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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.


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  • Reflections on one year of book blogging

    Reflections on one year of book blogging

    2023 is now finished and wow, what a year it was. I’ve had ups and downs, new jobs, new friends, international and local travel, anniversary celebrations, milestone birthdays, time spent with family, time spent grieving, and so much more, but easily one of the most consistent highlights for me has been diving head-first into this…

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  • Best Books Read in 2023

    Best Books Read in 2023

    2023 was a record-breaker for me. I read a full 100 books and so many of them were amazing. While I read more new releases this year than I have in years past, I’m still making my way through a TBR list that’s several years long, so not every book I read was released in…

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  • Book Review: A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark

    Book Review: A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark

    A Master of Djinn was a whirlwind of a surprise. I typically love fantasy novels with settings similar to this one so I knew I’d enjoy this book, but I didn’t expect the steampunk, murder mystery, detective-style approach to be so fun! At any given time, a lot was happening, but the world-building was so…

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  • Book Review: Gold by Raven Kennedy

    Book Review: Gold by Raven Kennedy

    Gold was one of my most anticipated releases of 2023, so I picked it up the second that it was released. It was a beast, coming in at well over 600 pages, and it accomplished a lot in terms of moving the story forward. I probably should have guessed that the book would be mostly…

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  • Book Review: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

    Book Review: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

    As you’ll know if you’ve been here awhile, I rarely read historical fiction, but I needed a book for a very long drive and this one was readily available at my library. I’m so glad that I picked it up because I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

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  • Book Review: A Soul of Blood and Ash by Jennifer Armentrout

    Book Review: A Soul of Blood and Ash by Jennifer Armentrout

    The Blood and Ash series is one of the first fantasy series that I got into when I first came back to reading a couple of years ago, but over time, I’ve struggled to stay as into the books as I initially was. I remember being so gripped by the first book that I immediately…

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