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  • The Kiss Countdown

    The Kiss Countdown

    A struggling event planner and a sinfully hot astronaut must decide if their fake relationship is worth a shot at happily-ever-after, in this starry debut. –StoryGraph MY REVIEW So, I’m not a typical modern Romance reader. I try to branch out but this is probably the genre I read the…

    May 12, 2025
    Book Review
    Black authors, book blogger, Book Review, book reviews, Books, diverse authors, etta easton, fake dating trope, modern romance, romance, romance reads, romance tropes, romcom, stem romance, the kiss count down, The Love Simulation
  • Attention All Shipping

    Attention All Shipping

    When you’re feeling lost at sea, what will it take to guide you home? –StoryGraph My Review Poignant and emotional, it was a journey more than a read. Biggs did a lovely job showing the different points of view and how hard it is to become a caregiver to your…

    May 9, 2025
    Book Review
    Attention All Shipping, book blogger, book list, Book Review, book reviews, Books, dementia, eARC, fiction, Kathy Biggs, literary fiction, netgalley, new release, Reading
  • The Art Thief

    The Art Thief

    One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world’s most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser.  –Storygraph MY REVIEW Another book club pick to review! This one is for our nonfiction bookclub at the local library! It was a fantastic read. Finley does a…

    Apr 28, 2025
    Book Review
    Art, art thief, book blogger, book club, Book Review, book reviews, Books, Fantasy, fiction, heist, local library, Michael Finkel, nonfiction, Reading, renaissance, Stéphane Breitwieser, the art thief
  • Starstruck Vol. 1

    Starstruck Vol. 1

    No Rating! 360-pages of Starstruck and Galactic Girl Guides adventures, covers, pin-ups, glossary, postcards, and so much more! –Storygraph My Review If you ever wanted to know what a drug trip might feel like while never having done drugs, like myself, and just set it all in space…Might I suggest…

    Apr 23, 2025
    Book Review, Graphic Novel/Comic
    book blogger, Book Review, Books, comic book, comic book club, comic book review, comic books, comics, Elaine lee, Graphic novel, graphic novel club, heavy metal, Lee Moyer, local comic book store, MW kaluta, Reading, review, scifi, Starstruck, starstruck vol 1, starstruck vol 2
  • The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

    The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

    An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories.  Their last one begins here. –StoryGraph MY REVIEW This book will destroy you in the best ways, emotionally. Lenni is 17 in the hospital and it’s doubtful whether she’ll ever know a life outside of it or one much longer than what she’s…

    Apr 17, 2025
    Book Review
    book blogger, book club, book list, Book Review, book reviews, Books, end of life, fiction, grief, lgbtq+, life, local library, Marianne Cronin, Reading, the one hundred years of Lenni and Margot, womens fiction
  • You Must Take Part in Revolution

    You Must Take Part in Revolution

    Three idealistic youths, forever transformed by the real-world protests in Hong Kong in 2019, develop diverging beliefs about how to best fight against techno-authoritarian China. As conflict escalates and a nuclear disaster looms, is working with an increasingly fascist and non-democratic United States the answer?  –Storygraph MY REVIEW First off!…

    Apr 11, 2025
    Book Review, Graphic Novel/Comic
    authoritorian, book blog, book blogger, Book Review, book reviews, Books, China, comic book, fascism, Graphic novel, Hong Kong, local book club, political read, Reading, Tiananmen square, USA
  • Fledgling: The Keeper’s Records of Revolution

    Fledgling: The Keeper’s Records of Revolution

    Would you trade love for peace?  Raisa of Upper Earth has only lived a life of privilege and acquiescence…  –Storygraph My Review I’m not even sure how to write a coherent review on this. I am a *huge* fan of dystopia (Hunger Games is my comfort read, lol). And this…

    Apr 4, 2025
    Book Review
    book blogger, book list, Book Review, book reviews, Books, diverse books, diverse chracters, dystopia, fiction, future, political reading, Ramadan Readathon, Reading, S.K Ali
  • Poison Ivy: The Virtuous Cycle (Vol.1)

    Poison Ivy: The Virtuous Cycle (Vol.1)

    Humanity had its chance. Now it’s time for Poison Ivy. –StoryGraph My Review Poison Ivy’s solo run in The Virtuous Cycle is just a great run at least for this first volume (I did not read the rest). We got some body horror, we have some prime villain/vigilante run up…

    Mar 25, 2025
    Book Review, Graphic Novel/Comic
    batman, book blogger, Book Review, comic book, DC, DC Comics, Graphic novel, Harley Quinn, lgbtq+, Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy Virtuous Cycle, queer villains, Reading
  • Chesapeake Requiem: Same Page Community Reads Author Talk

    Chesapeake Requiem: Same Page Community Reads Author Talk

    Tangier Island, Virginia, is a community unique on the American landscape. Mapped by John Smith in 1608, settled during the American Revolution, the tiny sliver of mud is home to 470 hardy people who live an isolated and challenging existence, with one foot in the 21st century and another in times…

    Mar 13, 2025
    Book Review, discussion
    author talk, book blogger, book list, Book Review, Books, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Requiem, climate change, local library, nonfiction, Reading, tangier island, Virginia
  • Women of the Post Review

    Women of the Post Review

    An emotional story, based on true events, about the all-Black battalion of the Women’s Army Corps who found purpose, solidarity and lifelong friendship in their mission of sorting over one million pieces of mail for the US Army. –Storygraph My Review Simply put, this is an absolutely fantastic novel. We all know…

    Mar 4, 2025
    Book Review
    6888 Batallion, Black History, Black history month, book blogger, book list, Book Review, Books, historical fiction, history, poc author, Reading, WWII
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