2021 and is available in 15 languages.
He saw the darkness in her magic. She saw the magic in his darkness. Allison Saft’s Down Comes the Night is a snow-drenched romantic fantasy that keeps you racing through the chapters long into the night.
