The Book of Longings
By: Sue Monk Kidd
Possibly controversial opinion: marrying Jesus is a snooze and was a big obstacle in my enjoyment of this book.
Marriage to Jesus is A Bit of A Snooze
Tag: strong female characters
Puddin’ Left Me Torn
Puddin’
By: Julie Murphy
I have been sitting on a Puddin’ review for a month (which I have never waited so long on anything involving actual pudding ever) and despite multiple tries I’ve never felt like it was right.
And I don’t know why because there is a lot to say about this sequel to Dumplin. It wasn’t like finishing a book and thinking yeah, that happened but I have nothing to say about it. I had feelings about Puddin’.
Sticking the Landing with Holy Sister
Holy Sister
By: Mark Lawrence
“Remember mercy. Mercy for others in victory. Mercy for yourself too. You deserve happiness child. Never forget it.”
Magic Libraries & Living Books: Sorcery of Thorns
Sorcery of Thorns
By: Margaret Rogerson
Elizabeth has grown up as a child of the library. A world filled with librarians and living books. The books sing, the cry, they live, they feel pain and are various degrees of dangerous.
She’s happier there than anywhere. She dreams of being Warden one day and as such one rule she must live by- stay away from magic.
Stranger Things: Thoughts & Questions on Season 3 (Spoilers!)
So I watched the 3rd season of Stranger Things in record amount of time (for me.) I think 3 goes down as my favorite season. I had some issues with it but for the most part I can say I love these characters, love spending time with them and am already excited for season 4.
My standouts and a very important Hopper question below as well as…
Spoilers!
Space is too Big & Cool for Earth Style Bullshit…
Honor Bound
By: Ann Aguirre and Rachel Caine
So after the first book Honor Among Thieves once the MC Zara bonds with the Leviathan ship I couldn’t help think there were certain elements that where described as near sexual. Not to mention Zara’s growing attraction to her ship mate Bea.
And yeah, she starts thinking threesome with the ship here. Which naturally made the super mature me go, “I knew it!”
But also where would alien space ship fall under sexuality? I suppose that’s definitely in the old “other” category on the old book chart I’m keeping this year.
No Sophomore Slump Here: On the Come Up
On the Come Up
By: Angie Thomas
Grade: A
On the Come Up about an aspiring rapper named Bri- her start, her friends and her family- is Angie Thomas’ follow-up to the enormously successful The Hate U Give. I read that book thought it was fantastic and deserved all the hype so I was very much interested in seeing if Thomas could pull it off again.
And she very much does.
The Mermaid is Beside the Point
The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock
By: Imogen Hermes Gowar
Grade: A-
It seemed like there were a million books about the sea or some creature in it this summer but I knew I wanted to read this one ages ago. It’s an adult novel about a merchant in 1700’s London whose Captain sells his ship for a mermaid corpse. (He takes it a hell of a lot better than most people would by the way.) And how his life intersects with a courtesan trying to manage a better position for herself.
Mermaids and courtesans seemed like a great combination.
Atomic Blonde
Atomic Blonde
Directed by: David Leitch
Grade: C+
Charlize Theron is taking this action heroine stuff super seriously. She plays an MI6 agent sent to Berlin right before the Wall comes down in order to find a missing dossier full of super secret confidential information that will expose all the spies in the field and put their lives in danger.
I feel like that was a James Bond thing once. Why does this stuff keep getting written down in one place?
Daughter of the Pirate King
Daughter of the Pirate King
By: Tricia Levenseller
Grade: B+
Alosa is the badass (she’ll totally tell you that) daughter of the pirate King who allows herself to be captured by an enemy ship in order to pull of a heist for her father. A Lady Jack Sparrow according to the cover blurb save for the fact I definitely don’t think we were supposed to find Jack Sparrow to be the greatest thing going.
Spoilers below for this one. Though I got to say the title of the sequel spoiled it for me so be careful looking that up!
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