That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E. K. Johnston Fiction/Alternate History 327 pages Published 2017 Representation, bitches! This book features a bisexual, intersex young woman. (I say woman, because she is female-presenting and uses female pronouns.) It also features a not-quite-love-triangle that turns into something more like polyamory. (Sorry, that’s a bit of a spoiler, but … Continue reading
Book Review: Next Year, For Sure
Next Year, For Sure Zoey Leigh Peterson Fiction 241 pages Published 2017 (WARNING: SPOILERS AT THE END OF THE REVIEW) I’ve been procrastinating on this review because I’m not 100% sure how I feel about this book. I liked it – but I didn’t. It was not at ALL my normal style of book, but … Continue reading
Book Review: Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom
Six of Crows (479 pages) Crooked Kingdom (561 pages) by Leigh Bardugo Fantasy Published 2015/2016 Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom are a duology set in Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse. Grisha being the magic users in her world. I haven’t read the rest of the Grishaverse (Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, and Ruin and Rising) … Continue reading
A Lovely Book Haul on a Lovely Halloween!
Our roommates came home with four of Barnes & Noble’s gorgeous limited edition hardcovers recently, which of course sent me to their website to find out what else they have. We already owned two – Arabian Nights and the complete works of H.P. Lovecraft. Yesterday, my order of four more arrived! I love how beautiful … Continue reading
Book Review: The Journal of Best Practices
The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband by David Finch Memoir 222 pages Published 2012 Well. I’m still not 100% back to health, but I’m well enough to get absorbed in a book again! This book was especially interesting to me because … Continue reading
I’m on the Mend!
I am finally on the mend. It’s a long slog back to what passes for healthy for me, though. Staying awake long enough to read anything has been a challenge, and books are coming due at the library before I’ve even been able to start them. I’m particularly sad about Naomi Klein’s No Is Not … Continue reading