Pride Comes Before a Fall by Virginia Heath
3.5 stars Thank you to NetGalley and St.Martin's Press for this ARC. My opinions are my own. This book is on sale now. Leopold "Leo" Sloane, the Duke of Debden, has dragged his two younger sisters to Bath in an attempt to keep them out of trouble. The youngest is crazy for any man in uniform, … [Read more]
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
“The Well of Ascension” is the second book in the original Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. And it’s a very good, very solid middle book for a trilogy. We get some answers to earlier mysteries, and we get some new mysteries. We get a light smattering of war as well as more political intrigue. … [Read more]
Rest is Resistance: a Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
Back when I still participated in Twitter, I had been following Tricia Hersey’s The Nap Ministry for years and years. As I’ve unpacked my likely (but not official) autism diagnosis, masking, burnout, depression, burnout, disability, and generally not functioning at the speed that the white … [Read more]
Modern-Day Princesses (Egalitè) by Luis Amavisca, Dolores Brown, and Sonja Wilmmer
Before I started the picture book Modern-Day Princesses (Egalitè) by Luis Amavisca and Dolores Brown I thought that the woman in the top left corner of the cover was the actress Diona Reasonover (if you are unfamiliar with her, she plays Casey on the original NCIS television series). I felt this was … [Read more]
The Dry by Jane Harper
Bingo: Season. The small town featured is suffering through a season of drought Jane Harper’s The Dry is set in the small Australian town of Kiewarra. The town is in the middle of a terrible drought when the murder of a mother, father, and young son is discovered on their land. Based on the … [Read more]
Land by Maggie O'Farrell
The beginning of Maggie O'Farrell's Land finds ten-year-old Liam out in the woods in an unnamed, remote Irish peninsula with his father, Tomás. It is not long after the Great Famine decimated the population. At the behest of the British army, they are surveying the area to make accurate maps, … [Read more]
