Cinder by Marissa Meyer Even though I read this book in October, I forgot to include it in that month’s wrap-up. So, reviewing it now. Cinder is the story of Cinderella but one who is half cyborg and works as a mechanic. All the elements you’d expect from such a story are there, i.e., an evil stepmom,…
Category: Book Reviews
Reading Anniversaries & First-in-a-Series — July Edition
2017 Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson This was my first encounter with Kamala Khan and boy did I love what I read! What made her an authentic character were her lifelike issues, including those of being a teenager, a superhero coming into her powers, of trying to find her place…
August 2018 — A Wrap-Up
Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas This series is light, entertaining, and satisfies all my once-in-a-blue-moon romance cravings. I know the setting and the characters are familiar. While they may be cut out from the same stencil: the guys are manly and stubborn and the ladies are quirky and non-traditional. These books are still fun…
July 2018 — A Wrap Up
Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs “Silver” I finally learned how Samuel and Bran became werewolves. The story is dark and violent but that seems fitting. “Roses in Winter” Asil, an aging werewolf in the Marrok’s pack is more man than beast. An innocent girl, Kara, begins to change all that….
I Review Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
I started reading this book at a weird time in my life. A loss that I’m still grieving and new changes make for bad companions. Those reasons could be why I enjoyed reading this book much more than I should have. You’ll see what I mean when I share the two contrasting views that I…
June 2018 — A Wrap Up
Shaman Rises by C. E. Murphy Read my series review here. Meanwhile here are two of my fave quotes from the last book: Don’t you just love it when a favorite author of yours quotes/alludes to the work of another favorite author? I saw Morrison’s face twitch like he couldn’t believe I was baiting…
May 2018 — A Wrap Up
Vamps and the City by Kerrelyn Sparks A pleasant surprise! I was expecting the lead couple would jump into bed immediately but I liked how the author took time to let the relationship develop. I also appreciated how they were willing to sacrifice their vamp/human nature for each other but decided on a compromise. I will definitely…
April 2018 — A Wrap Up
Out for Blood by Kristen Painter This series has many flaws but since I have read the first few books I am going to see it through. While it is true that I have been spacing them out, so I could have missed it but I kept searching for a bigger picture or an overarching…
March 2018 — A Wrap Up
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry Creates a feeling of dread very nicely but doesn’t follow through. The protag is made to look so smart in so many ways and yet her stupidity gets an old woman killed! Barely anything happens in the book and it feels like a go-between for the first and third books…
Reading Anniversaries: First in a Series & Singles – March Edition
2017 The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman Find my review here Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Review here Coraline by Neil Gaiman My review Dune by Frank Herbert First, Second, Third, and Fourth parts. All Flesh Is Grass by Clifford D. Simak The review 2016 The Chameleon’s Shadow by Minette Walters I love reading books by this author because they portray human interaction…
Reading Anniversaries: First in a Series & Singles–February Edition
2015 Magno Girl by Joe Canzano An old review: What I Thought: the book was about a female superhero…but the book was not from the superhero’s POV but the guy dating her! some of the jokes and situations were too funny and silly — I loved them! — but the jokes did get tiring at the end…
Reading Anniversaries: First in a Series & Singles–January Edition
2012 The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross I don’t much remember what went on in this book, except there being a plot to replace the Queen with an automaton clone. Must have made an impression on me because I rated it 4 stars on GR. Oh, and the covers in the series…
