The Drowning Pool is a place where many women have lost their lives, whether that be through suicide, accident, or through being too troublesome for the men around them. Nel Abbott has been fascinated with the Drowning Pool for most of her life, which has now ended in the same place. But her sister, come to take care of the daughter that Nel has left behind, doesn’t believe that Nel would have jumped. And so starts our mystery, delving into the secrets and lies of […]
“Life is a series of unlikely events…”
I love Judy Blume. I love her with the same passion I love Paula Danziger and Cynthia Voigt. Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret? and Blubber remain two of my all time favorite books, and I love gifting Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing to young readers. For Pete’s sake, I had a crush on Peter, Fudge’s big brother, when I was about eight. He was my first book boyfriend. But…I didn’t love this book. In the winter of 1952, the small town of […]
“Love is worth everything. Everything.”
I had honestly forgotten that I read this until I saw the preview for the movie version ahead of a showing of Beauty and the Beast a few weeks ago. And my gut reaction to the trailer was more of a “huh, that seems familiar” and less of a “hey, I read that!”, so maybe that tells you everything you need to know about this YA novel. Note: spoilers ahead. Madeline Whittier is a real life bubble girl. She cannot leave the house, and only […]
The Golden Compass and joys of explaining “original sin”
This is probably my fourth reading of The Golden Compass and this time I read it aloud to my nine year old daughter over the course of several months at bedtime. She’s already read The Chronicles of Narnia, started the Prydain Chronicles, and is three volumes into Harry Potter so now seemed like a good time to introduce her to the His Dark Materials trilogy. I love introducing books to my daughter and watching her devour them the way I have. Reading this book aloud make […]
More reckless spending on display in the name of excess…
China Rich Girlfriend is Kevin Kwan’s sequel to Crazy Rich Asians. Even though the first book was imperfect in many ways, I really loved it because it was sort of the first time I’ve seen Asians portrayed in an atypical fashion in English-language fiction. I also recognized a lot of my Singapore family in the first book, so I think that helped as well. That being said, I’m really not as keen about the sequel. Rachel Chu and Nick Young is back, as is Nick’s mother, […]
Sherlock Holmes meets *insert your favorite fantasy story* here
I really enjoyed this book. I also forgot I read it almost the moment that I finished it. I track my reading in both a spreadsheet and Goodreads and I forgot to list this book in either place until several weeks later when I heard it mentioned on a podcast and I suddenly remembered that I had read it. That probably sounds harsh, but I genuinely did enjoy the book and would recommend it to people. The book takes place in the late 19th century […]
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