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Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell – Book Review
Spoilers ahead I'm going to start with a disclaimer. I should not be reviewing this book. I am so far removed from the music scene, that I honestly have no business weighing in with my thoughts and opinions. I don't have real passion for music, either creatively or...
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands – Book Review
Spoilers Ahead Trigger Warning - Sexual Assault In the second page of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton, she talks about how Cape Breton used to export fish, coal, and steel; but in 2005, its main export is people. Empty chairs around tables, fathers,...
Whalefall – Book Review
Spoilers Ahead Whalefall by Daniel Kraus came into my life via a skeet (a Bluesky post, for those who are unfamiliar with the term) by Elizabeth Hargrave, designer of Wingspan. It basically said "I put Whalefall on my holds list, then by the time it was available, I...
Equal Rites – Book Review
Spoilers Ahead Equal Rites, by Sir Terry Pratchett was his 3rd Discworld novel, originally published in 1986 and tells the story of young Eskarina as she inherits magic from a dying wizard, and grows up with the innate ability to use magic, despite being a woman. The...
The Fifth Season – Book Review
"Let's start with the end of the world, why don't we?" The Fifth Season is a fantasy story told via 3 storylines. Essun, a woman, Syenite, an apprentice orogene (Earth Mage), and Damaya, a young, feral orogene. The narrative for Essun is told from the second-person...
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Book Review
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the kind of book that tells you everything that you need to know about the titular character. Eleanor is completely fine. How's work? Fine. How's life? Fine. Should life be more than fine? Well, that's the book, isn't it? Eleanor...
Stay Gold – Book Review
Spoilers ahead Content Warning: Assault, violence, dysphoria, transphobia, homophobia, deadnaming, bullying, cheating, use of slurs, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, public outing. Stay Gold follows Pony, a senior finishing his high school experience at a new high school...
Piranesi – Book Review
Spoilers ahead "Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: Its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues. Within the labyrinth of halls, an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded...
Demon Copperhead
Spoilers ahead I don't often delve into the world of book reviews, but when something leaves me in a heightened state of emotion, I find the best resolution for myself is to blog about it. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver is the story of the titular character,...
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