I thought I was going to write about Urban Fantasy for this post. Then I had an idea. I was going to talk about my love for sentient places. I opened up this draft post I made to remind myself […]
How To Read More Diversely
This week has been #DiverseAThon on Twitter. If you haven’t seen it, it is worth going back through some of the discussions. One thing that keeps coming up is, How Do I Find More Diverse Books To Read? When you […]
The God Who Begat a Jackal by Nega Mezlekia
Aster is the only child of feudal warlord in Ethiopia. Â Her father values her because he spent a lot of money to make all the sacrifices to the gods needed to get her. Â Even when she starts being a bit […]
It’s Monday! What are you reading?
Reviews Posted This Week I finished up a lot of books this week. I don’t have all the reviews posted yet. These are what I have so far. Citizens Creek by Lalita Tamedy – Cow Tom, born into slavery in […]
How I Read – #BookBlogWriMo
What is #BookBlogWriMo? Basically, it’s a lax version of NaNoWriMo for book bloggers. I created prompts for each day, discussing different topics around books, blogging, and books + blogging. I read anything that holds still long enough. Most […]
It’s Monday! What are you reading?
Recent Reviews Toby Streams the Universe by Maya Lassiter – What happens when a psychic starts to lose control of his abilities? Tomlinson Hill by Chris Tomlinson – The history of two families in Texas that share the same name. […]
The Heist by Daniel Silva
The Heist by Daniel Silva Thriller Gabriel Allon has one year of peace and quiet before he is slated to take over Israel’s intelligence service. He plans to spend it in Italy restoring a painting and spending time with his […]
It’s Monday! What are you reading?
Reviews Posted Recently The Unexpected Earl – Regency Romance Gutenberg’s Apprentice – Historical fiction about the invention of the printing press My Soul to Keep – What happens when you find out that your husband is actually immortal? Paradise Lot […]
Everywhere else
Australia In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Nonfiction This is the first Bill Bryson book I listened to on audio and it is my all time favorite. I learned that everything in Australia […]
September Read-a-longs
I don’t normally sign up for read-a-longs. I read what I want and YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!!!! Anyway, I saw two for September that actually interested me. Travel the World in Books runs from September 1-14. The goal […]
It’s Monday! What are you reading?
Reviews posted recently Some of My Best Friends are Black by Tanner Colby Celebrating Chick Lit with Katie Fforde and Shanna Swendson Dance of the Spirits by Catherine Aerie Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers Reading This Week Madame Tussaud: A […]
It’s Monday! What are you reading?
Reviews posted this week Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor – One of my very few ever 5 star books for the importance of the issues it presents in a fantasy story based in Africa. Does Jesus Really Love Me?: […]
Does Jesus Really Love Me by Jeff Chu
Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America by Jeff Chu My rating: 4 of 5 stars Jeff Chu comes from a family of Chinese Baptist pastors. When he came out as gay […]
It’s Monday! What are you reading?
Reviews posted this week Once Upon Stilettos and Damsel Under Stress by Shanna Swendson Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth-Century to Modern Times by Lucy Lethbridge Reading this week Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor In a […]
It’s Monday! What are you reading?
Reviews posted this week The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness My rating: 4 of 5 stars Fiction This is the last book of the All Souls Trilogy. (Some spoilers […]
It’s Monday! What are you reading?
Reviews Posted This Week Waking Up White by Debby Irving The White Queen by Philippa Gregory Reading Now The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth When Cameron Post’s parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first […]
It’s Monday! What are you reading?
Review posted this week: Enchanted, Inc by Shanna Swendson When Katie announced her intention to move from small time Texas to New York City, everyone warned her that it was a weird place. Katie was determined not to gawk at […]
It’s Monday! What are you reading?
Listening to: I actually returned my first Audible book. I couldn’t listen to it because the narration was so bad. One of the characters in a series I love suddenly sounded like it was being read by a drunk Jerry […]
It’s Monday! What are you reading?
Reviews posted this week: The Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini – When Virginia seceded from the Union and Richmond became the capitol of the Confederate States of America, not everyone in Richmond celebrated. The Van Lew family were staunch Unionists. Elizabeth […]
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell My rating: 4 of 5 stars YA Contemporary Fiction Eleanor is just starting school again. She was kicked out of her house for a year for talking back to her stepfather. She wears whatever […]
