Swing by Michael Hall
Swing is a sweet story, if not a bit obvious. Michael Hall has created text and art that is simple. However, there are a couple pages do have some fun details to sniff out. There is nothing wrong with this book, but just does not a lot of umph to it. The letter O, E, V and L come together on a playground. They are different from each other: E is from that group called vowels; L is in the middle of the alphabet while […]
It’s Okay to Be a Unicorn! by Jason Tharp
While It’s Okay to Be a Unicorn! is a fun and quirky story, it has been done before. The theme of be yourself and being different is okay has saturated the market. There is nothing new to Jason Tharp’s book. However, if you are looking for a new book to flesh out your collection, have someone who likes unicorns or horses or if you like colorful, bold and frankly goofy illustrations, then you need Tharp’s book. Cornelius makes the most amazing hats. The Mayor (Mayor […]
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss
I love it when I come across fiction of the fantasy and science fiction variety that I can and want to devour ravenously. This happened in college when I discovered Octavia Butler and then read everything she’d ever written in a week and last year when a friend introduced me to N.K. Jemisin and spent several months reading two of her series. This only ever happens with fiction for me and I think I may be doing the same with Goss, albeit a bit slower […]
Prisoner of the Crown by Jeffe Kennedy
I hated this book and loved it in equal measure, and I hated it for the same reason I loved it. If you’re looking for a book that will make you feel the most perfect, soul burning rage, but in a good way, this might be it. Holy goddamn. Trigger warning for literally every kind of abuse I can think of: emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, suicide ideation, substance abuse, and so so so much of all of it in the worst way. It […]
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Note: This review contains a discussion of violent acts against a woman, which is depicted in the book. I saw this book, Maria Snyder’s Poison Study, on display at my local library under a section of their librarian’s favorite books. And I can see why someone would find this dear to them. The protagonist is a realistic heroine, Yelena has magical abilities, but in order to fight her way out of the terrible situation she is, she has to train. She isn’t just suddenly […]
The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
My husband is a big, big Witcher fan — played all the games more than once and listened to the audiobooks. When the news broke that the series was coming to Netflix, I knew I would end up watching with him. He’d been badgering me to read the books for ages and during the show, he kept pointing out where the TV series differed from the books (usually expressed as a complaint). It was funny because that’s usually MY job. So I have caved in […]
