Dome’Loki – Cannonball Read 17

I feel the title should have been Malibu Burning

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

August 14, 2025 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

Bingo: Play – Surfing is an important part of this family. My introduction to Taylor Jenkins Read was Daisy Jones and the Six. I then went on to Carrie Soto is Back and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. All listened to in audiobook format, which were amazing. Highly recommend them. It was a happy day when I found Malibu Rising in a free little library. I needed a book to take to the beach a week ago and this seemed like the perfect candidate. It was nice […]

A swing and a miss from Scalzi

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

August 12, 2025 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

Bingo: Black I’ve been a longtime Scalzi fan since a friend insisted I read Old Man’s War. However, his last trilogy, The Collapsing Empire, didn’t do it for me. Then along came The Kaiju Preservation Society, 5 star read, followed by Starter Villain, 5 star read. Scalzi was on a roll! After seeing him at an event for Starter Villain, I was so geeked for the final book in this triptych, When the Moon Hits Your Eye. Scalzi explained this at the event and here is a concise description […]

“In my place will grow a feral rose, soft red petals hiding sharp white teeth”

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab

July 16, 2025 by Dome'Loki 3 Comments

Bingo Square: B – Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil V.E. Schwab has created another enjoyable stand alone novel with Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. It’s about hunger, love, and rage. Starting in 1532 Spain and concluding in 2019 Boston, Massachusetts. Three women, across time become inextricably linked and, in Schwab’s words, this is their “toxic, lesbian vampire story”. Bury my bones in the midnight soil, plant them shallow and water them deep, and in my place will grow a feral rose, soft red […]

“I’m a treacherous, power-hungry bitch, and honestly? It feels amazing.”

Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan

April 13, 2025 by Dome'Loki 4 Comments

Our family has an annual Winter Solstice family book exchange. A mere week before the solstice I read a write up of Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan and added it to my wish list of books. I’m glad I did because this book was so much fun I read it twice back to back. Not only was it enjoyable to read the story again, this time I recognized all the clues that led up to the surprise at the end, giving the book a […]

I devoured this whole trilogy twice in 12 nonconsecutive days

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

March 5, 2025 by Dome'Loki 2 Comments

I received Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries in our family Winter Solstice book exchange but didn’t start it until the end of January. It was so engaging I blitzed through it in two days. Having enjoyed it so much it was immediately re-read. The re-read took only two days as well. This same pattern was repeated when reading Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands and Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales. Fortunately, I discovered this series at the perfect time. Books one and two were already […]

Enemies to lovers at a performing arts summer camp

Into the Woods by Jenny Holiday

January 26, 2025 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Why: Learning that I adore Jenny Holiday’s Christmas in Eldovia trilogy, Emmalita recommended that I should read Into the Woods and I’m glad I did! What: Into the Woods is a contemporary romance. Wild Arts summer camp is in last minute need of two artists in residence for the July and August sessions. Through acquaintances Gretchen Miller and Teddy Knight end up filling in for the dance and instrumental music programs respectively. After an initial round of wrong impressions and then bonding through camp experiences, Gretchen and Teddy […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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