Does a review count if I just say “This is amazing, go read it.” 25 times in a row? Because this book is amazing, go read it. I had several people (including a few Cannonballers) mention this book to me. I’m not normally a space-type of girl (spacey, however, is another story,) but holy shit you guys, picking this book up was the best decision I’ve made this summer. I had no idea what this book was even about when I bought it. Aliens? Alienation? Space […]
History is Closer Than We Think
I love reading historical books about strong women. When I do that, though, I often forget just how recent the life I’m learning about was lived. It’s hard to remember that, in the larger picture of these things, that women like Maude Clayborn didn’t really live that long ago. To see how much has changed, or not changed, since Maude was born in 1892 is something that I’ve been sitting with since I finished this book last week. It’s been interesting for me to process […]
Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum
There are certain books that are always on our periphery. They live at the edges of our consciousness, going “Hey, read me sometime, will ya?” The ones we always think we should get around to, but there’s always something newer and edgier and shiny-er that’s grabbing our attention. For me, one of those books has always been The Handmaid’s Tale, which did dystopia before it was cool. The other night, I gave in and started a 30-day free trial of Kindle Unlimited, just to see if it […]
Two Dimensional Characters, Three Dimensional World
An advanced copy of this book was received from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I’m a sucker for a good premise and a good cover. This book has both. It takes place over the course of an hour, on the first day of the last semester of a school year. Just after the principal finishes her speech, people try to leave the auditorium but find the doors locked. Almost the entire student body is trapped. That’s when the shooting starts. Gripping, […]
A Long Tale of Sight, Sound, and War
Let’s get this out of the way: All The Light is a long book. 531 pages long. This is the second longest book I’ve read this year (the winner of that award is still Afterwords) and man, it felt it. That’s not to say it isn’t a good book; it’s beautiful and visual and broken up into mostly short chapters of just a few pages, but it. is. long. Towards the end, this turned into a book that I was reading just to get through it, not […]
Let’s Get Drunk
If Grace Helbig is the Internet’s Awkward Older Sister, then Mamrie Hart is the badass aunt who has the best stories and is always sneaking us sips of booze. I mean, the woman built her career out of making (and consuming) cocktails. That alone made me think this book was going to be good. And then when I found out each chapter started off with it’s own drink recipe? Well, pour the shots and let’s get to reading.
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