The Land Where Sinners Atone by V.F. Mason
Phoenix Hale is convicted of manslaughter for the death of Zachary King's wife, and he, unsatisfied, arranges to make her life an endless torment. But it turns out Phoenix is innocent, and when she is released, the pair are forced to work together to stop a serial killer before they can strike … [Read more]
I Want to be a Wall (Vol.1) by Honami Shirono
X-Gender (Vol.1) by Asuka Miyazaki
I'm very much enjoying the wider variety of manga that's being translated now, especially the autobiographical and LGBT+ books. These two volumes are a combination of both and I enjoyed them for different reasons. I Want to be a Wall is about an asexual woman and a gay man getting married, seemingly … [Read more]
Enola Holmes: The Graphic Novels: The Case of the Missing Marquess, The Case of the Left-Handed Lady, and The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets by Serena Blasco
After her mother disappears, Enola Holmes runs away from her brothers, the famous Sherlock and Mycroft, and falls into solving mysteries in Victorian London. I have of course seen the promos for the Netflix film Enola Holmes, though I haven't actually seen it yet. I knew it was based on a series … [Read more]
Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore
Written by a contemporary of Dickens, and a favorite of mine since I was a teen. Ah, so romantic, and sometimes disarmingly funny too. So let me set it up for you. Set in Exmoor during the mid-1600s, young local wrestling champion John Ridd is Gaston, except make him responsible, kind, and with a … [Read more]
Middle School Misadventures by Jason Platt
My weekend included too much laundry, a miserably cold and rainy Saturday, not feeling well but actually reading a few easy children’s reads (in between getting seating ready on the front porch finally). Granted, most were not huge hits, but Middle School Misadventures by Jason Platt was not a … [Read more]
Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski
This is the third of the Witcher novels, and the sixth book of the series I have read now, having completed the two story collections, the digressive novel Season of Storms, and the first two of the main storyline. The throughlines of this book: Triss, Philippa, Keira and other witches are … [Read more]
