Date Read: April 11, 2021 Title: The Mirror and the Light Author: Hilary Mantel Genre/Topics covered: Historical fiction; British history Format: Print Audience: Adult Rating: 5 stars Things I liked: I haven’t been this sucked into a book in a really long time. Mantel made Thomas Cromwell a living, breathing person to me (for better … Continue reading Book Review – The Mirror & the Light
Date Read: April 3, 2021 Title: Wolf After My Own Heart Author: MaryJanice Davidson Genre/Topics covered: Supernatural romance; shifter romance Format: Print; library book Audience: Adult Rating: 4 stars Things I liked: Hilarious! And so fun. Lila made for a refreshingly badass main character. And I can’t get enough of the footnotes. Highly recommended to … Continue reading Book Review – Wolf After My Own Heart
Date Read: March 5, 2021 Title: Broken : In the Best Possible Way Author: Jenny Lawson Genre: Memoir/Autobiography; mental health Format: Audio; Digital audio Audience: Adults, and some older teens Rating: 4 stars Things I liked: My mind was blown with her revelation about the “why did the chicken cross the road” joke. Seriously, did … Continue reading Broken (In the Best Possible Way)
New plan: I’m going to go back over the last several months and highlight the titles I’ve enjoyed the most. Recently I’ve been reading some truly excellent books, hence my reason to come back to updating this blog. I love talking about books, and shouldn’t let my apathy get in the way of that. Anyway, … Continue reading The Toni Morrison Book Club
Well, howdy stranger. It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? And what a minute. What a goddamn horrible minute. Turns out I still don’t know what to say. There’s nothing to say that hasn’t already been said. It’s been a shitty 18 months, for thousands of different reasons. I’ve still been reading a lot. However, I … Continue reading Yeah, I’m still here. Mostly.
Date Read: October 31, 2020 Title: Devolution Author: Max Brooks Genre: Horror Audience: Adult; perhaps some teens who enjoy horror. Rating: 4 stars Things I liked: The full cast recording was AMAZING. I mean, Nathan Fillion, Jeff Daniles, Kate Mulgrew – how could a reader ask for more? World War Z continues to be one … Continue reading Devolution ALC Review
(And yes, I’ll get back to addressing my hiatus, but I have an urge to write about this other thing and I’m running with it). Here’s the deal. I rate books based on my enjoyment of them. Or at least I do theoretically. There are times when I realize the book I’m reading is not … Continue reading Reader’s Rant #6: Pesky Ratings
I’m going to take a deliberate pause from posting on here for a while (my pauses in the past were mostly due to apathy, tbh). My words about books seem worse than pointless right now, and until I develop the vocabulary to know how to be the best ally I can be I think one … Continue reading Words aren’t enough
Date Read: March 15, 2020 Title: Girl, Woman, Other Author: Bernandine Evaristo Genre: Literary Fiction Audience: Fiction Rating: 4 stars Things I liked: Oh, what prose! This is such a beautifully written book. It felt like reading poetry. Which was the point, of course. Now I’m tempted to re-read it and this time read it … Continue reading Girl, Woman, Other Book Review
Date Read: March 9, 2020 Title: Homie Author: Danez Smith Genre: Poetry Audience: Adult Rating: 5 stars Things I liked: Everything. Things I disliked: Nothing 🙂 To be honest, I’m not a big reader of poetry. Some of this is because I lack the patience to read literature that uses language that is sometimes too … Continue reading Homie Book Review
