Fresh off the joyful CBR Zoom in which I got to chat with other book nerds and put some faces to names, I opened my door to a package. The only thing it could be a book as part of the CBR Book Exchange. Double the Cannonball Read fun in one day! Thank you to KatSings for this book and for purchasing it from a local Houston bookshop! House of Leaves is at the top of my TBR list for 2021 and will likely be the […]
Happy Bookmas, from KatSings!
I decided to sit out this year’s Cannonball, after getting too far behind in reviews (as in, have not started, and am definitely behind my reading goal of a double Cannonball this year), but I could not miss our annual book exchange. KatSings is a hero and a champion. The Amazon Prime Fairy came to my house TWICE today, which was a double excitement, as the first installment was thrilling enough. I’ve been dying to read Elizabeth Acevedo, and now, I will be bringing this […]
KatSings has introduced me to a wonderful fantasy series
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
I’ve been in a bit of a fantasy slump lately, and I must admit I was a little worried when I got this in last year’s Cannonball Book Exchange. It was a lovely thoughtful gift – what if I didn’t like it?? Thankfully, it appears my slump may be over, because I enjoyed it immensely. Kell is an Antari – a person with powerful magic in a world where magic is not as plentiful as it once was. There are four worlds, and four Londons, […]
Fairy tale update with a Latinx spin
Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
Technically it’s a misleading to say this is an update of a fairy tale. Really, this is a reimagining of several, woven together with a Latinx flair and a contemporary openness to LGBTQIA sensibilities. If that sounds like a lot to pack into 375 pages, you aren’t wrong, but I think it’s a decent effort. Blanca & Roja tells the story of the del Cisne sisters, one of whom is destined by a family curse to become a swan. Told from four perspectives, this book […]
A beautiful, melancholy story from my Book Exchange buddy
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
I have a friend who likes to loan me sad books, and when I finish one and say “OMG that was sad!”, she’ll say, “I know, but wasn’t it SO well written?” I have a feeling that my friend and KatSings would get along well. My Book Exchange buddy got me this lovely, sprawling book, which is beautifully written and has an air of pervasiveness melancholy about it. I adored it anyway, and I appreciate that KatSings got me to read something that would not […]
Fun but ultimately unfulfilling
Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide by J.K. Rowling
As a huge Harry Potter fan, there was no way I was skipping this book, which is essentially a collection of information from Pottermore, the official website dedicated to all things Harry Potter. I’ve read other supplemental texts affiliated with the series, but this feels like the least substantial of them all. The story is a small guide to Hogwarts – how to get there, fun facts about the school and its inhabitants – presented both as general information, and then commented on by Rowling […]
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