She's the Worst by Lauren Spieller 🌺🌺🌺.5/5 April's sister Jenn is leaving for college...tomorrow. Well, she would be leaving, except she's staying home to go to community college after getting declined from Stanford. Noticing that her sister has been sad, April plans a Sister Fun Day to give Jenn the best of LA before she starts school. … Continue reading Book Review: She’s the Worst
Book Review: The Dragon Republic
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang 🌺🌺🌺/5 Rin struggles through an opium haze to come to terms with her horrific actions ending the Third Poppy War, and fights to maintain her power and her sanity. The only way she can reconcile her actions is to become a weapon—point her and aim. But who will she … Continue reading Book Review: The Dragon Republic
Mid-Month Musings: August 2019
Between starting a new job (I'm a full librarian now!), buying a house and getting altogether slumpy with The Dragon Republic, I am so far behind on my August TBR that it's not even funny. Note to future me: don't do this again. Or plan better. Communication with wife is key. Note to second-half-of August … Continue reading Mid-Month Musings: August 2019
Top 10 Tuesday: Book Characters I’d Love to be Besties With
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. I'm going to start out with that I'm an introvert … Continue reading Top 10 Tuesday: Book Characters I’d Love to be Besties With
Book Review: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 A brief overview of the rise and eventual extinction of the dinosaurs. Spoiler alert: the dinosaurs are (mostly) extinct. I was very surprised at this shocking twist ending. I thought T-Rexs lived among us. Exhibit A: What Ice Age? And yes, this is a … Continue reading Book Review: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Book Review: Grease Bats
Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Queer besties Andy and Scout navigate life, love, friendship, the tumultuous political environment and their 20s in this hilarious comics collection. I was not expecting to love this nearly as much as I did. I'm not sure why? But I'm thinking it's because I saw the cover, with the … Continue reading Book Review: Grease Bats
Book Review: House of Salt and Sorrows
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A Craig 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 The Thaumas daughters are cursed. Once twelve, they now number eight—with four sisters dying horrifically and mysteriously until they now wonder which one will be next. Annaleigh begins to suspect that her sisters were murdered...and on their island home the suspects are few. My thoughts … Continue reading Book Review: House of Salt and Sorrows
