I came home last night after a pretty yucky day to a lovely surprise from what I presume is BlackRaven’s local bookstore. She sent me a Julie Andrews novel I’ve been wanting to read forever (Mandy is one of my all-time favorite children’s books), and a book that I put on my TBR because of CBR! If You Can’t Take the Heat by Geraldine DeRuiter. Seems like a great time for that one, TBH. I’m not sure when I’ll be able to get to these, […]
“This killer was just herself turned inside out. Her fatal inversion.”
Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney
Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. This is a slow, quiet, dark book. Don’t go in expecting anything in your face. It actually took me a bit to become emotionally into, but this turned out to be worth the wait. I just had to get in the right headspace. That said, it does feel like something is lacking for me, that ineffable thing, that would make this a five star read. I’m not sure […]
“a human looking glass: the light cast by fame bounced off her, and back on to those facing her” CBRBINGO – Golden
Q: A Voyage Around the Queen by Craig Brown
Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. I’m so glad I took a chance on this one and requested the ARC. It was so much fun! It avoided literally everything that usually makes me avoid reading biographies: the tedious linear structure, the grandiloquence and navel-gazing that comes with writing about a much-lauded (or controversial) figure (and the author trying to “earn it”), and to be honest, the dull bits. Q: A Voyage Around the Queen is not […]
“‘Madam.’ He frowned at her. ‘I am a butler. Do you truly believe that I do not know how to dispatch a houseguest if required?'” CBRBINGO – Horses
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. Ugh, bad ARC reviewer. I’ve had this book finished since the end of August and I’ve been totally dragging my feet on this review for some reason. And it was a good, fun book! You should read it! T. Kingfisher basically has three types of book at this point: 1) Cozy horror, 2) Fantasy romance, and 3) Fairytale-esque dark(ish) fantasy. This book falls into the third category. It […]
This whole race of aliens forgot how to have children. CBRBINGO – Celestial
The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
This was really good! So much better—and different—than the author’s first book. If you want a fun space opera with some adventure packed in, I have a book for you. Maya Hashimoto used to be the Robin Hood of art thieves–stealing from the rich and their museums, and giving back to the alien civilizations where they were stolen from. Maya lives in a world where First Contact happened ages ago, humans still kind of ruined the planet, but also moved out to colonize the stars. […]
This book itself is also a fiasco, ironically. CBRBINGO – Fiasco
Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops by James Robert Parish
I keep forgetting to post this review. I think my brain is trying to block out my having read this book on purpose to protect from either, a) dropping dead of a rage aneurysm, or b) dropping dead from the poisonous word salad the author spews on every page. I would not have read this book or even had it on my radar but Cannonball Read’s BINGO board this year had a ‘FIASCO’ square, and when I found this book I thought it would be […]
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