Thank you, Bothari43! I’m as excited to read these books as Wall-E is to destroy his newest toy. I’ve been wanting to read Polaris Rising ever since Instagram Cannonballer, Lanezabel, posted it in the Cannonball Instagram fun challenge this Spring. I’m excited to read my first Ilona Andrews, as I’ve seen how popular this writing duo is among the community! These seem like the perfect way to start CBR13. And a big Thank You! for supporting my favorite independent Mysterious Galaxy , I’ve been shopping with […]
Devastatingly beautiful. I cried, not because it was necessarily sad but due to the amount of emotion.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
V.E. (Victoria) Schwab was introduced to me by my favorite bookstore, Mysterious Galaxy and it was love at first read. By pre-ordering the The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, I was able to get a personalized book plate and used my birthday present book embosser to further claim the book. Those actions decrease the re-sale value of a book but this is one I won’t be giving up! The simplest explanation of the plot is it is a Faustian deal between Adeline LaRue and a god-like, […]
My anaylsis of Murderbot novellas 2-4
Artificial Condidtion: The Murderbot Diaries 2 by Martha Wells
Rogue Protocol: The Murderbot Diaries 3 by Martha Wells
Exit Strategy: The Murderbot Diaries 4 by Martha Wells
For self care, I started reading the second Murderbot novella the day after the election. I then proceeded to blitzkrieg my way through the other two novellas and the novel. Once I was finished I realized I couldn’t separate the books well enough to write reviews. I was going to give myself review amnesty but instead decided to re-read at least the novellas and write a review immediately after each book. On this re-read, I’ve been thinking about the function of each book. All Systems […]
Who wouldn’t want to be romanced in a magical tea shop in Paris?
Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim
One day, while scrolling through Instagram, a book post from Mysterious Galaxy caught my eye. The title instantly grabbed me, Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop. Yes, please! This was my second comfort read to help me through the US election and it definitely helped. Vanessa Yu is a fourth generation Chinese American young woman from an extraordinary family. About once per generation a Yu is born with the gift of prophecy. At the tender age of three Vanessa had her first prediction and life was forever […]
Modern romance and I’m here for it!
A Prince on Paper: Reluctant Royals by Alyssa Cole
When Cannonball Read did the book sale, this was instantly on my want list as Alyssa Cole has been praised by Cannonballers and I’ve been looking to get back into romance. A Prince on Paper did not disappoint and has me eager to read more by Cole. While the setting is present day, that isn’t why I referred to this book as ‘modern’. In a secondary storyline, a young character struggles with identity, not feeling as though they are one gender or the other, but […]
Magical Friendship: cbr12bingo – “Friendship”
Phoebe and Her Unicorn in The Magic Storm by Dana Simpson
“Phoebe and Her Unicorn” began as a web comic by Dana Simpson in 2012 and then a few years later became a syndicated comic strip in newspapers, that is still in active publication. The first five books in the series are compilations of those comics. Phoebe and Her Unicorn in The Magic Storm is the first standalone graphic novel. Phoebe is an average girl who befriends a unicorn, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils. Together they tackle the mundane, school, to adventure, like when they solve mysteries as the […]
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