How (Not) To Be Strong by Alex Scott
Best for: Football fans. Football players. Fans of awesome women. Fans of Alex Scott. In a nutshell: Former professional football (soccer to US folks) player and current broadcaster Alex Scott opens up about her life. Worth quoting: “There was this underlying current that, somehow, playing … [Read more]
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Having really enjoyed Moreno-Garcia's novel, Mexican Gothic, I ordered Velvet Was the Night excitedly, hopeful for another arresting story that was gripping from the start. Unfortunately, that was not what I got from this book. It took me much longer to get into it, and I may have set … [Read more]
A Lady For a Duke by Alexis Hall
"I cannot meet him as a stranger. But he has never known me as myself." I loved this so much I wish I could just drop everything I'm doing right now, including writing this review, and read it again. I honestly haven't stopped thinking about it since July, and it is now November. I would need … [Read more]
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
This book is The House in the Cerulean Sea except with a het witch instead of a gay orphanage accountant(?). The beats are very similar, from what I remember, but it doesn't make it any less enjoyable. The adorquirkably named Mika Moon is our protagonist, a half(?)-Indian witch who lost her … [Read more]
Nona the Ninth by Tamysn Muir
Proper review, a month or so after finishing the book: What it’s only been five weeks since this book came out??? As a sidebar, someone once sent me this scrolling diagram thing to demonstrate why time seems to fly by as you get older and ever since I’ve been terrified of this happening. Why would … [Read more]
Gideon the Ninth by Tamysn Muir
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Re-read, September 2022, in advance of Nona Wow. What a change 17 months makes? (edited to note: I originally felt like Gideon was 3.5 stars, too confusing by half, not the best thing I'd read but I was interested to read more) I originally read this in a bit of a weird space. I had made some … [Read more]
