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Thoughts on books, family, and life in one impressive package.

I’ve never been so thankful I don’t have a sister

by Michelle | May 11, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, S Author

I have had Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld on my shelves for a very long time. In fact, it was the oldest audiobook I had in my Audible library. With the safer-at-home mandates, I figured there was no time like the present to pull some of these oldies out and finally...

The one where I discover that family dramas are not my thing no matter how well-written the book is

by Michelle | May 4, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, R Author, S Author

Y’all. I love Emma Straub as a person and author. She is adorable in her online presence, and visiting her bookstore is on my bucket list. Plus, her writing style is perfection. She truly gets people and captures the most intricate nuances in her characters and...

Today’s politicians have nothing on the founding fathers

by Michelle | May 1, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author

This is going to be a rambling review because I learned so much and had an absolute blast listening to this behemoth that I cannot put my thoughts into anything resembling cohesiveness. I know you won’t be surprised when I say this but history books are wrong,...

A fantasy meet-cute, I think

by Michelle | May 1, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, P Author, Review Copy

At the fifteen percent mark of Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie, I was all set to mark it as a DNF and move on with my life. To be fair to the author and publisher, I vowed to read until the twenty-five percent mark and see if I felt the same way. Happily, I...

What’s not to love about a story with monsters and monster hunters?

by Michelle | May 1, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, R Author, Review Copy

What happens when you combine Polish folklore with a story about a monster hunter, a princess who may or may not be a monster herself, and an entire forest filled with monsters? You get Don’t Call the Wolf by Aleksandra Ross. I call it awesome. Ms. Ross’s...

Sometimes, there is such a thing as trying to be too clever

by Michelle | May 1, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, J Author, Review Copy

I finished The Last Human, Zack Jordan’s debut novel and had to stop to wonder what the hell it was I just read. What started out as a clever, interesting story about what appears to be the last human in the universe and her relatively miserable existence...