Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert
CBR14Bingo: Hot - The spice is very high with this one, if also very bloody. I had these on my TBR for a while when they were previously self-published as the Bloodline Vampires novella series. So of course I jumped at the chance to read an ARC of the books released in one volume. This is pure … [Read more]
Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Series) by Tamsyn Muir
*Looks around sneakily* Mild spoilers for the series in the review, more pressing ones have had the whiteout treatment. Yeah, split me Tipex. Oh look, it’s a surprise book! When I first picked up Gideon the Ninth a few years back, it was advertised as being part one of a trilogy. … [Read more]
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
CBR BINGO 14: Funky: Where Steampunk meets your nightmares "The city reeked. But today was market day down in Aspic Hole, and the pungent slick of dung-smell and rot that rolled over New Crobuzon was, in these streets, for these hours, improved with paprika and fresh tomato, hot oil and fish and … [Read more]
All of This by Rebecca Woolf
Bingo square - new (I let this book jump over quite a few others in my TBR pile, messing up library due date timelines, because I was that excited to read it) (BINGO! bodies - elephant) I loved reading Rebecca Woolf's blog, Girls Gone Child, from the early years when I was also building my family … [Read more]
On Being Nice by The School of Life
Best for: I am not going to recommend this to anyone, though I could imagine that perhaps fans of Jordan Peterson might find this to be right for them? Not for any specific reason, just a feeling I have. In a nutshell: The best I can describe this is as the book form of one of those personality … [Read more]
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Why do I keep picking up books with so little research? I mean, it's not the worst thing, but I would've read this sooner had I known that it was an unstuck-in-time scenario and not a traditional romance. 70's lesbian gets trapped on the Q decades after her time and our merry band of queers has to … [Read more]
