The Screaming Staircase is the first book in Jonathon Stroud’s Lockwood & Co. series. It is a creepy ghost story murder mystery featuring young teen and pre-teen protagonists and it kept this many-years-past-her-teens lady up at night. There were some things about the world building that bothered me, though I can see why Stroud did what he did, however as a whole this book was highly enjoyable and I will be checking out the remaining four books in the series. This book is set in […]
Dolittle the Animal Lover
In my quest to read all the Newbery Medal winners, I decided to tackle one of the oldest books given this award and The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle. I had a hard time getting through this, and I need to be honest here, I skimmed a lot of this book. A LOT. If it weren’t for my stated goal of reading all the Newbery Medal Winners, I don’t think would have done finished the book. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle won the Newbery Medal in […]
I want to scream SHOW DON’T TELL
Into the Drowning Deep is Mira Grant’s follow up to her 2015 novella, Rolling in the Deep (we could have had it aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall). It’s fine, I guess. It’s a good follow up, and unlike Rolling in the Deep (we could have had it aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall) this one is set in the (near) future so Grant gets to play with global warming and other science fictiony things, like super advanced medical tech. The premise is exactly the same, because humans are exactly stupid enough to send out […]
if you love someone, you don’t get to choose how they love you back
I finally got around to finishing N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy. I read the first book, The Fifth Season, sometime in 2016 and was mostly waiting for the next two to be published before diving back in. They are phenomenal books, if extremely bleak. However, (and take note grimdark fans) Jemisin manages to create this bleakness without raping her female characters every other page. Bonkers, I know. Survival is paramount in the Stillness. If you cannot contribute to the survival of your people, community, or […]