reincarnation – Cannonball Read 17

“The princess has been thrown into emotional turmoil again.”

We Swore to Meet in the Next Life and That's When Things Got Weird! (Vol. 1-3) by Hato Hachiya

February 6, 2024 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I got into grad school, hooray! It is such a relief and as a reward I went and bought myself a bunch more manga. I’ve been eyeing this series at the bookstore for a bit so I treated myself even if I think these are overpriced at $13 each for small volumes. We Swore to Meet in the Next Life and That’s When Things Got Weird! is an isekai style reincarnation romance. Princess Yuko and Harold the knight are in love but can’t be together […]

“I did not know that there are miles between running out of things to say, and running out of the strength to say them.”

Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

September 11, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

When we had out August CBR Zoom Check-in I talked about this book and praised it while warning others away. It is still my prevailing view – Somebody’s Daughter is an absolutely fantastic piece of writing where Ashley C. Ford immerses the reader in her childhood, and it is not for the faint of heart or those who may not be in the most stable mental health space. You might know Ashley C. Ford from her podcasts or writings for outlets such as BuzzFeed, The […]

A Tom Robbins-esque Interstellar Freak-out

Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore

August 16, 2019 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

This is the story of a man named Milo. Well, frequently a man, but sometimes a woman, a rabbit, a tree, a fish, a bug- any number of things. Sometimes he’s on earth: the Midwest, Japan, Africa, a top-secret lab in the great plains- and sometimes he’s in space. He’s always in love, but usually in love with Death. Not dying- just one of the many personifications of Death. She’s usually a woman named Suzy, but sometimes she’s a witch, or a candle maker, or […]

The black bat night approached and enfolded her in its wings

July 11, 2018 by Dusty Highway 4 Comments

For the past 15+ years, I’ve been the target audience for the Man Booker awards: literary fiction snob leaning to British Commonwealth authors. Though I have been branching out into other genres over the last few years, I still look to the Booker long- and shortlists for recommendations and usually pick up at least a few each year. For some reason, I haven’t looked much into other prizes until this year when I realized the Baileys (formerly Orange) prize lists would be a great resource […]

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