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 […]
This is a book of queer short stories; some of them I really enjoyed, some of them I felt kind of weird about. Conklin uses proses like a knife, but the sharpness of the knife depends on the short story. These aren’t like a lot of the queer lit on the marketplace now (which is […]
Thanks to NetGalley for the eARC. This is one of the most beautiful and brutal things I’ve ever read. Honestly, if this description of the premise got you interested, you’re going to love the book. It’s everything that it promises and more. The main message of this book: They tried to kill us, and they […]
“Darkness and pain and hate and anger come slowly, creeping like ivy, and they strangle you, and before long, you’re a victim of it like everybody else.” Thanks to NetGalley for this review copy! This is a really fast-paced book that honestly reminds me a lot of The Marrow Thieves, which is basically like, Futuristic/Dystopian […]
This book was provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review! Honestly I have never read the Great Gatsby or even seen the movie. All I know about it is that it’s vaguely homosexual, took place in the 1920s, and everything was suffused in gold. Also I think someone dies and the […]
This book was provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks, NetGalley! THIS IS THE SECOND — THIRD?? — BOOK IN A SERIES WHICH I DID NOT KNOW. I think this is the second time we are meeting Olivia, and then we are meeting Margot for the first time (but the […]
“Greed brings grief. Generosity brings joy.” “How did a centuries-old tale get from Ghana to you? In Ghana, stories were traditionally spoken aloud rather than written own. Because the same few stories were told lots of times, everyone knew them by heart. A written story can get lost or destroyed. A spoken story cannot. This […]
Thanks to NetGalley for the audiobook at no cost to me ahead of release time! I read this book via audiobook, and the narrator was solidly mediocre — I’m certainly not an expert, but there’s some weird pronunciation of Hebrew words in here. Perhaps a pronunciation guide would be helpful next time? (I also only […]
I’m joining Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About for the 2022 Audiobook Challenge (and a lot of other folks!). It’s my first ever challenge as a book blogger! I read a lot of audiobooks normally, but with the World As It Is, I didn’t read very much at all last year. Here are […]