The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox

I know it is and always will be controversial, but to me, once Halloween is over… it is time to start in on the Christmas reads! My very first of the year is The Holiday Swap, a classic identical twins swap lives trope. I am here for it!

"Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return."

“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.” 

― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

Of Literature & Lattes by Katherine Reay ->

Needing a slow down from complex fantasy worlds, I picked up Of Literature & Lattes simply because I liked the name. As I hoped it might be, the book was set in a small quiet corner of the world, where things are just a little less frantic and very much down to earth

European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss —>

After reading the first book in the series, The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, I couldn’t wait to rejoin the rather unique ladies of 11 Park Terrace Place and the Athena Club…..

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‘“You could rattle the stars,” she whispered. “You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.”’

— Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

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“I’m so happy to live in a world where there are Octobers.”

— L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables