Delighted to have a visit from Annaliese Avery, to sign her Wycherleys novels , published by Simon & Schuster.

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17th read of 2026:

This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart #2) by Kalynn Bayron

I was disappointed. The book picked up right where the first one left off, making it seem like we were wasting no time with a ticking month-long clock. Except Bayron ran down the clock with international trip planning happening in the background by other characters, instead of just putting it all in a week's time.

The Greek mythology exposition was a lot. Even considering a YA audience.

3/5 stars

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560. So viele Seiten hat das aktuelle Manuskript meines zweiten Buches. Der finale Buchsatz und das abschließende Korrektorat stehen aber noch aus.

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2nd read of 2026:

This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart #1) by Kalynn Bayron

Great. I loved Briseis controlling plants. The villain felt YA obvious, but the rest of the mystery around Briseis' bio family and her powers was big enough to compensate. Cliffhanger ending.

5/5 stars

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Just read Sarad Dessen's "Keeping Moon", American YA coming of age story.

It's flawed in many ways, including some weirdness about body weight and huge focus on being pretty that didn't work for me.

But there's also a fantastic stormy friendship between two of the secondary characters, Isabel and Morgan, two young women who live together. According to the story they are straight, but to me they seem passionately in love with one another and it saves an otherwise pretty meh book.

Their relationship has way more chemistry than the main love story.

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This new year will be about pushing myself to be the best I can be as a reader, a writer, and a student! However, I want to do my best to include YOU in the process.

With that said: what are YOU reading this month?

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Lydia Kang: Putting Energy Where It Counts More

In this interview, author Lydia Kang elaborates on putting energry where it counts more, comparison acting as the thief of joy, and more.

Writer's Digest