Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison
Well this was probably the best time travel horror novel I have read in some time. Yes, that includes 11/22/63 which still makes me mad. I also thought this was the best Harrison book I have read in some time too. She's been a little miss for me lately, but I keep reading her because I absolutely … [Read more]
Dead Hand Rule by Max Gladstone
No one can write a multi-character pile up the same way Max Gladstone does. Back in 2024, I reviewed the second book in his Craft Wars series, Wicked Problems, which marked the start of the Craft World’s Infinity War Moment. Nearly every man woman and dog (or snake) that we had crossed paths with … [Read more]
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
Casey Han graduates Princeton without a job, having deferred her Columbia Law School acceptance without telling her parents, hard-working Korea immigrants who manage a dry cleaners in Queens. After a nasty confrontation with her father, she is forced to move out, the relationship forever strained. … [Read more]
Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East by Juan Cole
cbr18bingo Maps cbr18bingo - Maps I know far more about Napoleon’s later career than his earlier one, so this was pretty much all news to me. Seems that after his initial successes in various battles in the Italian states, the French government decided that he was just the … [Read more]
The Impossible Job: The Truly Unbelievable World of Football Referees by William Ralston
In a nutshell: Author Ralston explores the world of football (soccer in the US) refereeing told via interviews with some of the top professionals in the game. Best for: Anyone who claims to be a football fan. Anyone who has yelled ‘REFEREE?!’ at their TV (or at a live match). Referees. Quote … [Read more]
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Bingo: Refuge. The main character Anna serves as a refuge to others in times of hardship. My dad likes to poke fun at my tendency to read about heavy topics. When I told him I was reading a book about the plague, he thought it was par for the course. But as horrifying as the Black Plague was, … [Read more]
