Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 1532.London, 1837.Boston, 2019. Three young women, their bodies planted in the same soil, their stories tangling like roots. One grows high, and one grows deep, and one grows wild. And all of them grow teeth. “Bury my bones in the midnight soil, plant them shallow but water them deep, and…

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31.05.2025

First Lines Friday! – Becky's Book Blog

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to…

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03.06.2025

The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher – Book Review! – Becky's Book Blog

Pull three people out of prison--a disgraced paladin, a convicted forger, and a heartless assassin. Give them weapons, carnivorous tattoos, and each other. Point them at the enemy. What could possibly go wrong? Aren't reading slumps the worst? Luckily, all it took was Kingfishers quirky writing style and characters to pull me right out of…

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04.06.2025

To DNF or not to DNF – That is the question! – Becky's Book Blog

https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExd2VsbHg5dXNuNHZxaXJnMXlpZGF4NXdiYXhobWxxM2VlbGd1cHIzayZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/xXv1yVgGTf8ir6cGGR/giphy.gif Until fairly recently I sat squarely in the 'do not DNF' column for so many reasons: Fear that the publisher would stop allowing me access to their titles. Feeling an obligation to finish and review because I had been given access to the book for free. A desperate need to get as much content…

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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab – ARC Review! – Becky's Book Blog

First Lines Friday! – Becky's Book Blog

The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher – Book Review! – Becky's Book Blog

To DNF or not to DNF – That is the question! – Becky's Book Blog

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