The Girl in the Tower Katherine Arden Fantasy 384 pages December 2017 The Girl in the Tower is the second in the Winternight Trilogy, after the acclaimed debut novel, The Bear and the Nightingale. It’s always hard to talk about sequels without giving too much away about the preceding books, so forgive me if I’m … Continue reading
Book Review: Reign of the Fallen
Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh YA Fantasy 379 pages Published January 2018 One of my book-centered social networks, Litsy, does an occasional “24 in 48” where the goal is to spend 24 hours out of 48 hours reading. I’m almost never able to participate in these because my weekends are pretty busy … Continue reading
Author Diversity
I’ve been trying to read more diverse books, and I think I’ve been succeeding, but I haven’t actually been keeping track of numbers. So in the next month I’m going to be going back through all of the entries on this blog and taking note of the authors’ ethnicities, to see how diverse I have … Continue reading
Book Review: Dust Tracks on a Road
Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston Autobiography/Memoir 300 pages Originally Published 1942 (my copy published in the 90s, with a foreword by Maya Angelou.) This is my last review specifically for Black History Month, though I still have some African American books to read and review – a book about the African … Continue reading
Book Review: The Last Black Unicorn
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish Comedy/Memoir 276 pages Published December 2017 I’ve been wanting to read this book ever since I saw Haddish’s interview on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. This woman is HILARIOUS. Somehow I didn’t realize she was in the movie Girls Night until I read about it in her … Continue reading
Book Review: All The Rage
All The Rage Courtney Summers Young Adult fiction 337 pages Published 2015 Wow. I finished this book, sat back, and stared at it in silence for a while. This is an emotional wringer of a book that more people should read. It’s also full of trauma triggers, so beware. Trigger Warning. Rape and Recovery. All … Continue reading