Katabasis by R.F. Kuang – Review

Published: August 26, 2025 Publisher: Harper Voyager Series: N/A Genre: Fantasy, Dark Academia Pages: 541 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3 Stars Synopsis:Two graduate students must set aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul, perhaps at the cost of their own. Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one... Continue Reading →

Can’t Wait Wednesday: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we’re excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Katabasis is definitely one of my most anticipated 2025 book releases and I'm so excited to see a cover for it!... Continue Reading →

Babel by R.F. Kuang – Review

Published: August 23, 2022 Publisher: Harper Voyager Series: N/A Genre: Fantasy, Historical Pages: 560 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis:Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is... Continue Reading →

Currently Reading: 8/8/22

Babel by R.F. KuangIT'S TIME!!!! The early reviews are fantastic, so I really hope I love it as much as so many others have.  Farilane by Michael J. SullivanI decided to go ahead and pick up the audiobook version of this since I enjoy Tim Gerard Reynolds' narration of these books so much. It was... Continue Reading →

Can’t Wait Wednesday – Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of The Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we're excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. First off, I've decided to change over to the Can't Wait Wednesday weekly meme from Waiting on... Continue Reading →

Currently Reading: 9/16/19

Dark Forge by Miles Cameron This is one of the many sequels I couldn't wait to get my hands on this fall and I am finally reading it!!! This will actually be going on vacation with me this week, as it's predecessor did last fall. I'm sure this will make my flights seem shorter!  ... Continue Reading →

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang – Review

Published: May 1, 2018 Publisher: Harper Voyager Series: Untitled #1 Genre: Fantasy Pages: 544 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 Synopsis: When Rin aced the Keju, the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies, it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from... Continue Reading →

Currently Reading: 5/14/18

Furyborn by Claire Legrand I'm pretty excited to start this book - it has great reviews on Goodreads and I dig the past/future parallels that it seems to have. Hoping this will be a true gem!     The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang I can already tell this book is going to be excellent.... Continue Reading →

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