The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Linus Baker is a solitary man, dedicated to his job. He does his job as a social worker for magical children, writes meticulous reports, and nothing more. So what if his life is a little empty? He has a cat, a house, and a steady … Continue reading Book Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Make Me Smile
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 feel like you're going to see some repeats! So … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Make Me Smile
Book Review: Network Effect
Network Effect by Martha Wells 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 The plot, basically: MURDERBOT AND ART TEAM UP TOGETHER BUT NOT REALLY BECAUSE ART IS AN ASSHOLE AND IT'S AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG The plot, slightly more professionally: Murderbot is sorta kinda figuring it out. It's now a contractor with Dr. Mensah's team, but during a routine(ish) expedition where it foiled an attempted … Continue reading Book Review: Network Effect
Book Review: The Interdependency Trilogy
This week seems to be a week filled of empire (wait until Friday), where the books I read and loved in March get highlighted at the end of April. I am so behind with my reviews it isn't even funny, but I'm giving myself space to breathe and create without censure or reproach. I purchased … Continue reading Book Review: The Interdependency Trilogy
Book Review: The Empire of Dreams
The Empire of Dreams by Rae Carson 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Trigger Warning: Assault, Child Abuse, PTSD, racism Red Sparkle Stone is an orphan, a prior slave and a foundling, and is about to be adopted into the royal family. When her adoption is canceled at the very last minute, Red is thrown into a mix of feelings—of … Continue reading Book Review: The Empire of Dreams
March 2020 Wrap-Up
I think we're all on the same page here that 2020 is just...horrible. Right? So let's just leave it at that. I did a lot of stress reading but had no desire to do any of my reviews...which left me at a backlog of 16 reviews I needed to write at one point and two … Continue reading March 2020 Wrap-Up
Double Book Review: Witchmark and Stormsong
This duology (hopefully a trilogy or series!!) swept me out of the room and into the Edwardian-inspired fantasy world of Aeland, filled with a secret society of mages, persecuted witches, and a long-standing world war with Laneer. And queer rep in spades! Witchmark by CL Polk 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Miles Singer has a secret. The mild-mannered psychologist … Continue reading Double Book Review: Witchmark and Stormsong
Book Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 January is a misfit in her own world. As a woman of color in White upper-class New England society, she's a curiosity, an oddity, meant to be admired for her uniqueness and then forgotten. Until she finds a book. A book about doors, and … Continue reading Book Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January
My Top 20 Books of 2019
2019 has been a year. I read 200 books (woohoo I met my goal!), and I met most of my other goals. My main goal was to read more diversely, and I found many of my top favorites of 2019! ✅ Read 60 Books With a Main Character of Color (I read over 80) ✅ … Continue reading My Top 20 Books of 2019
My Favorite Queer SFF of 2019!
2019 has been a fantastic year for queer science fiction and fantasy, especially for queer women! And to celebrate, I'm going to highlight my favorite queer SFF 2019 releases—oh who am I kidding? All of them were excellent (even the ones I rated three stars)! Lots of time traveling, a plethora of nuns in space, … Continue reading My Favorite Queer SFF of 2019!
