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📚Think critically, read diversely, be kind🦄 Crocheting a granny square blanket one book at a time ✨ Spoiler free reviews and recommendations ✨ linktr.ee/jackireadsthings

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Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K. England with Dani Martineck (Narrator) 4.75⭐ The story? Adorable. The narrator? Fantastic. The main character? I want to wrap them in a hug. Full review: buff.ly/V6zhPXk 💙📚🪐📚️🌈📚️🎧️

Review by jackireads - Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous

The story? Adorable. The narrator? Fantastic. The main character? I want to wrap them in a hug...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

We Dance Upon Demons by Vaishnavi Patel 4⭐ We Dance Upon Demons is unlike any of Patel's other books. If you liked Kaikeyi be prepared for completely different vibes. Full review: buff.ly/9hVDHb2 💙📚🪐

Review by jackireads - We Dance Upon Demons

No, Nisha isn't a doctor or an engineer as many judgemental aunties keep bringing up, but her ...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Lost Book of Lancelot by John Glynn 3.75⭐ You might think you know everything there is to know about Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table, but this explores the story of Lancelot from a young boy to heartsick teen to the knight we know and love. Full review: buff.ly/MsFGQoa 💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚️🌈

Review by jackireads - The Lost Book of Lancelot

You might think you know everything there is to know about King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knigh...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker with Natalie Naudus (Narrator) 5⭐ I don't generally read horror, but when Kylie Lee Baker writes it? I'm in no matter what. Especially when it is a historical horror with a twist. Full review: buff.ly/eFOq3kB 💙📚⏳️📚🩸📚️🎧️

Review by jackireads - Japanese Gothic

Kylie Lee Baker and Natalie Naudus (one of the best narrators out there) can do no wrong. I do...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi 4⭐ While I thoroughly enjoyed Cleopatra, I don't think it stands up to Saara El-Arifi's other works (though I understand that it is impossible to compare stand alones to trilogies and fantasy to historical fiction). Full review: buff.ly/7KJwNdv 💙📚🪐📚⏳️

Review by jackireads - Cleopatra

First off, Saara El-Arifi is one of my go to authors. While I thoroughly enjoyed Cleopatra, I ...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher with Mary Robinette Kowal (Narrator) 4.5⭐ If you do not like body horror or bugs crawling into/out of not fun places this book is not for you. This is less of a "twist the knife" horror and more of a "burrow deeper" horror. Full review: buff.ly/rZDsllr 💙📚🪐📚⏳️📚🩸📚️🎧️

Review by jackireads - Wolf Worm

If you do not like body horror or bugs crawling into/out of not fun places this book is not fo...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley 4⭐ First of, this is absolutely adorable. While I don't normally go for any sort of monster romance this book felt totally different. Full review: buff.ly/K50PS26 💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚⏳️📚️🌈

Review by jackireads - When the Tides Held the Moon

When the Tides Held the Moon is the definition of found family.As a child Benigno "Benny" wash...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie 3.75⭐ While I generally enjoy Agatha Christie, I was not prepared for the racism in this book. Full review: buff.ly/TZHayLw 💙📚⚡️

Review by jackireads - Death on the Nile

While I generally enjoy Agatha Christie, I was not prepared for the racism in this book. All o...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark 4.75⭐ Ring Shout not only has a new way to look at history, but has prose that correspond to the time and place. Full review: buff.ly/R1rt2hE 💙📚🪐📚⏳️📚🩸

Review by jackireads - Ring Shout

Ring Shout not only has a new way to look at history, but has prose that correspond to the tim...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang 4.25⭐ I'm going to be honest, I have a lot of mixed feelings. But as I sit on this book longer the more I love it. Full review: buff.ly/2HGlHMP 💙📚🪐

Review by jackireads - Blood Over Bright Haven

I'm going to be honest, I have a lot of mixed feelings.Blood Over Bright Haven was recommended...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton with Elizabeth Knowelden (Narrator) 4⭐(Love’s Academic #1) Absolutely adorable and hilarious, I was constantly cackling. Full review: buff.ly/jxbvlVg 💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚⏳️

Review by jackireads - The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

Absolutely adorable and hilarious, I was constantly cackling. First off, this narration by Eli...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Saying you don’t “pay attention” to diversity when buying/reading books gives the same exact vibes as “I don’t see color”. Publishers and bookstores generally push white straight cis authors. You NEED to pay attention if you want to read diversely and get viewpoints outside your own experiences. 📚💙

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama 4⭐ What You Are Looking For is in the Library is an cute and cozy collection of interwoven people trying to find purpose in their lives again. Full review: buff.ly/kpKqIPS 💙📚

Review by jackireads - What You Are Looking For is in the Library

What You Are Looking For is in the Library is an cute and cozy collection of interwoven people...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher with Jennifer Pickens (Narrator) 4.5⭐ It is so incredibly refreshing to have a main character who is a self-described curvy spinster. Full review: buff.ly/KmDfICC 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - Hemlock & Silver

It is so incredibly refreshing to have a main character who is a self-described curvy spinster...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig with Samantha Hydeson (Narrator) (The Stonewater Kingdom #1) 4⭐ The narrator, Samantha Hydeson, MADE this book. Wow. Full review: buff.ly/utxtMwA 💙📚🪐📚🌶️

Review by jackireads - The Knight and the Moth

The narrator, Samantha Hydeson, MADE this book. Wow.Six doesn't remember the last time she hea...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The Trident and the Pearl by Sarah K.L. Wilson (The Fisher King #1) 3.5⭐ Out Feb 24 First things first: this is NOT a romantasy and marketing it as such is hurting this book. Full review: buff.ly/jzmQWjX 💙📚🪐

Review by jackireads - The Trident and the Pearl

First things first: this is NOT a romantasy and marketing it as such is hurting this book.The ...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan (The Artisan Trilogy #1) 5⭐ I'm not going to lie, I bought this book because of the pretty cover and the sprayed edges and I was very pleasantly surprised by how much I loved this book. Full review: buff.ly/CNy9Qjk 💙📚🪐📚🌶️

Review by jackireads - A Forbidden Alchemy

I'm not going to lie, I bought this book because of the pretty cover and the sprayed edges and...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Murder in Manhattan by Julie Mulhern 3.5⭐ What is more glamorous than going to a speakeasy dressed as a flapper in the 1920s? I'll tell you what, it isn't murder. Full review: buff.ly/OddHjH3 💙📚⚡📚🎧

Review by jackireads - Murder in Manhattan

What is more glamorous than going to a speakeasy dressed as a flapper in the 1920s? I'll tell ...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

To Ride A Rising Storm by Moniquill Blackgoose (Nampeshiweisit #2) 4.5⭐ Out January 27! Anaqus and her dragon Kasaqua survived their first year at Kuiper's Academy even after being outcast, shot, and saving the Jarl. Full review: buff.ly/monCJW0 💙📚🪐📚🌈

Review by jackireads - To Ride A Rising Storm

Anaqus and her dragon Kasaqua survived their first year at Kuiper's Academy even after being o...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien with Andy Serkis (Narrator) Andy Serkis gives his best performance yet. I regularly forget that I was listening to just one person. Full review: buff.ly/FGXNVsg 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - The Return of the King

Andy Serkis gives his best performance yet. I regularly forget that I was listening to just on...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The Unnamed by M.S. Masood (The Book of Names Duology #1) 4.5⭐ Out January 15!! When the Unnamed rebel, the healer comes to collect Reim's side of the bargain, her hand in marriage (that is NOT where I thought this was going). Full review: buff.ly/mG6vVHz 💙📚🪐📚🌶️

Review by jackireads - The Unnamed

In Vuor Order reigns supreme and part of that order is keeping the Unnamed in their place. Rei...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien with Andy Serkis (Narrator) I would be so interesting to read through this series when it first came out. The plot twists in this book would be diabolical . Full review: buff.ly/otzMy2u 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - The Two Towers

The Fellowship of the Ring is in tatters. Frodo and Sam are off on their own only to find an u...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien with Andy Serkis (Narrator) Frodo has always lived a quiet life in the Shire, but he often wishes he could go on an adventure like his uncle and guardian Bilbo. Full review: buff.ly/HBvREY5 💙📚🪐📚🎧

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

THE FIRST PART OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S EPIC MASTERPIECE, THE LORD OF THE RINGS In a quiet village in ...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

A Fortnight To Forever by Alycia E. Anderson 4⭐ Out January 2026 Quinn has a fortnight (14 days for the modern reader) to aid a stranger before she goes back to sleep for a century. Full review: buff.ly/xSov87I 💙📚🪐📚🌶️

Review by jackireads - A Fortnight To Forever

Quinn has a fortnight (14 days for the modern reader) to aid a stranger before she goes back t...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children #11) 4⭐ Out January 6, 2026. Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children has three rules: no solicitations, no visitors, no quests. Well that last rule is broken once again. Full review: buff.ly/WNFK5lW 💙📚🪐📚

Review by jackireads - Through Gates of Garnet and Gold

Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children has three rules: no solicitations, no visitors, no qu...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire with Barrie Kreinik (Narrator) (Wayward Children #10) 4⭐ Nadya was born with the bottom portion of her right arm missing, but that has never slowed her down. Full review: buff.ly/sJ9cOSD 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear

Nadya was born with the bottom portion of her right arm missing. That birth defect likely led...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire with Jesse Vilinsky (Narrator) (Wayward Children #9) 4⭐ Antsy knows that all doors have a cost and not everything that is lost can be found. Full review: buff.ly/lUdtFVW 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - Mislaid in Parts Half-Known

Antsy knows that all doors have a cost and not everything that is lost can be found. Unfortun...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Accomplice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (Assistant to the Villain #3) 4⭐ Evie is no longer an assistant or apprentice, but an accomplice to the Villain. Full review: buff.ly/PPqiF3F 💙📚🪐📚🌶️

Review by jackireads - Accomplice to the Villain

Evie is no longer an assistant or apprentice, but an accomplice to the Villain. With her promo...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang 4.25⭐ Graduate school is its own form of hell. But Alice has to take it one step further after her advisor, Jacob Grimes, dies Full review: buff.ly/P7AhnFt 💙📚🪐

Review by jackireads - Katabasis

Graduate school is its own form of hell. But Alice has to take it one step further after her ...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Sargassa by Sophie Burnham 5⭐ I would give this book every star in the universe if I could. Yes, it is that good. And yes, you need to read it right now so I have someone to talk to about it. Full review: buff.ly/NmsSHlB 💙📚🪐

Review by jackireads - Sargassa

I would give this book every star in the universe if I could. Yes, it is that good. And yes, ...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

@sophieburnham.bsky.social has broken my brain. I literally don't even know what to do with myself after finishing Sargassa. I need more people to talk to this about RIGHT NOW. 💙📚🪐

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire with Jesse Vilinsky (Narrator) (Wayward Children #8) 5⭐ Watching your father die in the toy aisle is probably the most traumatic experience any child could have. Full review: buff.ly/jFhURYv 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - Lost in the Moment and Found

Watching your father die in the toy aisle is probably the most traumatic experience any child ...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

A Short History of Ancient Rome by Pascal Hughes with Johns Hopkins (Narrator) 4.5⭐ The fact that Pascal Hughes was able to pack a millennia of history into 352 pages (or nine hours audio) is truly remarkable. Full review: buff.ly/dyIAfaZ 💙📚💡📚🎧

Review by jackireads - A Short History of Ancient Rome

The fact that Pascal Hughes was able to pack a millenia of history into 352 pages (or nine hou...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The Burning Queen by Aparna Verma 5⭐ Elena is no longer an innocent princess. She is the exiled Ravani Queen and a god. Full review: buff.ly/YSGfOwU 💙📚🌶️📚🪐

Review by jackireads - The Burning Queen

Elena is no longer an innocent princess. She is the exiled Ravani Queen and a god.In The Phoen...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire with Whitney Johnson (Narrator) (Wayward Children #7) 4.25⭐ Following the events of the fifth Wayward Children book Come Tumbling Down, Cora is struggling after being noticed by the drowned gods in the Moors. Full review: buff.ly/w2Rt1eG 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - Where the Drowned Girls Go

Following the events of the fifth Wayward Children book Come Tumbling Down, Cora is struggling...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire with Anne Marie Carlson (Narrator) (Wayward Children #6) 4⭐ Regan has just found out she is intersex and she runs away only to find herself in the Hooflands. Full review: buff.ly/WvX8vNg 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - Across the Green Grass Fields

Regan has just found out she is intersex and while her parents are supportive, the person she ...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose with Charley Flyte (Narrator) (Nampeshiweisit #1) 5⭐ You think you know dragon academies? Think again. Full review: buff.ly/ttSBGE7 💙📚🪐📚🎧📚 🌈

Review by jackireads - To Shape a Dragon's Breath

You think you know dragon academies? Think again.Anequs (anna-koos) is a fifteen-year old nati...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

The Dragon Wakes With Thunder (The Dragon Spirit Duology #2) by K.X. Song with Natalie Naudus (Narrator) 3.75⭐ I absolutely loved The Night Ends with Fire and I was sadly disappointed by The Dragon Wakes With Thunder. Full review: buff.ly/XG8OEzQ 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - The Dragon Wakes With Thunder

I absolutely loved The Night Ends with Fire and I was sadly disappointed by The Dragon Wakes W...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien with Andy Serkis (Narrator) 3.75⭐ I don't care if you've read The Hobbit before, if you haven't listed to it read by Andy Serkis you NEED TO. Full review: buff.ly/w8KJ1Kw 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - The Hobbit

No going to lie, it feels weird writing a review for a classic book that was release almost 90...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The Phoenix King (The Ravence Trilogy #1) by Aparna Verma with Soneela Nankani, Vikas Adam, Akshay Kumar, and Deepti Gupta (Narrators) 3.75⭐ I think most of my issues with this book come from what it was marketed as and what it really was. Full review: buff.ly/9GcnRrk 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - The Phoenix King

I think most of my issues with this book come from what it was marketed as and what it really ...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree (read by the author) 5⭐ Fern, a bookseller rattkin, is getting older but has never felt a sense of fulfillment. An accidental adventure is what she might need to change that. Full review: buff.ly/oWVKoeO 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - Brigands & Breadknives

Fern, a bookseller rattkin, is getting older but has never felt a sense of fulfillment. Hoping...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Kill the Beast by Serra Swift 3.5⭐ Kill the Beast is a semi-cozy slight "Beauty and the Beast" retelling. Full review: buff.ly/Q9n7Uvf 💙📚🪐

Review by jackireads - Kill the Beast

Kill the Beast is a semi-cozy slight "Beauty and the Beast" retelling.Lyssa's brother was murd...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The Outlaw Witch of Sherwood by Brittany Hansen 4.25⭐ Renna is the crown princess of Loxley a kingdom governed by fire. Inside of the kingdom there are no trees and each citizen gives taxes in blood. Full review: buff.ly/PNRYRKQ 💙📚🪐

Review by jackireads - The Outlaw Witch of Sherwood

Fire gives life and trees are cursed. Renna is the crown princess of Loxley a kingdom governed...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

When You Get to the Other Side by Mariana Osorio Gumá 3.5⭐ After the death of their grandmother Emilia and Gregorio take what money she had saved up and make the difficult journey across the US/Mexican border. Full review: buff.ly/TmLrtrQ 💙📚🎧

Review by jackireads - When You Get to the Other Side

After the death of their grandmother Emilia and Gregorio take what money she had saved up and ...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Everything is Tuberculosis written and narrated by John Green 4.75⭐ Everything is Tuberculosis is not just a story of disease, it is a story of failing those who need the help most, capitalism, and societal norms. Full review: buff.ly/cBxgJBf 💙📚💡📚🎧

Review by jackireads - Everything is Tuberculosis

Everything is Tuberculosis is not just a story of disease, it is a story of failing those who ...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl #) 5⭐ The Ninth Floor. Nine Armies. One Winner. Factions wars has begun. Full review: buff.ly/idQuLZZ 💙📚🪐📚⏰📚🎧

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Review by jackireads - This Inevitable Ruin

The Ninth Floor. Nine Armies. One Winner. Factions wars has begun.While the armies in Factions...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire with Seanan McGuire (Narrator) (Wayward Children #5) 4⭐ Considering I thoroughly enjoyed the last adventure into the Moors, I was a little disappointed by Come Tumbling Down Full review: buff.ly/lltUHVr 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - Come Tumbling Down

Considering I thoroughly enjoyed the last adventure into the Moors, I was a little disappoint...

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Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire with Cynthia Hopkins (Narrator) (Wayward Children #4) 4.75⭐ Although “In an Absent Dream” is the fourth book in the Wayward Children Series, you could read this as a stand-alone. Full review: buff.ly/H6pvQFB 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - In an Absent Dream

Although “In an Absent Dream” is the fourth book in the Wayward Children Series, you could re...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire with Michelle Dockrey (Narrator) (Wayward Children #3) 3⭐ Coming off of “Down Among Sticks and Bones” I was pretty dissatisfied with “Beneath the Sugar Sky”. Full review: buff.ly/gEVdbCa 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - Beneath the Sugar Sky

Coming off of “Down Among Sticks and Bones” I was pretty dissatisfied with “Beneath the Sugar...

Jacki Reads @jackireads.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire with Seanan McGuire (Narrator) (Wayward Children #2) 4.5⭐ This standalone story focuses on twin sisters Jack and Jill before they went to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children. Full review: buff.ly/PM6Wa7w 💙📚🪐📚🎧

Review by jackireads - Down Among the Sticks and Bones

While the sequel to Every Heart a Doorway, Down Among the Sticks and Bones reads like a standa...