Like a Charm by Elle McNicoll
McNicoll is a frustrating author; A Kind of Spark remains my favorite book with an autistic main character, but her follow-ups have felt progressively more ham-fisted. That isn't to say I didn't still enjoy them, just that I know she can handle things more deftly than this. In Like a Charm, we … [Read more]
Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2) by Leigh Bardugo
Just like with the first book, I feel like I need to turn around and read this again from the beginning to really get a handle on my feelings about what happened. This book is even more intense, and is basically non-stop plot for its entirety. And, once again, Bardugo doesn't write linearly, which … [Read more]
Abigail the Whale by Davide Cali
CBR15Passport book set another country: Davide Cali is a Swiss-born Italian and book was originally in French I had forgotten I had requested Abigail the Whale when I received the email saying it was on hold for me at the library. Why did I request this book? I remembered when I saw the … [Read more]
Luna and the Treasure of Tlaloc by Joe Todd-Stanton
CBR15Passport book set in and author from another country (Aztec Americas) and author grew up in England As much as I enjoy The Brownstone’s Magical Collection series, and Luna and the Treasure of Tlaloc in particular (I like the Aztec mythology addition) there is one thing that people might … [Read more]
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
This book was the best way I could think of to start my reading year. After going through a bit of a reading slump the last couple of months of 2022, I awoke on the first of January to the first of Brandon Sanderson's secret projects in my inbox, and I was so excited to get to it, I was done with … [Read more]
Hakim's Odyssey: Book 2: From Turkey to Greece by Fabien Toulme
CBR15Passport book set in and author from another country (from Syria, living in Turkey, trying to get to Greece and France)I was going to wait until I read volume three of Hakim’s Odyssey by French author Fabien Toulme (translation by Hannah Chute) before writing the review of Volume Two: From … [Read more]
