Pooja – Page 57 – Cannonball Read 17

But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— It gives a lovely light!

Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Daniel Mark Epstein (Editor)

March 15, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Starting in 1907 as a teenager, Edna St Vincent Millay began documenting her life in a series of diaries, ending in 1949. These diaries chart her early hopes and dreams, her rise to fame as one of the most prominent American contemporary poets, her farm life with her husband Eugen, and her struggles with alcohol and morphine addiction. I am not a reader of poetry – it simply doesn’t appeal to me terribly. Consequently my knowledge of all but the most well-known poets is a […]

Comfy Tropes Galore, But Not Particularly Trope-y

First Comes Baby... by Christine Rimmer

March 14, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Josie has given up on finding a partner after being unlucky in love and chooses to have a baby on her own. But when she gives birth with the help of her neighbor Miles, a connection is formed between the two, and they decide to get married to form a comfortable family unit. But of course, the marriage-of-convenience is not as convenient as it seems… I picked up this book for an obvious reason: There is a smiling baby flying through the air on the […]

I Am Somewhat Less in Awe, But Still In It

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas

March 6, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Bryce Quinlan, half-human and half-Fae, has been revealed to be Starborn, and life has changed completely with it. But everything is not smooth sailing for her and Hunt after the dangers of the last book, for they have made powerful enemies, and their unbalanced world has dangerous secrets. After how much I enjoyed the last book I am a little disappointed. But first the good. The writing remains enthralling, the world-building exciting, and some of the twists and turns made me gasp aloud – while […]

Go Ask Alice… If You Can Find Her!

Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson

March 2, 2022 by Pooja 4 Comments

One of the breakout books of the YA genre was Go Ask Alice, the purported diary of a nameless teenage drug addict and runaway. However, the story behind that book and its follow-up, Jay’s Journal, is far more convoluted and amorally exploitative than anyone would expect. I have actually read Go Ask Alice. I was interested in it because of the controversy surrounding its reality, and reading the protagonist’s wild dash through various illicit drugs made it pretty clear that it was indeed not real. The overblown writing […]

Easter Bonnet Competitions and War Crimes

Easter Bonnet Murder by Leslie Meier

March 1, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Lucy Stone, the main reporter in Tinker’s Cove, is concerned for her friend Miss Tilley when she has to move into retirement home Heritage House after an illness. But that concern only grows when an intrepid resident, Agnes, goes missing from the place. I did not realize when I requested this audiobook ARC that it was the twenty-eighth book in the series! Had I not known, I wouldn’t have guessed it, for the writing is not tired at all as you sometimes get with long […]

Obsession Is Not Love, Says Local Woman in Dystopian Setting

Anna by Sammy HK Smith

February 24, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

A woman has survived alone in the aftermath of the apocalypse for years, but when she is taken captive by a sadistic man her life undergoes a much more personal upheaval. The premise of this book is gut-wrenching. In the dystopian wasteland that the world has become after a series of wars and natural disasters, the protagonist has managed to survive on her own, but a moment’s inattention leads to her being captured by a man. This man becomes obsessed with her, keeping her as […]

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.

About Pooja