Famous Last Words by Katie Alender
“No matter how many times I vowed to quit, every night I found myself with the candle lit, the ring on my finger, trying to get through to my dad. Because I needed to find him. I needed to tell him I was sorry I killed him.” Willa and her mother are following her new Hollywood hotshot stepfather out to LA. They both hope it will be a chance for them to start over. To put to rest the notion that Willa will somehow be […]
Dissolution by C.J. Sansom
It’s my last year of high school. I am studying for my finals, sweating in an unnatural pre-summer heat, having no time to enjoy my last few years of childhood. My results in those finals will determine my future. One of those finals is in History. A thick tome of my country’s history starting around 1400 will need to be memorised. Each comma, each period, each quotation mark. Each fact, date and important historical figure. No room for improvisation in the History finals! Like little […]
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
I was intimidated by this book, which feels like a strange thing to say about a book that measures no more than 7 inches tall and less than 200 pages. But I was. A book that inspires so many positive, nay gushing, reviews that also seems to leave the reviewer at a loss for how to describe the book (see please reviews by Aquillia, andtheIToldYouSos, carriejay, and emmalita as a place to start) had me putting it on and taking it off my to read […]
The Cardboard Kingdom V02 Roar of the Beast by Chad Sell
cbr13bingo Gateway (This (so far two book) graphic novel series is one that I am not a huge fan of, but I know they are good for today’s readers. They introduce modern subjects (GLBTQ related) but also the classics like bullies and friendship issues. I recommend this to both starting in the genre of graphic novel and one if you’ve been into GNs for a bit). The Cardboard Kingdom V02 Roar of the Beast is: a graphic novel. It is a colorful graphic novel at […]
Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red by Martha Wells
cbr13bingo Rec’d (by y’all) What can I say about Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red that has not already been said? I have nothing new to add to the conversation about Martha Wells series. Only (for those who have not read) this first novella deals with the idea of what is human and what is robot. It asks can a robot be “human” or at least human-like? Can one make that choice themselves or must someone or something validate them, make them “legitimate”? I told a […]
