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Books about fandom, one of my many kryptonites

Eliza and her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

April 27, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Content warning: suicide (past), suicidal ideation Hmm I think I’m forever chasing books about fandom to find that mythical “character like myself” who will make me feel seen the way that others have felt seen by Spoiler Alert or Geekerella. And while I’m very glad that people are feeling seen by this book, I have to firmly shelve it under “High School, I’m Glad This Wasn’t My.” As I noted when I started reading this, I got very much more into Monstrous Sea than I did in the story of […]

One of many literature romance novels I will read this year

Love at First by Kate Clayborn

April 26, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

So this is obviously a Romeo and Juliet re-telling, except as it were the real R&J couple are Will (Romeo’s) parents. That’s not a spoiler–I don’t mean it in the “they were foes and died tragically in a murder/suicide,” because it’s more the sentiment, like the outlines of their romance. The very first review of this book perfectly captured something I also wished–that Will and Nora had actually met in the first part of the book, such that their/Will’s instant connection was based on more than a […]

A standalone, excellently plotted scifi with adult queer characters? <3 <3 <3

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

April 26, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

Strong content warnings, from the author: https://everinamaxwell.com/content-wa… Many many thanks for the dual recommendations! llamareadsbooks and CoffeeShopReader both! Might I even consider this a five star book? We’ll call it 4.5 stars for now and re-evaluate at a future point. Edited to add yeah I didn’t even get more than 250 words into this review before realizing absolutely this was a great book. This is the book you want to pick up and read when you’re wondering what to read next. You’re not committing to a series–I can 100% guarantee you that […]

A tribute to the fitting end to a wonderful book series

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

April 22, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

It’s with a bittersweet heart that I possibly inadvisably chose to finish reading this book, thus pushing out my overall bedtime much into “…now, really” hours. I both didn’t want it to end (there were supposed to be two hours left, and then I blinked and suddenly there was only 27 minutes left??) and very much wanted to see it end (see: “bedtime, inadvisable” above). The very first book in this series, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, is the very first book that […]

A must read even if it’s not your type of book (which I assumed it wouldn’t be!)

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

April 21, 2021 by wicherwill 2 Comments

This isn’t my type of book–there’s a plot, of sorts, but really the book is Jonny by way of Hunter S. Thompson, an analogy that I am forced to make because, as I noted, stream-of-consciousness/flashback-and-how-the-past-relates-to-the-future books aren’t really my jam and so I don’t know many of them. -But- For all that I never found myself fully enmeshed in this novel, I never found myself checking out either, which is more than I can say for many books that are “my” sort of reads. Whitehead […]

Intriguing premise (but which I thought was a standalone, reader beware it is not)

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

April 18, 2021 by wicherwill 3 Comments

This is definitely a 3.5 star book rounded down, and after reading an interview with the author that came out literally today I think I understand why (and am more comfortable with the rounding down). I also want to call out a total party foul–there’s no indication that this book is meant to be the first in a series, and if you’re like me and averse to spoilers there’s no way to search around for if there is a second book without potentially running into spoilers. Short […]

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