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“In any event,” Percy went on, “what I had thought were principles were merely manners, and they’re utterly insufficient for my present circumstance.”

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

July 21, 2021 by narfna 6 Comments

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 30/30 Thanks to Netgalley and Avon for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the content of my review. For some reason I thought this was a f/f historical? Like, for a very long time. I requested it on Netgalley just to see if they would give it to me, and they did! And then when I got it I realized those weren’t ladies on the cover, but dudes, and this was about a highwayman and a lord falling in love! […]

A sweet romance anthology involving middle-aged characters. #CBRBINGO – Rec’d

Sweetest in the Gale (There's Something About Marysburg, #3) by Olivia Dade

July 21, 2021 by narfna 2 Comments

Olivia Dade seems to be one of those authors who is just really consistent. I have enjoyed everything I’ve read from her, and some of it (Teach Me in particular!) I’ve outright loved. I am absolutely salivating for the release of All the Feels in October. I just have such a good feeling I’m going to love it so much. This was a fun collection of novellas that range from the silly and sweet to the more serious side of the spectrum. Because the characters […]

“They are not demons, not devils . . . Worse than that. They are people.”

The Tower of Swallows (The Witcher, #4) by Andrzej Sapkowski

July 20, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 27/30 This series is so weird. I’m fairly certain I have started a review of one of these books before with that exact same sentence. I think I meant it more positively on that one. I am up and down, up and down with these books. One I’ll be obsessed and inhale it, and the next will be a slog that doesn’t catch my attention. This one was unfortunately mostly the second thing for me, although I still liked […]

Stuart Turton is an imaginative little turd. I might be a fan for life. #CBRBINGO – Reader’s Choice

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

July 14, 2021 by narfna 2 Comments

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 28/30 This was one of the last books I read in my thirty day book binge, and I think it says something about how good it was that even though I had some book fatigue going on, I happily and quickly finished this in less than two days. It’s not a huge book, but it’s not small, either. Like Turton’s first book, this is a mystery at heart, and also like his first book, there are some complicating factors […]

I did end up reading through Vol. 4, and it’s better but I still feel kind of weird about it.

Chew, Vol. 2: International Flavor by John Layman

July 12, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 26/30 Ugh, why you gotta ruin a good thing, John and Rob?* Ugh. I don’t know what to think about this series now. I sort of have whiplash. Since I have Vols. 3-5 checked out from the library right now I’ll probably keep going, but with a warier eye now. Ugh. *The writer and artist, respectively. Who, for context, are both white. So basically there are two things ruining my enjoyment here, and I almost two-starred this, but I […]

A fake oral history of a 1970s interracial rock duo.

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

July 10, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 25/30 First of all, I *need* someone to do a fanart of Opal in her punk rock tutu and her Mohawk wig and those shoes. I keep googling but nothing yet. Fan artists, please get on this! I have no skills in this area; somebody else has to do it! First, I’m getting the large pachyderm out of the way: I thought this wasn’t as good as Daisy Jones & The Six. This is obviously not going to be […]

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