Blood City Rollers by V.P. Anderson
I read Blood City Rollers by V.P. Anderson and illustrated by Tatiana Hill via an online reader copy. I know that I will not be reading it again when it comes out, or buying a copy as there were several spots that I was not “digging” and felt they were not as fleshed out as they could have been. It might be easy to do roller derby in a graphic novel, but it might not be the easiest subject if you are adding vampires, witches, […]
Skip by Molly Mendoza
I don’t know if you’re like me, but I can judge a book by its cover. I usually say, “Nope, not for me.” Or, “Yeah baby! Sign me up!” And while I have missed the mark on a few (a yes turned into a no), I am usually on the money with what I will like. Therefore, when I found Skip by Molly Mendoza, I figured out my interest early on. The cover (in the catalog I was looking at) looked like someone had spilled […]
Teen Killers V03 Teen Killers At Large by Lily Sparks
The Fourth Closet: Five Nights at Freddy’s (Five Nights at Freddy’s Graphic Novel #3) by Christopher Hastings.
I took a two week staycation recently where I was able to read about a dozen books. Some were short, but a few had a little kick to them. Such as Teen Killers At Large V03. The Teen Killers Club series Lily Sparks created a modern day Bonnie and Clyde, with kill switches implanted in the necks of people, hackers, billionaires, rough family dynamics, and a bunch of killers under the age of 18. This novel was probably the weakest of the three only because […]
Never Satisfied by Taylor Robin
I had not heard of the web comic Never Satisfied by Taylor Robin until I saw it in an book form I never felt the need to read. That was until I found a physical book. Robin’s book had been published in February 2023, therefore it only felt fitting that I read it a year later. This book is a traditional webcomic style of art and story. There feels to be some bumps and some missing information. Hopefully this can be filled-in by later issues […]
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
I was looking for something light after a few dense reads and this came recommended by a friend as a fun romp for the brain, or in the author’s own words, a “pop song” of a book. Scalzi had me at page 21, with this hilarious exchange. “They have vegan cheese.” “No, they don’t. They have shredded orange and white sadness that mocks cheese and everything it stands for.” And yes, I know that vegan cheese certainly exists, but as a person who unabashedly loves […]
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu. Mandanna
I’ve been wanting to read Sangu Mandanna’s The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches for months. One of the reasons I decided to join the Diverse Baseline Challenge this year was to give myself permission to read the books I already have that are not arcs. The Very Secret Society fit one of the prompts for February, a book by a BIPOC author with found family. At the Cannonball Read 16 Romance Zoom Saturday night, I tried to explain why I love romance. Afterwards, I thought of how […]
