Goodnight Punpun, vol. 1 by Inio Asano
Bingo Row 3 – G You know that thing where you go to a book swap to get rid of books, but they don’t let you unless you actually swap and take books with you? Maybe it’s just me. Well that’s how I ended up with a volume of Inio Asano’s acclaimed Goodnight Punpun. Punpun looks like a cross between a bird and someone in a sheet dressed like a ghost. His family is also part of this bird ghost species; everyone else is a […]
In a Rush by Kate Canterbary
When I finished reading In a Jam by Kate Canterbary in July, I ordered the second book in her Friendship, RI series as quickly as I could. I was so pleased with Canterbary’s style that I knew I wanted more of it. While I four-star loved In a Rush, it paled slightly in comparison. If In a Jam was a 4.5 rounded up, In a Rush is a 4.25 rounded down. Which is not a huge difference, but so much was the same between the two books that I couldn’t help but compare them to one another and while it all still worked a treat for me, Emme […]
We Need No Wings by Ann Dávila Cardinal
cbr17bingo – Rec’d (found on a list of book suggestions for National Hispanic Heritage Month) I’m going to let the first line of the book do some heavy lifting here: “The first time Tere Sánchez levitated, she was in the garden.” Tere is a 60-year-old widow who has been grieving her husband’s death for the past year while taking a leave from her work as a professor. Understandably, the levitation freaks her out. She recalls that her family is distantly related to Saint Teresa of […]
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
CBR 17 BINGO: Border, because the murder takes place just after the train passes over the Yugo-Slavian border, resulting in there being no local police onboard. Also, the collection of guests on the train cross many borders into many different nationalities. Last year I received a beautiful Folio Society edition of Murder on the Orient Express for Christmas and have been waiting for just the right time to re-read this mystery. When I planned a train trip across the Canadian Rockies, I knew the time […]
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
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 […]
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
Bingo Row 1 – rec’d My mother-in- law recommends two types of books. There are books that I already read and enjoyed and books that I don’t care for. So when she recommended Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel, I didn’t think I’d like it, but I mostly did. It’s a slice of life in a literal sense because it covers a very specific moment of eight girls’ lives – namely their competition in the Daughters of America Cup, a teenage girl boxing championship in Reno, Nevada. […]
