Seven Days in June by Tia Williams From Goodreads Brooklynite Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer, who is feeling pressed from all sides. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning literary author who, to everyone's surprise, shows up in New York. When Shane and Eva meet unexpectedly at a literary event, … Continue reading Mini Review: Seven Days in June
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Mini review: Last Call
Last Call by Elon Green From Goodreads The Last Call Killer preyed upon gay men in New York in the ‘80s and ‘90s and had all the hallmarks of the most notorious serial killers. Yet because of the sexuality of his victims, the skyhigh murder rates, and the AIDS epidemic, his murders have been almost … Continue reading Mini review: Last Call
A needlessly long review of a 3 star book: Honey Girl
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers From Goodreads With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn’t know…until she does exactly that. This one … Continue reading A needlessly long review of a 3 star book: Honey Girl
Dual reviews: The Gallery of Unfinished Girls and Wink, Poppy, Midnight
Hello, friends! Today I'm doing a bit of a different review for me: I'm going to try to review both these books at the same time. I had almost identical thoughts on both The Gallery of Unfinished Girls and Wink, Poppy, Midnight, so I thought, rather than having near identical reviews, I would just review … Continue reading Dual reviews: The Gallery of Unfinished Girls and Wink, Poppy, Midnight
Second third reviews
Hello, friends and book lovers! Happy Friday! I can't believe it's September, and we only have four months of 2021 left. Every four months, I like to do mini reviews of all the books I've read in the recent months. I've reviewed a couple books over the past few months, and have a couple more … Continue reading Second third reviews
Reviews of my recent favourites
Hello everyone, happy Friday! Today, I'm doing some reviews of my recent favourite books. I've been in a bit of a reading slump the past few weeks, and read only three books in July, my worst month of the year. I've also been having bad luck with the books, and have been giving out a … Continue reading Reviews of my recent favourites
Book review: Haben
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma From Goodreads Born with deaf-blindness, Girma grew up with enough vision to know when someone was in front of her and enough hearing to know when someone close to her was talking. However, she had difficulty reading facial features or distinguishing people in group … Continue reading Book review: Haben
Book review: Love Lives Here
Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family by Amanda Jetté Knox From Goodreads All Amanda Jetté Knox ever wanted was to enjoy a stable life. She never knew her biological father, and while her mother and stepfather were loving parents, the situation was sometimes chaotic. While still a teenager, she met the … Continue reading Book review: Love Lives Here
Mini review: The Future of Another Timeline
The Future of Another Timeline by Analee Newitz From Goodreads 1992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body. This murder sets Beth and her friends on a path of escalating … Continue reading Mini review: The Future of Another Timeline
First third reviews: fiction
Hi friends, I hope all is well! Today is the second half of my first third reviews! Last year, I forced myself to write mini reviews for all the books I read, and posted those reviews periodically. I really liked it and being able to talk about all the books, so I'm doing it again … Continue reading First third reviews: fiction
First third reviews: nonfiction
Hi gals and pals, I hope all is well! Last year, I wrote mini reviews for all the books I read to push myself to review all the books I read. I then posted those reviews every four months in a bit of a wrap-up. So that's what we're doing today! The first couple months … Continue reading First third reviews: nonfiction
Book review: The Mars Room
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner From Goodreads It’s 2003 and Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility, deep in California’s Central Valley. Outside is the world from which she has been severed: the San Francisco of her youth and her young son, Jackson. Inside is … Continue reading Book review: The Mars Room