My sister recommended I Am Still Alive with a warning that the dog dies so I spent the entire book worried he was going to die which made me way more stressed than not knowing ahead of time. Or not. I am basically always stressed when an animal is a main character. But I’m not dead yet, and someone should know. Someone should know what happened. So I’m writing it down, as best I can. In pieces, because that’s the way it is in my head, all […]
Episode 1-40: Surprise! I Only Finished One Book This Week
https://killingmykindle.com/2018/10/26/episode-1-40-surprise-i-only-finished-one-book-this-week/ Wherein I review: 149. H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey & Maturin #3) by Patrick O’Brian There’s a reason these are the swashbuckling standards. I keep on sailing through, but wasn’t swift enough to knock out the last few books. And I’m still dangling on the precipice of 700 books on the Kindle. Waily, waily, waily.
I really wanted that darn centre square
I never would have read this book if it weren’t for Cannonball Bingo. Also, I never would have had to read this book if it weren’t for Cannonball Bingo. (And my damn completionist streak, like when I try to finish every sidequest in a Zelda game.) I had a different reading experience for every quarter of this book. The first quarter was spent like “eh, this isn’t really my thing, but I’ll give it to the 25% mark.” The second quarter was spent like “okay, […]
If you have a bear standing over a boy, don’t make it look like it’s hungry
Sadly, there is nothing about this book I liked. However, I know that this is going to be immensely popular with most people. There is a charm to it that I am not totally seeing but know that others will. Zanni Louise’s Archie and the Bear seems to have a good start. There is a boy who wants to be a bear. Correction, is a bear. Therefore, the theme of identifying as “other than birth” seems to be the theme. But when Archie meets an […]