Some books make me cry. Some make me Google everything. These are the stories that pulled me into different cultures, histories, and identities, and I loved every minute of it.
Thursday Nerd Out: Reading Across Borders
Tag: Historical Fiction
Review: The Reckoning by Kelli Stanley
A fugitive, a corrupt town, and a killer hiding in the redwood shadows, The Reckoning throws you into the eighties with a heroine who refuses to stay quiet or small.
Review: A Traitorous Heart by Erin Cotter
A story about the cost of ambition, and what it means to protect love in a world built on power and secrecy.
The Nerd’s Sunday Tarot
This week’s tarot pull is The High Priestess, a perfect match for the secrets and shadowy tension in A Traitorous Heart. I’m diving into a story built on intuition, hidden motives, and quiet danger. Come see why this card captures the book’s mysterious energy so well.
Nerd Reading Update
This week started with a bang, and my reading stack is already bringing the chaos in the best way. Parallel worlds, 1570s spies, and a Kindle that I swear is becoming a personality trait.
Review: The Jaguar’s Roar by Micheliny Verunschk, Translated by Juliana Barbassa
A haunting blend of past and present where beauty and brutality coexist, and one girl’s story echoes through centuries.
Review: Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards
Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards gives voice to the women who kept believing when belief itself was an act of defiance, finding holiness in truth rather than obedience.
Review: The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
A classic about a man who disappears, but trust me, the chaos is very visible.
Review: Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen
Spanning three centuries and the vast, indifferent sea, Beasts of the Sea captures how wonder, ambition, and obsession ripple through time, reminding us that nature always writes the final chapter.
Review: The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor
A quiet, beautifully rendered story of survival, memory, and the ties that bind generations long after the Titanic sank.