I’m Glad My Mom Died is not a book I’d typically pick up. I normally avoid anything with legitimate dysfunction. At the recommendation of my sister, I gave it a try. I’m Glad My Mom Died is an emotionally evocative memoir by Jenette McCurdy, a child actor who rose to fame as a primary cast […]
I needed to figure out a way to start reading series where I am not current or the series is finished but haven’t read them yet. So it’s a way to commit myself to read my backlist, particularly series. Of course, I chose a series to begin which I didn’t put in my graphic. […]
After finishing the last half of the series, I decided it was well-nigh time I came back for the beginning. I was excited to see how it all got started in Hope Ramsay’s Last Chance world. It was as quirky and heartwarming as I anticipated. Welcome to Last Chance opens with ‘Mary Smith’ getting on […]
I adore the steampunk genre, and several years ago I discovered Bec McMasters’ London Steampunk series. Recently, I was surprised to find there was a connected series that I had not read. Unfortunately, it only took me two chapters into the new book to realize I remembered very little about the original series, except for […]
I’m here to tell you Fourth Wing is worth the hype. I highly recommend it! Who doesn’t love dragons? There is great world-building with young adults trying for different colleges of a sort. Violet, our heroine, is the daughter of a dragon rider and a scribe. Because her physical strength is limited and she loves […]
Hunted, the sixth installment in the Iron Druid Chronicles, is another exhilarating supernatural thriller that takes readers on a non-stop, action-packed journey. I stopped reading this series mid-way through Tricked and I was happy for an excuse to jump back in. In Hunted, the story picks up immediately after the events of Trapped, where […]
I’m a huge Mira Grant fan. I’ve read almost all of her work under that pen name. I haven’t read as much as Seanan McGuire, but I’ve read some. I grabbed this one from the library before going on vacation. It is often the only time I read books, as opposed to listening to them. […]
“A quiet bookworm who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper” is an epitaph I would want for myself if I were in an RPG or Urban Fantasy novel. Who am I kidding? I’d want it regardless. As the tagline for The Diamond Eye, my interest was captured immediately and the book shot straight to the top […]
I first learned of this book on the Factually Podcast with Adam Conover. I really enjoyed that conversation and always wanted to hear more about these four cities. I kinda forgot about it until I was looking for my next audiobook and I stumbled upon this one. I’m glad I did. It was a really […]
Epic fantasy, by definition, should be epic. It typically involves a grand and sweeping narrative that spans a vast world with many characters, cultures, and conflicts. I find that they are often stories that stay with me forever. That might be good, seeing as they usually require a huge investment in time (and sometimes money, […]