Thank you Pooja!!! I’m so so happy to have both of these books! And I’m pleased to know how much you enjoyed the Captive Prince series. I’m looking forward to swapping notes with you when you get to Dark Rise and Dark Heir.
November 2023 Leftovers
Catch and Release by Lawrence Block
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba
The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched an Empire by John Eisenberg
Ghosts of West Baltimore by David Simmons
Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti by Gene Mustain and Jerry Capeci
Hit Me by Lawrence Block
Donnie Brasco by Joseph D. Pistone
Happy Thanksgiving to all who observe! Catch and Release *** Been angling to read more LB lately so I figured I’d knock out this short story collection for my monthly HCC read. Sadly, the results were predictable: a repetition of serial killers, hit men and un-sexy sex. I just can’t sink my teeth into books featuring short stories and this one was no exception. I enjoyed visiting Matt and Mick at Grogan’s again and the last story was fun but beyond that? Who lotta eh and […]
She sees dead people. They know they’re dead and they want justice.
Shutter: A Novel by Ramona Emerson
The first chapter of Shutter is tough to read. Main character Rita Todacheene is a forensic photographer for the Albuquerque police department, and she is on assignment. A young woman named Erma Singleton has either jumped or been pushed to her death from an overpass over an interstate highway, and now Rita must photograph all the remains at the scene. Being a forensic photographer, seeing the aftermath of such violence on a daily basis and taking hundreds of detailed shots of it, would take an […]
Book Exchange! Thanks, Ashlie!
I can’t wait to start reading! Thanks so much!
Unique takes on age-old tales for a YA audience
At Midnight by Dahlia Adler
Dahlia Adler has been pumping out YA anthologies based on familiar lore for a while. At MIDNIGHT, twists on popular fairy tales, is her most recent work. It’s also the first I’ve read, though I have her Poe remix on my shelf, and the Shakespeare remix is definitely going on my wishlist. It is a fantastic homage to favorite fairy tales. Almost all of them bring something new to each tale, but here are my favorites: Adler’s Rumpelstiltskin, which turns the gold-making goblin into a […]
Swedish-Vietnamese siblings in space!
Children of the Phoenix Vol. 1: The Eye of the Storm by Oskar Kallner
I found the part novel-part graphic novel Children of the Phoenix Vol. 1: The Eye of the Storm to be a fun space adventure with typical tropes. It is due in mid-December 2023, with book two due in summer of 2024. Oskar Kallner’s story was not as detailed as I had hoped (there is a bit more “tell than show,” and has some repetition. Plus, the science information relies on the reader knowing some of it or having an idea about things already) but it was […]
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