November 8, 2018 – November 9, 2018 Ah yes, I love this book. I read it every year since I first was introduced to it, because it makes me happy. It’s just the perfect amount of “I am woman and I don’t need anyone!” and “yay happy endings!” July 21, 2020 – July 22, 2020 …
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Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, #1 Stargirl
July 20, 2020 – July 20, 2020 Uggggg that was awful! I was loving it until about half way through when I thought “oh shoot what if this turns out like Eleanor and Park?” And then it did. Not in the same way, but in the failed loved because someone was stupid – only this …
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells, #4 Murderbot Diaries
July 18, 2020 – July 19, 2020 Awwww I love Murderbot! And she (it feels like a woman to me…) has found her family again. I love how they treat her, and all the details of how she attacks and thinks things through. There are a ton of details but it never felt like an …
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Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells, #3 Murderbot Diaries
July 15, 2020 – July 18, 2020 Wow, Alien much? It’s kind of funny, I’ve never actually seen Alien, but it’s one of those movies that you don’t actually have to have seen to have things freakily remind you of it. Miki died, and I think Murderbot is maybe realizing it might actually want more …
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The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson
July 12, 2020 – July 15, 2020 Awww!!!! That was so cute! And yes, I really want to watch Miss. Congeniality now. 😜 I ran into this dynamic of the identical twin drama in Fangirl and Tweet Cute, and no matter how messed up my relationship with my siblings is I can’t help but think …
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Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
July 12, 2020 – July 13, 2020 My greatest recommendations, the books that matter the most, are the ones that while I am reading I don’t think about what I will say in these responses at all. And this book was one of them. A friend recommended this book saying it was a “Marinda book” …
The Prisoner of Limnos by Lois McMaster Bujold, #4 Penric and Desdemona
July 10, 2020 – July 12, 2020 Oh good. I had been writing and rewriting her talk with Des all the way up until it happened and was pleased that it happened as I hoped.😊
Mira’s Last Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold, #4 Penric and Desdemona
July 9, 2020 – July 10, 2020 Ooooooo oh snap, he’s staying! I wasn’t expecting this book to take off right where the last one left as the other two hadn’t, but I will say that I was pleased. I was a little put off by the courtesan taking over to do whatever he did …
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Penric’s Mission by Lois McMaster Bujold, #3 Penric and Desdemona
July 8, 2020 – July 9, 2020 😊. I liked this one more, I think because it had more “how is he going to figure out how to fix this” moments. I still think he seems annoyingly self-assured, except when it’s from his perspective. Then he’s still fun. I’m happy about the girl, though I …
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Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold, #2 Penric and Desdemona
July 4, 2020 – July 8, 2020 Reading is indeed my drug of choice. I had a hard last few days, and needed some other place to disappear into. Ok, the library didn’t have it, so I just googled “where can I read penric and the shaman?” And this website showed up on the first …
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