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: The Reckoning by Kelli Stanley
Tag: I Speak Book Nerd
The Nerd’s Sunday Tarot — Loon Point
This week’s Nerd’s Sunday Tarot pairs Loon Point with The Emperor reversed, a fitting lens for a quiet story about softened control, shared care, and found family.
Nerdy Friday Fun: One-Word Title Swaps, Cat Edition
Book titles are fragile things. Change one word and everything falls apart. Or improves. This Nerdy Friday Fun experiment proves that cats belong in every genre.
Thursday Nerd Out: New Year, Same Literary Angst
January 1 is all about clean slates and new beginnings, which makes it the perfect day for literature to quietly roll its eyes. Enter one famously skeptical author with a New Year’s birthday.
Review: Just Add Happiness by Julie Hatcher
After years of being invisible, a forty-six-year-old baker blows up her old life and discovers that second chances can be as messy, sweet, and surprising as the perfect dessert.
The Nerd’s Sunday Tarot: After Life
Not all choices lead forward. Some simply give us somewhere to stand while we avoid deciding at all.
Saturday Nerd First Lines: Rings of Fate
The opening line of Rings of Fate is a great example of how voice can hook a reader immediately.
Friday Fun: If My Current Reads Were Christmas Decorations
Right now, my reading life is being guided more by mood than plot. If my current reads were holiday decorations, this is what they would look like.
What This Year Gave Me
2025 was an incredibly eventful year for my family. From watching my children grow to beginning a new chapter of my own, this season has been a reminder of how quickly time moves, and how much there is to hold close.
Tuesday Nerd Reading Update
My reviews have slowed with the holidays arriving, but my reading hasn’t.