Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
The first thing I noticed about Intermezzo is there are no quotation marks. So the reader is just plunged into an almost stream-of-consciousness-like trance that could work as either inner dialogue or actual dialogue. It was so bewildering to me in the beginning that I had to reread the first few … [Read more]
Rules for Ruin by Mimi Matthews
Monthly Keyword 26: Ruin Official plot summary (because I read this in February): On the outskirts of London sits a seemingly innocuous institution with a secretive aim—train young women to distract, disrupt, and discredit the patriarchy. Outraged by a powerful politician’s systematic attack on … [Read more]
Let’s talk book covers. The old adage “don’t judge a book by its cover” is ridiculous. We all judge a book by its cover, and the publishers know this and spend lots of time and energy designing book covers for just this reason. If book covers didn’t matter, why do they change covers between US and … [Read more]
Kino’s Journey: the Beautiful World by Iruka Shiimiya
The manga Kino’s Journey: the Beautiful World is by Iruka Shiimiya. It's based on the light novels by Keiichi Sigsawa. There have been two anime adaptations. This review is only for the manga, but if something from another version slips in, sorry. Kino is a professional tourist. Hermes is their … [Read more]
Stone Fruit by Lee Lai
Cannon by Lee Lai
Lee Lai’s graphic novels Stone Fruit and Cannon are both about being queer Chinese women in North America. They're about people and relationships and living lives that don't really have beginning-middle-end stories. They just have yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Repeat. Stone Fruit - Why is … [Read more]
West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
I read West With Giraffes (2021) by Lynda Rutledge because it was chosen by my book club. After reading some pretty bad books, we've made up a loose rule that you need to have read the book before nominating it for book club. Well, it didn't happen this time. The husband of one of our book clubbers … [Read more]
