The Teller of Small Fortunes | 
Book mail is the best kind of mail! The haul from my latest ThriftBooks spree, including a free Reading Rewards book. Happy belated birthday to me and happy early holidays. 😄 I‘m looking forward to reading all of these in the next few months and will probably start with the tagged book.
pickBeing sick has been great for my reading! I‘ve finished so many books in the last week. This is a debut light fantasy novel. It‘s a found family, traveling journey story. Tao is a fortune teller, but only small fortunes. She tried to keep her magic use to a minimum. She meets a bunch of characters and they start traveling together, looking for Mash‘s missing daughter.
This book was just lovely but at the same time deals with prejudices.
When you‘re sick you just need some tea, lots of supplies and a good book.
Was traveling for work this week and of course picked something up. So trying to be cozy this weekend.
Every year at Fountain Bookstore, we all have to pick our Top Ten Books of the year (published in the current year) to share on Small Business Saturday. Here‘s mine, and you can check all of ours on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/p/DDAY1t_JYKB/?igsh=dDFoejk2OWg1Mncy
pickThis book is a warm hug and so sweet it could likely be substituted for a cup sugar in seasonal baking. I think what worked for me with this collection of misfits was it was less about how the world did them wrong as it was about how each believed themselves unworthy until they opened themselves up to friendship.
pick#VacationReading—the book I read (mostly on the plane)& the book I bought while in Key West! My husband and friends were nice enough to make the trek to both bookstores & I couldn‘t resist a signed book(& tote)! As for my November #BOTM pick, this found family fantasy made me feel nostalgic, would be great to read out loud to a younger reader & could‘ve used a map! I appreciated the thorough ending that tied up literally everything! Strong debut!
pickThis one was so good I had to buy a paperback when I forgot my BOTM copy at work on Friday! I liked all of the characters and the ending was cool, but I do think the twist of Tao‘s vision (all I can say without spoiling) went a touch dark for a cozy fantasy.
pick#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC
Pub Day was 05 November
Tao travels the country in a mule-drawn wagon and tells fortunes. She is a teller of small fortunes, larger fortunes come with consequences and so she sticks to the small ones. On her journey she makes friends with a former mercenary and a reformed thief, who are looking for a lost child, as well as an apprentice baker and her slightly magical cat.
The story is like being on a low stakes ⬇️
Another preorder arrived! If i didnt already have it on preorder it definitely would have been my BOTM pick!
Today is a really hard day. 💙
So I'm trying to find little glimmers of joy where I can. For example - my #botm box arrived today, filled with fantasy goodies!
I started using Litsy daily right after the 2016 election, because I was feeling scared and sad and needed a community. Despite how devastated I'm feeling today, I'm really glad that Litsy is here and that we all have each other! 💕📚
Filled up my #BOTM box with a bunch of fantasy books! Really looking forward to all these!
pickA fairy tale atmosphere, a quest, friendship and magic with a large helping of creativity and humor make this a rollicking good time. It would make a good read alike to House on the Cerulean Sea. Thanks to Edelweiss and the publisher for a digital copy. Due out early November.
pickA must read for fans of Legends & Lattes and The Spellshop, this cozy, inclusive fantasy follows a foreign-born fortuneteller who flees home only to find it on the open road with an aspiring baker, a reformed thief, and the father of a missing girl. Read for a heartwarming, heart-opening story, pleasantly paced like a donkey-drawn cart full of baked goods, found family, and all kinds of magic, rolling on toward adventure—and you‘re welcome aboard!
