Plain Bad Heroines

Despite seeing so many mixed reviews of this one, my “I’m looking for a spooky but not too scary October read” self decided it was a winner. Plus, thanks to Libro.fm’s ALC program, I had an audiobook of it on deck (convenient, since work this month has had me driving all over the state). Though…

Eartheater

Another shoutout to The Reading Women Challenge 2021 for the “rush” to pick up this one. The “South American Author in Translation” prompt had a few contenders for it on my TBR list, but the cover for this one was the tipping factor. Plus the base concept is one that I was really interested in,…

One Last Stop

I got there. I might be one of the last people in the world to read McQuiston's sophomore novel, but I got there. Does anyone else sometimes put off a book you know you're going to love, or at least strongly think you're going to love, because you don't want the reading experience to happen and…

Lab Girl

I got this one at a used book sale, maybe at the library, years ago. And it's been sitting on my shelf since then. I am not really sure what drew me to it, though the simplicity of the cover design is kind of appealing, so maybe that was it. No matter, as I said it…

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

The title is what first caught my attention about this book. For real, what a great title! I feel like you can't tell me that you wouldn't at least be interested in reading a blurb to find out more about it. Which is exactly what happened to me. I held off for a minute after…

Middlegame

Although I'm reading through it slow as molasses, I freaking love McGuire's Every Heart a Doorway series. I know that she has written like, so many, books, so I'm not sure why I was drawn to this one as my next McGuire read, in particular. But whatever the reason, it's been on my TBR since it was published a few years…

The Love Hypothesis

It seems that, with all the house projects we have going on (we just moved into a home in the historic district of our town, so it's over 100 years old and we are so excited to be there, but goodness it's a lot of time/effort right now), light and fast and escapist reads are…

The Forgotten Kingdom

If you will recall, when I read The Lost Queen a little over a year ago, I fell in love with it. From the setting to the characters to the vibe, and of course the story (as we all know Arthurian Legend has always been a favorite "retelling" topic of mine), it was just wonderful. And I am…

The Housekeeper and the Professor

I've had this book on my shelf for years. A not insignificant number of years. And I don't know why, but every time I was looking for a new book to read, I'd pass it over. Maybe because it's just so small and I didn't notice it? Maybe because, despite everything good I'd heard about it, I…

Seven Days in June

The color blocking on this cover is so eye-catching. And this is mostly not at all related, but I have been loving that song Heat Waves by Glass Animals and every time I see this title, that song pops into my head. While it's "seven days in June" versus "late nights in the middle of June" it…