A Literary Escape

WWW Wednesday: January 15, 2025

Published on January 15, 2025January 14, 2025 by Celeste14 Comments

My last WWW Wednesday was three weeks ago, mainly because I was busy writing various wrap-up and list posts. So, I won’t regale everyone with everything I finished since then. I’ll stick to what I’ve been up to for the past week. 🙂 I’m also kind of swamped with real life at the moment, so I’m behind on returning comments. Please bear with me until I have some free time! <3

WWW Wednesday was revived and hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. The idea is to answer the three questions below and leave a link to your post in the comments for others to look at. No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses.

What are you currently reading?

What have you just finished reading?

What are you going to read next?

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Invisible Labor by Rachel Somerstein

Published on January 13, 2025January 1, 2025 by Celeste8 Comments

Today’s review is about INVISIBLE LABOR by Rachel Somerstein. After the author had a traumatic and unplanned cesarean section, she embarked on a journey to understand more about the procedure’s history. It is part memoir, but also dives deep into the long-ranging effects the c-section has on women’s lives.

Author: Rachel Somerstein
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Ecco Press
Publish Date: June 4, 2024
Print Length: 336

Want to support local bookstores? Buy a copy of Invisible Labor on Bookshop.org!*

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SFINCS Review: To Catch A Witch by E.L. Montague

Published on January 10, 2025January 4, 2025 by Celeste2 Comments

Today’s review is about TO CATCH A WITCH by E.L. Montague. It’s a standalone fantasy novella about a hedgewitch fleeing from the King’s Inquisition on magic.

This review is brought to you by my participation in the Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS). SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”, is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the talent and creativity present in the indie community. It’s a sister competition to both SPFBO and SPSFC, and it highlights greatness in the novella format in all areas of speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, horror, etc.). I am part of Team Behind the Musings. You can find out more about us here.

Author: E.L. Montague
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Self-Published
Publish Date: July 12, 2024
Print Length: 77
Purchase: Amazon

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Book Blog In Review 2024

Published on January 8, 2025January 4, 2025 by Celeste19 Comments

Buckle up, folks, this is a long book blog in review 2024 post (just like last year). Rather than break everything up into separate posts, I prefer to get everything out at once. To help you digest it, feel free to either read the whole thing or use the Table of Contents to navigate to sections of interest. In this book blog in review 2024 post, I recap whether I accomplished my bookish goals. I also discuss my blog statistics as well as my reading statistics.

Overall, I’m super pleased with my reading and blog statistics in 2024. It was not an easy year for me. In fact, it was probably the hardest year of my life. Reading and blogging were two things I continued to turn to as a way to remain somewhat grounded and not despair all of the time. Several times I considered going on a blogging hiatus, but I just felt I needed this distraction, so I kept at it. So, thank you all for your continued interaction with my little space on the internet!

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Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan

Published on January 6, 2025December 31, 2024 by Celeste4 Comments

Today’s review is about IMMORTAL by Sue Lynn Tan. It’s a standalone fantasy romance by the author of the Celestial Kingdom duology. Set amidst Chinese folklore, the main character, Liyen, seeks to renegotiate the alliance between her kingdom and the Immortal Realm. But when mysterious creatures attack, she seeks a trust-based alliance with the God of War in return for his help.

Author: Sue Lynn Tan
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Publish Date: January 07, 2025
Print Length: 464

Want to support local bookstores? Buy a copy of Immortal on Bookshop.org!*

*These are not affiliate links and I do not make a commission from any purchase made using these links.

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