Book: One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake Series: One Dark Throne Medium: Audiobook Date Read: Jan 8-10, 2019 Overall Rating: 4 poison viles/5 I know that I go easy on YA’s rating wise but you know what, they are so fun, you want to read them, and they keep you reading and this sequel is just that. Excellent character development, continuation of an interesting plot, and people making terrible mistakes due to lack of communication. Oh, teenagers, when will you learn? In the sequel to […]
Implied beastiality aside, a good little fairy tale/sci fi/YA romp
Book: Winter by Marissa Meyers Series: Lunar Chronicles Medium: Audiobook Read From: Jan 05-08, 2019 Overall Rating: 3.5 wolf cubs out of 5 I had started the Lunar Chronical before Christmas break and finished the last in the original series (there is a prequel called Heartless I have yet to read) on the recommendation from my husband who listened to the audiobooks (which surprised because there are some pretty hilarious lovey-dovey romance bits that apparently jive with him. We’ve been together for over a decade and I was having […]
The academic research paper of fiction
For a book that seemed to be received so positively initially, around the time of release, it seems like all I’ve read lately are reviews that are disappointed by how boring it is and confused by why it was so well-liked. You might say my expectations were pretty low. So I had to laugh as I realized I was enjoying it. A Discovery of Witches is EXCESSIVELY academic. Not just in the subject matter, which obviously is, but in the whole tone and writing approach. […]
What might happen if a fan got to live inside her favorite story.
“What the fuck is the fandom?” — Reagan, Fangirl Every time I have seen the title of this book, or the word “fandom” in any context since 2013 (the year Fangirl was published), I have thought of this line. And it somehow feels fitting for my reaction to this book to be precluded by a quote from another (better) book, because The Fandom just did almost nothing for me as a reader. This was actually the first book I picked out of my brand new […]