Tag: fiction
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First Sip: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
It’s February, which means it’s time to dive into the next book club pick: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt! If you’re new here, I like to do a “first taste” before I even turn the first page—a quick glimpse at my expectations, thoughts, and general excitement about the book. This one was a…
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Taste Test #2 – The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Pages 90-221 (Part 2 and Part 3) Taste Test #1 Questions answered Part 2: The Darkest Part of the Night Welcome to the second taste test for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue! I truly hope you are enjoying this book as much as I am right now. I will be honest I am a…
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The Last Page – The Devils
Joe Abercrombie, as I have seen, some people’s favorite author and they love every page that he writes. For me, I was not the biggest of fans. A quick overview of the story: a religious man gets selected to lead a secret 13th branch of the religion which oversees The Devils, a name given to…
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December 23rd, 2024
Happy Monday! Has a book every just put you in a good mood? I don’t mean a feel good story or a happily ever after, but something so well written that you can’t help but smile and just keep turning the page? Yeah it doesn’t happen that often to me either but oh boy have…
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The Last Page – The In-between Bookstore
The In-between Bookstore is a book that is about having to completely loose yourself in order to truly find yourself and who you are. The story centers on an almost 30 year old Darby, a trans man, who is happily proud and openly out. The story begins in media res where Darby has been let…
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First Sip – The In-between Bookstore
Okay so this book came to me from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. So expect just that! I found this book as I was scrolling through the catalog that is on NetGalley. I want to read more queer novels and I want to give a space to talk about such things. So when…
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The Last Page – The Starless Sea
Okay so let me start off by saying that I meant to make a post when I got half way through the book, calling it “Intermission Impression” or “The Halfway Spill” or “Sip Stop” but my Bestie wanted to play video games so that took priority. It took my nine days to read this novel…
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Taste Test 1 – The Starless Sea
Can you believe Thanksgiving is over and we are fully into December now?! I have been trying to get into the mood of writing my daily blog post but I honestly feel so stifled that talking about myself sounds down right disgusting. I think it had something to do with the 10 page paper I…
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The First Sip – The Starless Sea
This book has been on my radar for quite some time. The second book that I had read and talked about in my podcast was The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. When I tell you that was and remains to be one of my favorite books I mean that. Everything about The Night Circus made…
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