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It was a fun trip!

Stranger Than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer

October 30, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Not gonna lie, I picked this up for the title first. I’m an unashamed reader of fanfiction, so when I saw the clever title, I wanted to know more. Then I read the back, and immediately knew this was for me! (Fanfiction doesn’t actually play a huge role in this, though!) This is kind of in the same realm as Geekarella. There’s a show that’s kind of geeky but has a strong cult following, and they both have conventions! There are stars that love working […]

Bingo #3 With a Banned Short Story

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

October 29, 2019 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

In a bit of bingo logistics, I decided a couple short stories might be in order to fill in as many remaining squares as I could. With that in mind I went down the list of things I’ve been meaning to read anyway and came across “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson which has quite the history of making people question its place in front of readers at all. What I didn’t know was just how short it really is – its only 3,773 words long! […]

A passionate author can make all the difference

Check, Please! Book 1 #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu

October 29, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

I had seen this floating around, but it wasn’t until I saw Ngozi Ukazu speak at the NYPL professional day at New York Comic Con this year that I really wanted to read it. I had seen the cover and thought, “Oh, hockey, not really for me,” and passed it by. But seeing Ukazu speak so passionately about her work inspired me to seek it out. (Fun fact – my public library where I work did not have it, but the high school where I […]

“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” (CBR11 Bingo)

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Rosamund Pike (narrator)

October 29, 2019 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I have absolutely no idea how to review this book. Instead, I’ll tell you the story of my relationship with it. In my sophomore year of high school we read Austen for the first time. I clearly remember our teacher (looking back he was young, with long hair) stalking around the room selling us on an author only some of us had heard of, and attempting to inspire in us the mental fortitude it takes a 15 or 16 year old to really battle with […]

This small revolution was suuper small.

A Small Revolution by Jimin Han

October 29, 2019 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

So I got this book back in April 2017, and I just got around to reading it last month. I guess there was maybe a reason for that! It seemed like it was going to be good, but I really didn’t like it that much. Conveniently though, it fulfills my #Own Voices Bingo square! Jimin Han is a Korean American author, and her main characters are all Korean American. The main character is a Korean American college student in Pennsylvania who met the love of […]

“I see poisoners—so calculating, so cold-blooded—as most like the villains of our horror stories.” (CBR11 Bingo)

The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum

October 29, 2019 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I don’t know what it says about me that I quite enjoy medical history and historic New York, but I do know that it says that The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York is right up my alley. It also wins the prize for longest title of the books I’ve read this year. Blum’s book tracks the time when a pair of forensic scientists, Charles Norris and Alexander Getler began the chemical detective work that forensic science […]

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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...
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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.

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