Alchemy is the hidden art of transformation, an exclusive power wielded by crime syndicates who market it to the world’s elite in the form of sand – a drug that enhances those who take it into a mo…

Afternoon all!

Jeez, this weeks was a hard prompt! Not because I struggled to find books for it, but because I struggled to narrow it down! The amount of amazing series I’ve read over the past few years wou…

A fun sapphic Roman romantasy

A list on A Literary Escape comprised of "to be read" (TBR) books for October 2025, including ARCS and library books.

In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fiancé, Carlos, to his family’s isolated mine for refuge. But safety proves fleeting as other dangers soon…

Among the Burning Flowers is another installment in the Roots of Chaos. Still installment is only a quarter of its predecessors and suffers for it a little.

A Literary Escape's September 2025 book blog wrap-up that recaps reviews posted, books read, and other bookish tidbits done during the month.

Hello, hello! Another month gone by, another new set of books to dig into. I’ve managed to keep my October TBR on the smaller side, which is good because I had a few last minute approvals fro…

Ella is a haunting. Murdered at sixteen, her ghost is furiously trapped in her father’s house, invisible to everyone except her stepmother and stepsisters. Even when she discovers how to unte…

A roundup of book reviews and bookish discussion posts that were on the radar of A Literary Escape during the month of September 2025.

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Pic…

A list on A Literary Escape of upcoming October 2025 book releases, with a heavy slant toward the fantasy genre.

Wren is a nightmare, a deadly manifestation of the frightening dreams of humans. She is forever bound to the insidious Para Warwick, the only night creature who can cross the boundary between …

The Tempest Blades universe is full of stories, legends, mysteries, and dreams of the future: What happened during the Pilgrimage of Asherah? When did the brooding Joshua meet Kasumi’s family? What…

This is a weekly meme hosted by, Taking on a World of Words. It's where we talk about the Three W's: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you will read next? Time is accelerating! A few neighbors have put up Halloween inflatables. I think we are going to get the Halloween things out this weekend.

Leslie and I are planning two group reads in the coming months! Find more details on Leslie’s page or at the end of this post! Hello, hello and welcome back to another episode of WWW Wednesda…

Hello, hello! Autumn has well as truly arrived here in the UK. Where I live up north it hit September and the weather really shifted, gone was the warmth and late night sun, and in it’s place…

It calls itself Murderbot, but only when no one can hear. It worries about the fragile human crew who’ve grown to trust it, but only where no one can see. It tells itself that they’re o…

Hi Bookish Friends, Happy Friday!!!! Welcome back to “First Lines Fridays”!!! For those of you who are new to this, First Lines Fridays is a weekly post hosted by Wandering Words. In this post instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines. To do this simply: Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page…