Over the first week in July, I downloaded two books. One was a JAFF from Kindle Unlimited, the other was a romance I got during a Stuff your Kindle event. Both books I closed before I barely made it out of the first chapter.Like it or not, AI book writing is here for a while. … Continue reading Life’s too short to read bad books
Yes. They're title lyrics. To a song released in 1997 under the same title as this week's book. And to say that this song was not running through my head while I read this book would be laughable. Alexandria’s newest book, Truly, Madly, Deeply came out at the end of April and I immediately bought … Continue reading Until the Sky Falls Down on Me
I remember last year when the social media went wild because of the drama of Cait Corrain her review bombing authors of color and what amounted to starting a fight with herself to get reviews and notoriety. The problem was, she was already on the fast track to being the next big thing in the … Continue reading Has the entire book publishing world gone mad?
You all know by now that I am here for a good Pride & Prejudice variation. If it mentions the novel, chances are I’m picking it up.After the queer YA version in Most Ardently, I found this one, Just as You Are. A lesbian-sapphic romance that touches on gender norms, expectations, transgender issues, homophobia and … Continue reading Mouse found another one!
Hello friends! It's June and I am glad to be back. I caught up a on a few books. Not as many as I wanted too but enough to give me a good head start. I never thought I say this to myself, but, I need to read more. Let's start off this month with … Continue reading To Boldly Go into June
When this book popped up on my Book of the Month Club, I passed by it a few times debating between Ready or Not by Cara Bastone and another book. Eventually, I chose this one thinking, well, maybe it’ll be an interesting read later on. It was supposed to end up at the bottom of … Continue reading Love shows up when you least expect it.
Yes, I'm Gen X and I'm going to use ellipsis...until...I...die. It's a thing going around, ignore me. And just like that, I have a musing. What's your grammar hack that you refuse to give up?I discovered ellipsis years ago and, just like commas, I overuse them. Oxford commas are my friend and you can't have … Continue reading And so the slump continues…
I’ve been trying to start reading more graphic novels recently. So far I’m up to three graphic novels in two months. This story, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, written and illustrated by Roz Chast, should technically mark off two of my columns for one of my reading challenges because not only is this … Continue reading An illustrated look at aging.
Have you even had a day when you look at your overflowing TBR pile? You know you should at least pick up a book to start getting this pile down. After all, it’s the perfect day to read. It’s raining, you have nothing to do. There are no plans. The chores are finished. All situations … Continue reading The Ups and Downs of Reading
It’s been a while since I’ve done a comic or graphic novel. I promised more this year and this is the first of my promise.The Wicked & The Divine is the first of those. Written by Kieron Gillen and art by Jamie McKelvie, the story revolves around twelve gods that return as young people. They … Continue reading Wicked Games
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