border – Cannonball Read 17

“You take a bunch of people who don’t seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem.” (Bingo)

Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett

September 30, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Book Bingo 2025: A book with LGBTQIA-rep CBR17 Bingo: Border (this book is all about a very drawn-out war with borders between the opposing countries constantly changing, depending on who’s currently winning) Spoiler warnings for a 22 year old book. I don’t think I can review it well without revealing some of the more essential plot points. Official plot summary: It began as a sudden strange fancy… Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair and wearing trousers […]

A Less Than Gentle Nun

The Dawn of Yangchen by F. C. Yee

The Legacy of Yangchen by F. C. Yee

September 14, 2025 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

“Well, that’s too bad,” she said. “Everyone you meet in Bin-Er is in someone else’s pocket. From the moment you appeared, I was trying to figure out whose pocket you were in. Now I finally have the answer.” A fresh slash of a grin spread across her face. “Mine,” Avatar Yangchen declared. “Now you’re in mine.” Been a long week, so once again I’m skipping over the more weighty books in my rotation in order to indulge in the Avatar-verse. The Kyoshi books were a great way […]

Have a Drink

Tequila Wars: Jose Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico by Ted Genoways

September 6, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR17 Bingo: border. The book takes place in Mexico, our border neighbor in the States, and talks at length about how shipping alcohol and federal politics impacted Mexico’s relationship with the US. This is one of those books where the writer is trying to tell one story but really wants to write another. Jose Cuervo as a person doesn’t seem that interesting. He’s from a famous family, has a fascinating story, did some incredible stuff and observed a lot more. But […]

My Travels to Tanria Come to an End

The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam by Megan Bannen

August 28, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam is the third and final book in the series that began with The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy. It was one of my most looked forward to books of the year, and while it was my least favorite of the three, it still has that Megan Bannen way of approaching a story that I love. In her Fun Author Questions with Powell’s Books Bannen talks about loving to mash genres together so that we can all have fun in […]

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