Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout
To be honest, I have a lot of books that get misplaced. I put them in safe places and well, they are so safe even I can’t find them. But there is always a way to find them. And with Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout that way was the library and interlibrary loan. A powerful and beautifully done story of family and the horrors of war unfolds across the pages. As it is told via a blackbird, things at times become almost […]
Ricky Ricotta V01 Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot by Dav Pilkey and Dan Santat
I need two ratings for the book, Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot. One rating for me and one for the readers it is aimed at. My rating is a 2 as I did not care for things. There was nothing that was “exciting” to me personally. The illustrations were the bright spot as they are bold and well colored, but not overly detailed so they do not distract from the story but support it. However, if I was recommending to younger readers (as young as five […]
Beauty by Hubert
Beauty by Hubert is the ultimate comment of society. Women, beauty, power and more all come to a head in bloody battles, violent and several sexual situations such as rape, borderline incest, and more horrific things than the last. This is not a Happily Ever After Fairy Tale, this is the bloody reality of pain, hunger, obsessions, lust, greed and cruelty. When Beauty wins a wish from a fairy she helps escape from being trapped in the form of a toad, she sets off events […]
Accomplice to the Villain: A Novel by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Accomplice to the Villain is the third installment in Hannah Nicole Maehrer’s Villain Romance/Fantasy series. Since Accomplice just came out in August, I’m probably going to have to wait a while for Adversary to the Villain, which is the projected title for the fourth and final book in the series. Part of me is annoyed at having to wait and part of me looks forward to re-reading everything when the final novel is released. As with the previous books, Maehrer delivers thrilling adventure, bloody action, […]
Poetry Comics by Grant Snider
The only reason Poetry Comics is a four and not a five rating is there were two things I was not loving. The first is that sometimes a poem felt finished but kept on going and the second was that I was not sure why some of the poems were in that particular season. Such as many in the season of winter did not match with my idea of winter. However, Grant Snider’s works are fun stories done in clever poetry. They made cute illustrations […]
Queen Demon by Martha Wells
When I read and reviewed Witch King in 2023, I was hoping there would be more books in Kaiisteron’s story. I got my wish, but I flailed around for a while before I was able to sink into it. First, I realized that I needed to reread Witch King. Next, I needed to recalibrate. In a lot of fantasy series, there’s a person or entity that is the ultimate antagonist. In The Rising World series, I think the antagonist is a kind of power. I […]
