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Speak Easy, Speak Love by McKelle George

This was a book I was either bound to love or hate. It’s like a new movie with a lot of big name actors. It’ll either be wonderful or absolute ridiculousness riding on the power of its stars. Speak Easy, Speak Love has a lot of elements I like – it’s set in the 1920s and it’s based on Much Ado About Nothing. That’s my favorite Shakespeare play – a great comedy and light romance with a lot of wit instead of the usual foolishness. Add the glitz and glamour of a ’20s speakeasy, and there are a lot of promises. For […]

Posted August 23, 2019 in Reviews // 0 Comments //

The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

It has been far too long since I’ve read a Discworld novel. I read Pratchett’s Dodger a couple years ago, but that one fell short for me – the humor and absurdity I love so much in Discworld was not there. I’ve been meaning to read more of this universe for the last couple years… but The Light Fantastic in particular? It’s been on my TBR since I read The Color of Magic in my senior English class. It’s been on my TBR longer than I’ve had an official, trackable TBR. So it’s about time I read it. I’d like to take a […]

Posted July 26, 2019 in Reviews // 0 Comments //

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

Although I have seen some shining reviews for The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, this book landed on my TBR because of a album by folk singer S.J. Tucker. Folk music can be really hit or miss, and I feel like those who enjoy it particularly latch on to certain artists and I love S.J. Tucker. So first of all, if you like the Fairyland series, check out her album Wonder, which is inspired by the series and created with Cathrynne M. Valente’s blessing. My particular favorite song on the album is “Ask Me Anything”. Okay! […]

Posted July 25, 2019 in Reviews // 0 Comments //

How to Tell If Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You by Matthew Inman

It’s complicated to review comic book like this because it really all comes down to someone’s sense of humor. There’s no coherent plot, because it’s just a set of humorous strips. Add to that the fact that Matthew Inman – aka The Oatmeal – is a web comic, then reading one of his books probably seems kind pointless, right? Why bother with the book when at least 75% of the content is available for free online? I’ve been following The Oatmeal for a decade and his comics have always made me smile. I’ve thought about acquiring one of his books for YEARS […]

Posted May 19, 2019 in Reviews // 2 Comments //

Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine

A handful of bloggers I really enjoy have been talking about this series since I rejoined this community, and it’s been on my TBR for a while. On one hand – um, this is about a LIBRARY and also FANTASY so HI I AM HERE SIGN ME UP. But on the other hand, I read book one of Rachel Caine’s popular Morganville Vampires series a couple years ago and it really wasn’t for me. There were two reviews that got Ink and Bone on to my TBR. The first was Cait over at Paperfury, who actually wrote a whole post about how underrated […]

Posted January 24, 2019 in Reviews // 8 Comments //

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

I wish I had this book when I was 13. My dad, totally ignorant, used to tell me that my responses were emotional because I was a girl and discount me completely. I wish I had this book when I was 18. On my 18th birthday, my boyfriend-of-the-time drove 400 miles to surprise me at college, and when I went to the hotel to spend the night with him, he expected sex. I was sick as a god that weekend and I didn’t want to, but when he explained to me all that he had sacrificed to be here for me […]

Posted January 17, 2019 in Reviews // 10 Comments //