Her Body and Other Parties

I’m not always a short story person. I don’t read a lot of them, so when I do decide to pick up a book like this, you know there’s a good reason. In this case, a collection of stories billed as genre-defying representations of the female experience. Honestly, that’s an almost impossible description for me…

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Love and Other Words

Sometimes you are just looking for a little bit of romance – that flutter in your stomach and zing between your legs kind of feeling. (Sorry, not sorry.) Anyways, I was totally feeling those feelings with the onset of spring and the warmer weather (finally). Plus, I’ve read a couple heavier books recently and needed…

We’re Going to Need More Wine

It’s been a little while since I listened to a celebrity memoir type audiobook and my “in the car driving” mood was calling out for one. I had heard a lot of people saying that they enjoyed Union’s book, so when I saw it on the new audiobooks display, I grabbed it before I even…

The Astonishing Color of After

I don’t usually get to books this soon after publication (my TBR backlog is ridiculous), but based on the description (and that title!) this is one that I actually almost pre-ordered. I decided at the last minute not to, but still wanted to get to it as soon as possible. And I have to say,…

The Philosopher’s Flight

The description of this book sounded right up my alley. A mix of magic, history, science and more with a whole flipped gender role aspect. I mean seriously, sign me up! And though it took me much longer than I had originally anticipated or hoped to get around to reading it, I was right. (Congratulations…

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Winner of the National Book Award in 2017 and currently short-listed for the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction, among a multitude of other awards, and not a single negative review from my fellow bookstagrammers, this is one of those books that I just knew I had to read. So I bought the book, but it…

Love, Hate and Other Filters

I was browsing at my local indie bookstore last weekend (which is something I do more often than I’d like to admit, since I cannot afford to buy all the books I want when I go there, but anyways…) and they had a display with some of the staff’s favorite recently released #OwnVoices YA lit.…

Binti

This one has been on my TBR for awhile now, and I jumped it to the top after it was one of the most recommended books on a “what to read next by diverse authors” bookstagram post that I put up a few weeks ago. And thank you to all the voters – they were right,…

Tomorrow Will Be Different

I’ve never been particularly into politics – it just does not interest me. I mean don’t get me wrong, I have my opinions and morals and I vote according to them (and to that point – I vote consistently and informedly), but I have never been overly into the processes of bills becoming laws, campaigning,…

Sky in the Deep

I have likely never been as excited to be approved for an ARC as I was for this one. Not that that should come as a surprise, since it’s billed as a mix of Wonder Woman and Vikings, so pretty much fierce fighting females, which is directly up my alley. Plus, this also seemed like…