Welcome to the Week 5 CBR 14 Bingo Check-in! You can see the card and the rules on the kick-off post. This week’s mood: adapt. I’m day dreaming about how much I’d love someone to to do a big budget adaptation of Tasha Suri’s Burning Kingdoms series. I read about the Netflix v Unofficial … [Read more]
I love it when I see people reading books I love and I am also one conversational turn from enthusiastically recommending a large number of books. At the same time there are a few books that make me so mad I get an eye twitch and my voice moves into a range only canines can hear. If you think … [Read more]
Know It in the Dark by Skye Kilaen
CBR14Bingo – Shadow: A large chunk of the book is the women dealing with the potential threat of a shadowy government agency... plus other things that hide in the shadows *dun dun dun* I loved the first book in this sapphic slow-burn scifi series and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this one! … [Read more]
The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry, #1) by Guy Gavriel Kay
I was but a wee little fetus when this book was published in 1984, so I should probably give it some leeway—it was 38 years ago, times have changed, this probably seemed great back in the day, the genre hadn't evolved yet, blah blah blah—but I don't want to, and I'm not going to. This book is the … [Read more]
This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1) by Tahereh Mafi
I always try to go into books with an open mind and wanting to like them; it's not fun for me to read books I don't like. But even so, I haven't had great luck with YA fantasy in the past so I mostly stopped reading it. For some reason, as a genre it's particularly vulnerable to publishing trends … [Read more]
Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson
Thanks to NetGalley and Recorded Books for the audio ARC. It hasn't affected the content of my review. Firstly, I'm going to apologize in advance because this review might end up being the equivalent of one of those annoying YouTube comments where some genius pops in to be like "FIRST!" and … [Read more]
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
I will be honest with you here, and let you know that I barely remember this play. There were only a handful of Shakespeare's plays that I made it out of school not having read, and this was one of them. I've been meaning to read it for years but never seemed to get around to it. Honestly, I wish … [Read more]
Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
Thanks to Netgalley, St. Martin's Press, and Wednesday Books for the ARC! It hasn't affected the content of my review. I was slightly skeptical of this book going in, as I always am with YA these days, but I couldn't resist the premise. I'm really glad I gave in to my impulse on this one, because … [Read more]
