No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
Like anyone interested in books and not living under a rock, I heard many great things about this book last year. And so it was with great excitement that I picked this book up from the library as it finally became available. It rose to the top of my TBR pile just as school was resuming, so this book was my constant companion as we endured the first week back after break and the “will we? won’t we?” as we endure year 3 of teaching […]
Rogue Protocol: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
Exit Strategy: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
These are the third and fourth books in The Murderbot Diaries and, like the first two, they are full of intrigue, action and snarky humor. Murderbot, a rogue SecUnit who has been purchased and freed by one of its clients, is still at large, having snuck away from client/guardian Dr. Mensah in order to try to figure out why it murdered a bunch of humans on a previous job. MB’s memory was wiped by the company that owned it, but armed with incredible tech, hacking […]
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
Back in Yon Olden Dayes of TWoP, I used to waste far too much time reading recaps, and forums, and more recaps. I have to give credit to Miss Alli for helping me discover The Amazing Race, because the truth of the matter is that I started reading her recaps before I started watching the show. And here we are nigh on twenty years later, and in that time I befriended, dated, and married my now-husband, and every year we add two destinations to our […]
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir
A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir
This book series had so much potential. The Ember quartet is a fairly typical YA fantasy at its core. Interesting world building and a focus on a few ‘chosen’ characters that have to save that world with a touch of romance and a huge splattering of violence. The book series started out a little slow to me in the first one but by half way through I was invested. By the second book I was in love! And by the third book I was…bored. The […]
My Pet Feet by Josh Funk
While I am not saying My Pet Feet is an OMG THIS IS THE BEST BOOK EVER! I am saying it was the little something I was looking for when I read it. It is a book you need to sit and enjoy. Do not rush or you will miss some of the kooky humor Josh Funk has written. I do enjoy the concept and presentation. My “not a five” is because the fact certain words do not flow easy when the letter R is […]
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
This book was recommended to me by many friends who enjoy reading diverse books. It was a great book to start the year. The main character is a woman about my own age (40, as my children will tell you with horror) who was raised by her father with only vague recollections of her mother. Her father works hard to instill in her the values of their Native culture – he teaches her the importance of praying with every movement, every moment, how to interact […]
