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Sunday Stuff?
Wow. So. It’s been a couple of years, hasn’t it? The pandemic kind of destroyed my attention span – constant stress will do that to you, I suppose. Being chronically ill to begin with makes the pandemic that much more stressful. My household has successfully avoided it so far – mostly by hiding in the house with the exception of my spouse, who does actually need to leave for work, but luckily…
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Sunday Stuff
Sunday Stuff - I'm taking a break.
So as you’ve probably noticed, my holiday hiatus has….run long. There’s a number of reasons for this, but a lot of them boil down to burn out. Since I do like to share a little bit about what’s going on in my life, on Sundays, I’ll actually give a rundown.
A) I’m in a reading slump. I’ve read two books since the beginning of the year – normally I’d have read 6-8 books in this timeframe. And…
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Sunday Stuff - Reading The Rainbow
Sunday Stuff – Reading The Rainbow
Since we’re coming up on the end of the year, I’ve been thinking about what I want to do for Reading Challenges this next year. As normal, I will do my Goodreads Challenge, probably set to 150 books again, as that seems about right for my reading speed. I’m currently at 139, so I need to hurry up and read 11 more books before the end of the year!
This year I did Year of the Asian, and read a lot…
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Friday 56 - The Warrior Moon
#Friday56 - The Warrior Moon by K. Arsenault Rivera
The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda’s Voice. The rules are simple – turn to page 56 in your current read (or 56% in your e-reader) and post a few non-spoilery sentences.
This week’s quote is from The Warrior Moon, the third book in K. Arsenault Rivera’s Their Bright Ascendancy trilogy. (The first two are The Tiger’s Daughter and The Phoenix Empress.) I’ll be doing a combination review for the entire…
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I’ve gotten six books since I updated last! Forest of Shadows is a tie-in novel that goes between Frozen and Frozen 2. I haven’t yet seen Frozen 2, but I really want to! The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein is another Kiersten White novel, and I’ve loved everything else of hers that I’ve read. The Princess Who Flew With Dragons is the third book in Stephanie Burgis’s series about dragons and chocolate; I’ll be writing a combination trilogy review for those soon.
The last three are Make Your Home Among Strangers, Disaster’s Children, and Beyond the Black Door – an second-generation American story, a climate apocalypse story set in my home state, and a fantasy.
Library Loot Wednesday - six books over the last two weeks! I've gotten six books since I updated last! Forest of Shadows is a tie-in novel that goes between Frozen and Frozen 2.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is Holiday Reads. My Holiday Reads TEND to be anything I’m reading at the Holidays – similar to my issues with “Beach Reads” but I don’t think that’s what the topic is actually looking for. So. Books based around the holidays, I suppose?
Well the obvious first one is Krampus the Yule Lord. Written and illustrated by Brom, it’s a dark, fantastical tale of a small village’s brush with Krampus.
Next up I’m going to go with Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik, another wintry fairy tale.
In a similar vein to Spinning Silver, we have the trilogy that begins with The Bear and the Nightingale, a lush story based in Russian folklore. (The other two books are The Girl in the Tower and The Winter of the Witch.)
Girls Made of Snow and Glass (a feminist Snow White) is the last of the already-read books I’m putting on this list. From here we’ll be getting into books I want to read that seem holiday-themed to me!
Eight Kinky Nights is a Hanukkah-themed f/f polyamorous romance with fat, queer, disabled, autistic characters. I’ve already pre-ordered the Kindle version, and I can’t wait for the 16th so I can read it!
You know, I thought I’d be able to come up with three more holiday books, but these seven are all I can think of. So I think I’m wrapping up here!
TTT - Holiday Reads #TopTenTuesday Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's theme is Holiday Reads.
Sunday Stuff
Hi folks! I’ll be returning shortly – possibly as soon as Tuesday, with a Holiday Reads Top Ten Tuesday. My short hiatus was wonderful, but I’m itching to start writing again, and I have books piling up that need to be written about, because I haven’t stopped reading! I have two trilogies that will be getting combination reviews – K. Arsenault Rivera’s Their Bright Ascendancy adult fantasy…
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Duology Review: The Fever King / The Electric Heir
Duology Review: The Fever King / The Electric Heir
The Fever King / The Electric Heir by Victoria Lee Young Adult / Contemporary Fantasy / Dystopia? 375 pages / 496 pages Published 2019 / March 2020
First a bit of explanation, since The Electric Heir doesn’t actually come out until March! I was lucky enough to see Victoria Lee on a few panels at the Baltimore Book Festival a few weeks ago, and she is AMAZING, you guys. I walked away from the…
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Friday 56 - The Dragon With A Chocolate Heart
#Friday56 - The Dragon With A Chocolate Heart
The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda’s Voice. The rules are simple – turn to page 56 in your current read (or 56% in your e-reader) and post a few non-spoilery sentences.
This week’s quote is from The Dragon With A Chocolate Heart, a middle-grade book by Stephanie Burgis.
What was the point of being human if I couldn’t be around chocolate? I’d finally found the thing I wanted to work with for the…
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Book Review: The Guinevere Deception
Book Review: The Guinevere Deception - an Arthur retelling that focuses on Guinevere, by one of my favorite authors!
The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White Young Adult / Fantasy 340 pages Published November 2019
Kiersten White has solidified her spot on my Always-Read list. After Slayer and the And I Darken trilogy, I knew I liked her. With The Guinevere Deception she is three for three – or five for five, if you count the And I Darkentrilogy separately – and that’s enough to land her squarely on my list of…
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Two middle-grade books this week, because a third in the series just came out, and they sound so stinkin’ cute. It’s basically a strong girl-focused series with dragons. So heck yes. The first two – the two I’ve checked out – are The Dragon With A Chocolate Heart and The Girl With The Dragon Heart. The third, which I have a hold on, is The Princess Who Flew With Dragons.
Library Loot Wednesday - Two Middle Grade books about girls and dragons. Two middle-grade books this week, because a third in the series just came out, and they sound so stinkin' cute.
TTT - Worst Bookmarks
TTT - Bookmarks - with Ratings!
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is Bookmarks, but, well. I don’t -use- bookmarks. I either read a book the entire way through, or remember the page number, or just flip the book upside down on my chair or headboard. Sooooooo, inspired by X on Twitter, this week’s post is my Top Ten Bad Bookmarks. (No books were harmed in the making of this…
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Book Review: Song of the Crimson Flower
Book Review: Song of the Crimson Flower - a companion to Julie C. Dao's Rise of the Empress duology, and a lovely story. #YARC2019 #fantasy
Song of the Crimson Flower by Julie C. Dao Fantasy / Romance 272 pages Published November 2019
This is a companion book to Julie Dao’s duology, after Forest of a Thousand Lanterns and Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix. I really enjoyed the three books as a whole; the stories in each book were connected but standalones at the same time. In Forest of a Thousand Lanternswe had the rise of the evil…
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Sunday Stuff
Sunday Stuff - lots of projects and a FREE WEEKEND
FINALLY A LAID BACK WEEKEND WITH NO REAL PLANS! Oh my god, I haven’t had one of these since August. AND our houseguest – my spouse’s other partner – has gone home for the weekend, so it’s just the two of us. Houseguest is coming back tonight – they’re still looking for other housing – but I NEEDED this weekend.
Things are getting cold in my neck of the woods – I actually saw a short-lived snow…
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Book Review: Slay
Slay by Brittney Morris Young Adult 321 pages Published September 2019
So I need to begin this review by saying this book was not meant for me. It was written for black teens. Black gamer teens, specifically, but it is 100% about being black, and all the beautiful variety that entails.
I have never seen so many Black issues combined in a single book, and done so beautifully and cohesively. From…
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Friday 56 - Song of the Crimson Flower
#Friday56 - Song of the Crimson Flower #YARC2019
The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda’s Voice. The rules are simple – turn to page 56 in your current read (or 56% in your e-reader) and post a few non-spoilery sentences.
This week’s quote is from Song of the Crimson Flower, the third book in the Forest of a Thousand Lanterns trilogy by Julie C. Dao. (The second book was Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix.) These are a gorgeous pair of paragraphs, and…
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Two books this week: Chilling Effect, a space opera recommended by someone on Twitter, and the latest Axiom novel, The Forbidden Stars. (Sequel to The Wrong Stars and The Dreaming Stars.) I’m going to keep pushing The Axiom series until more people read it!
Library Loot Wednesday - just two. I got plenty from the Book Festival last weekend! Two books this week: Chilling Effect, a space opera recommended by someone on Twitter, and the latest Axiom novel, …