Playing the Victim: How the Powerful Deny and Attack Survivors of Violence, from Domestic Abuse to Genocide by Kylie Cheung
Rating: 3 Stars In a nutshell: Author Cheung writes half a book full of very compelling arguments opposing Israel’s genocide in Palestine, then tacks on some stuff about health care, abortion, and police violence in the USA. Best for: There are like three or four books in here so I’m not … [Read more]
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
I need to take some time and revisit the children's books I missed between the years I was "too old for kids books" and "not a children's librarian yet." I grabbed some CD audiobooks for a road trip (I'm trying to lean into the retro vibe of my "new" car), and among them was Ella Enchanted by Gail … [Read more]
Bossypants by Tina Fey
My disappointing experience with Taylor Tomlinson's new memoir put me in the mood to revisit a memoir I loved. When it was a brand new release, I purchased a copy of Tina Fey's Bossypants from an airport bookstore at Louis Armstrong in New Orleans, and by the time my plane touched down in Newark I … [Read more]
Thrown for a Loop by Sarina Bowen
I read my first Sarina Bowen novel over ten years ago. The Year We Fell Down (2014) involved romance, college, and hockey, and I really enjoyed it. I continued to read Bowen's romance novels, and I thought I'd read all of them. But when I was hunting for good romance novels to take camping with me, … [Read more]
The Sleepless Nights of the Boy with No Eyelids and Other Twisted Tales by Marmalade Atkinson, Alex Thompson and G P Taylor
Say Hello to Mr. Wallaby! Volume 1 by Marume Goshika
Before I started to write a review for The Sleepless Nights of the Boy with No Eyelids and Other Twisted Tales by Marmalade Atkinson, Alex Thompson and G P Taylor, I said to myself, “I have read too many books!” (Who am I and will the real Raven stand up???). You see, I couldn’t find another book I … [Read more]
Grandpa’s Cats by Chih-Hao Yen
I might recover from the sadness that Grandpa’s Cats gave me by March 2027, but I'm not sure. It might be a funny and sweet, but it's also a difficult story of loss. But there is loss. Especially at the end. The end has a bad scene that shows why Grandpa isn’t taking care of the cats, and Grandma is … [Read more]
