The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan Courtney Milan’s The Brothers Sinister Series nourished my spirit and fed my revolutionary & anarchist romantic energy so completely and utterly, I was left ruminating for weeks over each story and character and the historical significance of it all. I am still thinking of these characters. After the pastContinue reading “Book Review: The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan”
Book Review: Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh
Bedwyn Saga by Mary Balogh I did something I rarely do and read this series out of order. I read Slightly Married first. That book, and the series, are more subdued—stoic and British than what I anticipated, but…different. I looked up Balogh, and she’s Canadian-Welsh and a Boomer, which obviously contributes to the fascinating turnsContinue reading “Book Review: Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh”
Book Review: The Searcher by Tana French
The Searcher by Tana French Claire Messud said something once that resonated with me and still does. “If you’re reading to find friends, you’re in deep trouble. We read to find life, in all its possibilities. The relevant question isn’t ‘Is this a potential friend for me?’ but ‘Is this character alive?’” This after theContinue reading “Book Review: The Searcher by Tana French”
Book Review: The Five Things We Cannot Change by David Richo
The Five Things We Cannot Change… by David Richo One of my absolute favorite shows is Fringe. There is a scene in the episode ‘Conentrate and Ask Again’ in which Dr. Walter Bishop comes face-to-face with one of his child experimental cortexiphan subjects—now an adult—Simon Phillips. Simon has the ability to read people’s minds so-much-soContinue reading “Book Review: The Five Things We Cannot Change by David Richo”
Book Review: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Wild by Cheryl Strayed I’m going to stay with the grieving theme since it still needs a somewhat broader brushstroke than what When He Was Wicked provided; and, while it is an entertaining romance that examines grief briefly, Ms. Strayed’s book plunges the reader in it till you’re gasping for peace and begging for relief,Continue reading “Book Review: Wild by Cheryl Strayed”
Book Review: When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn (Updated)
Bridgertons Series When He Was Wicked is my favorite Bridgerton novel of the eight in the series. Skeptical on whether or not I would like it after I realized in the first couple of paragraphs that it was a guy falling for his best friend/cousin’s wife—that can get really creepy and awkward if not handledContinue reading “Book Review: When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn (Updated)”
Book Review: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine When I began devising A Mirror of Me, I wanted a character that reacted occasionally to the world around her with a rhymed poem. I did not want her to be that poetically skilled, but authentically awkward and passionate—though brilliant at most everything else, her poetry is meantContinue reading “Book Review: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine”
Hear to Slay Podcast Review
Starring Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom, this podcast is sublime and so worth the annual membership. With two seasons and 75 hour packed episodes, Dr. Gay and Dr. McMillan Cottom educate and deconstruct Black feminism down to its very core with such insightful wisdom and dark puckish wit, you’ll wonder how we ever gotContinue reading “Hear to Slay Podcast Review”
Book-TV Tie-In Review: The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell Oof. My eyes glazed over at about 75% in and I had to speed read through the rest. There’s only so much ancient battle campaigns and strategies, shield walls, brutality, piety, Destiny is all and great Alfred and Britain one can take before I get dizzy from my eyesContinue reading “Book-TV Tie-In Review: The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell”
Book Review: The Bride by Julie Garwood
The Bride by Julie Garwood I don’t think I’ve ever read Julie Garwood till this book. When I was younger, I usually stayed away from books where there was an attempt to write heavy dialect, especially Scottish, because many tries by authors—especially by white American authors—were just plain bad. It came off as inauthentic andContinue reading “Book Review: The Bride by Julie Garwood”
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