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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

The House With Chicken Legs Sophie Anderson This was a really cute book about the granddaughter of a Baba Yaga. She doesn’t want to be a Yaga, even though it’s her destiny. So when her Baba goes through the veil, … Continue reading →

I haven’t been reading as much as I’d like to over these last few month, whether because of other projects, vacations, or general depression.  Finally, I’ve pulled these reviews together to give you an idea of what I have been … Continue reading →

Hangman by Daniel Cole This was the sequel to Ragdoll, last year’s debut. It was just as intense and page-turning as the first one. I actually read it about the end of July, but I forgot to log it then. … Continue reading →