For those of you who only know me through Cannonball Reads (as opposed to my blog, or Twitter or Tumblr or wherever), you may not know that the Sister Who Lives In My House* and her husband recently had a baby. An adorable, Auntie-melting, bundle of joy. Who also cries a lot and decided not to eat all that much for his first weeks on earth, thereby scaring the crap out of his first time, already anxious and definitely not prepared for this, no matter […]
“We were always stronger, and we were told that meant we were better.”
So, if you’re a YA reader, you’ve probably come across some of Sarah Rees Brennan’s stuff before – The Demon’s Lexicon, The Lyburn Legacy, The Bane Chronicles. I have only read book one of The Demon’s Lexicon series, and – to be honest – I forgot that I had read it until I went on Goodreads to post this book’s review and mark everything of hers as TBR. In my review of that book I mentioned that the author had created interesting characters, even if […]
Grouchy Miscreant Forgiven for Being Australian
This is the fourth book by the author and like all humorists/memoir writers, he has a tendency to revisit certain themes as building blocks for his stories. American activities are weird to Australians and ripe for mocking. Australians are weird and ripe for mocking. Horrible tales of child neglect can be hilarious if told the right way. I like to keep light, amusing books like these on-hand for when slogging through a novel that has heavier themes. Sometimes I just want the literary equivalent of […]
B I G POPPA (I mean Notorious RBG)
I’ve already recommended this book to 2 people, and that was when I was only halfway done. I read this book at lunch at work, and everyone who asked what I was reading got a recommendation. I also cried a few times. RBG made me feel a little inadequate in my life choices, but that doesn’t make me like her less! RBG is an exceptional woman. After all, she’s the lady who answered “9” when she was asked how many women Supreme Court justices would […]