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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


  • Book Review: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells 

    Book Review: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells 

    The Murderbot Diaries are quickly becoming a sci-fi favourite for me. I was so enamoured with the first book, All Systems Red, that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the second, and I’m super pleased that it didn’t disappoint. In Artificial Condition, Wells delivers another chapter in Murderbot’s quest to discover what happened…

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  • April Wrap-Up: Books Read, Season of Series Update, and What I’m Loving Right Now

    April Wrap-Up: Books Read, Season of Series Update, and What I’m Loving Right Now

    I can’t believe it’s already time to wrap up April 2024. It feels like this year is flying, and the pinch to get more done feels stronger than ever as we prepare for our family to grow this fall.  In April, I entered my second trimester and with it, I finally got some of my…

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  • Book Review: Heartless Sky by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti 

    Book Review: Heartless Sky by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti 

    The Zodiac Academy is one of the wildest series I’ve ever read for a handful of reasons. It’s dramatic in an almost soap-opera style way, the characters are equal parts loveable and outrageous, it’s spicier than any book series I’ve ever read, and the world and plot are so intricate and so well developed that…

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  • Book Review: Golden Son by Pierce Brown 

    Book Review: Golden Son by Pierce Brown 

    When I picked up Red Rising for the first time a couple of months ago, it completely blew me away. It was exceptionally good sci-fi, probably better than I’ve read in a long time, and I was hooked on the premise immediately. You never know how a sequel will fare when the first book comes…

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  • Book Review: Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

    Book Review: Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

    Little Thieves was an excellent, original-feeling fairytale retelling based on the story of “The Goose Girl”. I wasn’t in any way familiar with that original tale, but I loved everything about the version that Margaret Owen crafted. In Little Thieves, the main character and mostly anti-hero Vanya is an imposter parading as a princess while…

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  • March 2024 Reading Wrap-Up: My Slow Reading Season Amidst Major Life Changes

    March 2024 Reading Wrap-Up: My Slow Reading Season Amidst Major Life Changes

    It’s been a while since I wrote a monthly reading summary. In fact, I haven’t written one since wrapping up my January reads a couple of months ago. To be honest, I simply didn’t have the capacity for reading or writing over the past couple of months, but that’s beginning to change and I couldn’t…

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