Defekt by Nino Cipri 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 When "Don't Be Evil" Fails, Try "Don't Be Boring": It's worked for us since 1958. Derek is LitenVärld's most loyal employee—he lives and breathes the store. He practices customer service mantras in the mirror. He even lives in a shipping container graciously provided by the company in the back lot. … Continue reading Book Review: Defekt
Author: laurel • the suspected bibliophile
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d Gladly Throw Into the Ocean
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. You have no idea how this prompt sings to my … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d Gladly Throw Into the Ocean
Book Review: Fugitive Telemetry
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 (Hey, I don't want me, either, but I'm stuck with me.) Murderbot is on Preservation Station, and trying to find a place for itself among the annoying humans. When a dead human is found in one of the alleys, all signs point to Murderbot—until Dr Mensah steps in and … Continue reading Book Review: Fugitive Telemetry
April 2021 TBR
There are so many new releases I am dying to read in May and June, and I might have gotten a little carried away with my NetGalley requests. I was approved for ten May releases, and the same for June, and uh, it's a good thing I'm ahead right now because whew that's a lot … Continue reading April 2021 TBR
March 2021 Wrap-Up
The first half of the month was pretty slumpy, as I DNFed quite a few books (as in: most of my March TBR, which was a bummer) and then took forever to read a couple more. But then I read a bunch of contemporary romances and I was back in action! Writing-wise, I wasn't as … Continue reading March 2021 Wrap-Up
Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Places I’d Love to Live
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. Dammit, another hard week. You'd think this would be easy, … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Places I’d Love to Live
Three Mini Vorkisigan Reviews!
I'm well on my way with my Vorkisigan series reread! Instead of overwhelming you all with a looooooong review on each book in the series, I'll try to break them up in to mini reviews every three books (key word: try). This is my absolute most favoritist (totally a word) series in the entire world, … Continue reading Three Mini Vorkisigan Reviews!
Sci Fi Friday: Phenomenal F-F-Fantasy
Nope, that's not a typo. Today I'm going to highlight some f/f fantasy! In a strange twist of wtf-how-did-they-find-that, a couple weeks ago Angry Robot tweeted my blog post Sapphics in Space (and Across Time), which was a wild day because my blog went a little haywire. I had over twice as many views/visitors in … Continue reading Sci Fi Friday: Phenomenal F-F-Fantasy
Book Review: Soulstar
Soulstar by CL Polk 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Robin Thorpe's days of hiding are at an end when Grace Hensley knocks on her door, and asks for advice. Together, they free the witches trapped inside asylums, and Robin begins to work on creating a freer, just Aeland for all instead of just the elite and favored. But when … Continue reading Book Review: Soulstar
Top Ten Tuesday: Funny Book Titles
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. Hmm, this is a hard one. Humor is different for … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Funny Book Titles
The Suspected Bibliophile 