Copaganda/police involvement: Sheriff Grady Sullivan, a Guy – suspects Mallory for mURDER Supporting characters: Mallory’s college-age assistants, Lanie and Tanner Narrator: Mallory Martin, former forensic nurse and now A MURDER SUSPECT and also a Horse Rescue Person Main sleuth(s): Mallory Martin What kind of animals are involved: Horses. Also a little spotted dog Location: Hillspring, […]
-sapphic!-Deep, Involved Fantasy!–music as magic–a RIVALRY that ends in KISSING?-GENERATIONAL TRAUMA? This is many things I enjoy in a book. Four stars. Bookshop link here.
On the surface, this is everything I love in a book (queer Arthurian retelling! Welsh Arthurian retelling! sapphic!), but it really unfortunately felt like it Was Not For Me, which I don’t think was any particular fault of the book itself, it was honestly probably just the fact that it is Finals Week and also […]
I really expected this to be a “fucked up woman makes fucked up decisions for 400 pages and then you’re mad about it but also can’t stop thinking about it” book, and it is kind of that but also like, in some new and different ways. I recommend it! It’s also sapphic. Four stars. Bookshop […]
This is a great book! I hated being a kid and my mom would tell me to clean my room but would never really explain HOW. This book really gets kids thinking about HOW to clean their room, especially perpetually messy kids who can’t seem to get ahold of themselves. There are quite a few […]
Are you in third grade and/or did you really enjoy AMERICAN EID? Then this book is for you! A fantastic little story starring Anisa and what she wants to do for her class’s international day. She’s a great younger middle-grade hero, and while there is a MISCOMMUNICATION in the book, it gets resolved in a […]
This is a really cute book! I love Violet’s raincoat and her polka-dot wellies, and the way she deals with change. Five stars. Bookshop link here.
Honestly I kind of wish this book were like, a hundred pages longer. Not just because I wanted more, but also because I wanted this book to just be drawn out a little longer. I wanted to kind of wallow in a lot more moments, but I guess that’s what rereading is for. This young […]
This middle-grade book takes a regular middle-grader’s anxiety and — takes it over the top. While Ava’s various fears are understandable, mostly focusing on change, the actions she takes during this book are extreme and show how anxiety can warp your thoughts so that these seem like reasonable things to do. As an adult, I […]
So I did stay up until 3am last week to read this book, and then I had to fall asleep and wake up again to immediately finish it as soon as I was conscious again. This is crunchy sci-fi mixed with fantastic romance that hits all my favorite tropes. I’ve recently been finding regular contemporary […]