Author Archives: Fleet Sparrow
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What do you want to see more of from me in 2020? Writing wise or subject matter wise or what have you. I’m honestly curious, so feel free to comment below!
Book Reviews: 1/3-1/27
The Mermaid’s Voice Returns In This One by amanda lovelace This was a good return to her poetry when I finally checked it out from the library. I like her style, and the way she uses the typesetting inher poems. … Continue reading
First Books of the Year: 2020
Fuck No by Sarah Knight Surprisingly, this one didn’t resonate with me as much as I thought it would, and yet, kinda did? Perhaps my biggest problem connecting with the book was that I have found I don’t have too … Continue reading
2019: A Year In Review
I won’t lie: I got a job, and everything else fell by the wayside, including and especially reading. I had set a goal of 100 books, which seemed reasonable on January 1st, 2019. I was unemployed and had no real … Continue reading
Reviews: December 31, 2019
It’s the end of the decade, I’m just gonna bullet-point this. Five Midnights by Ann Davila Cardinal Good book I liked the supernatural stuff here Definitely had nightmares about El Cucuy The Shallows by Matt Goldman Again, great sequel Really … Continue reading
Reviews: June 20
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings This was a little more on the academic side in terms of readability, but it really showed the change in ideas of fatness from being healthy and … Continue reading
Reviews: June 1
Books The Pandora Room by Christopher Golden Ever since I read Ararat, I’ve been waiting for another Golden novel like it, and the fact that this is kind of a sequel to it with the same main characters made me … Continue reading
Reviews: March—May 3
I’ve been reading, I swear, but things have gotten busy and reviews have fallen by the wayside. But! I have books to review so here we go. Books Sissy by Jacob Tobia This…I really thought I’d written a review for … Continue reading
Reviews: 2/6-2/28
The Plotters by Un-Su Kim This was a great slow-burn Korean crime fiction. It’s a character study with some interesting action. I really loved this one and pan to buy it one day. I’m definitely interested in more by this … Continue reading
Review: The Silent Patient
The Silent Patient started out amazingly. We have a very violent murder, a woman who won’t (or can’t) speak, and a therapist who is dying to find out what happened, to make Alicia talk. Where the book fails for me … Continue reading
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Reviews: 2/1/19
The Culture of Fear by Barry Glassner This was an interesting book, written about 20 years ago, updated after 9/11, which is the edition I read. It covers the fears that society had through the ’90s, including teen pregnancies, cybercrime, … Continue reading
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Reviews: 1/1-1/22
Calm the Fuck Down by Sarah Knight This book is a sort of self-help guide for anxiety that occurs around everyday life. It’s a testament to her previous books and my own mental state that I didn’t need these lessons … Continue reading
Reviews: 12/11-12/31
The Body in the Library Agatha Christie This isn’t the first Agatha Christie I’ve read, or the first Miss Marple story, but it was crucial to me writing a fic this past year, so I thank it very much for … Continue reading
Reviews: 12/1-12/10
Blood Water Paint Joy McCullough This was an interesting novel in verse that told the story of Artemisia Gentileschi, an Italian painter. It gets very heavy, dealing with her rape and the trial that follows it, but in the end … Continue reading
Reviews: 11/2-11/30
Rough Justice Alex Ross This was a good art book, especially if you’re interested in sketch art and process work. There are some beautiful sketches in there that aren’t just Kingdom Come. It’s definitely worth a look if you like … Continue reading
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