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At Forests and Fiction, I write about books (and other things) that I love
In 2021 I began reading for pleasure again for the first time in a decade. What started as a passive hobby is now a full-fledged passion.
Reading is a wonderful release for me that opens so many worlds and possibilities. Forests and Fiction serves as a place to celebrate this passion alongside the other things that bring joy in my life as well.
LATEST POSTS
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Book Review: Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn was my first-ever Brandon Sanderson novel, and even though I’m late to the party, I can now honestly say that I get the hype. I wasn’t sure what to expect from an author who so many in the fantasy reader community revere, but I wasn’t disappointed.
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Book Review: The Song Rising by Samantha Shannon
The Bone Season series is quickly becoming an all-time favourite for me. I was completely enthralled with the first book, and each subsequent installment that I’ve read since has managed to continue increasing the stakes. In The Song Rising, Shannon keeps expanding on a lush, magical concept with a disturbing backdrop, and I found myself…
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February 2025 Reading Wrap-Up: Books Read, TBR Lists, and What I’m Loving
If January was a thousand years long, February lasted a weekend. It seems like just yesterday I sat down to wrap up everything I’d read in January, and now here I am again. While some of February felt like Groundhog Day, towards the end, we finally began to see a light at the end of…
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Book Review: Sorrow and Starlight by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with The Zodiac Academy series (though in case you don’t read any further: it’s mostly love). I love the setting of these books, the magic, the total and utter chaos and the cringe and ridiculousness of all the characters involved. I hate that each book emotionally guts…
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Book Review: Rule of the Aurora King by Nisha J. Tuli
Thus far, I have loved everything that I’ve read by Nisha J Tuli. I originally came to her through her Nightfire Quartet series, though I know many have come to love her through the Artefacts of Ouranos. I’m still catching up on that series, which includes Rule of the Aurora King.
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Book Review: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
At this point, it’s no secret that I’m a huge Murderbot Diaries fan. The whole series has been so wonderfully executed, and Exit Strategy is no exception. In this novella, we finally get to loop back to some of the original characters, and it gives Murderbot some unique growth opportunities. I’ve loved the rotating perspectives…
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