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Bring on the seasons…maybe

by Michelle | Jun 18, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, C Author, Review Copy

Seasons of the Storm by Elle Cosimano is a cute story that personifies our seasons. In theory, it is the beginning of a new series, but with the ending it has, I am not certain how that is; the story is complete as it stands. While I can see the potential storyline...

So dark and yet so powerful

by Michelle | Jun 17, 2020 | B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy

I was looking through my printed advance proof of This Little Family by Inès Bayard for a trigger warning because if ever a book needs one, this is it. Any book about rape is going to be tough and potentially triggering, but Ms. Bayard’s description of the scene...

Nope.

by Michelle | Jun 16, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, M Author, Review Copy

Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh is the type of novel that, upon finishing, had me mentally throwing the book across the room screaming “What. The!” We are stuck in the mind of a judgmental, fat-phobic, psychologically-abused widow who is so damn...

Now THIS is a sequel

by Michelle | Jun 10, 2020 | A Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy

I was reading through my review of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Storm and Fury and realized that I did not fangirl nearly as much as I could have. With the sequel, Rage and Ruin, all bets are off. The only thing I can do is fangirl…HARD. First of all, in this...

Not the right timing for this release

by Michelle | Jun 9, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, O Author, Review Copy

If ever there was bad timing for a book’s release, it is the release date of Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars. by Joyce Carol Oates. With its discussion of police brutality and bigotry, one would think it is a perfect time to publish the book. However, the police...

A Les Miz reimaging that just might be better than the original

by Michelle | Jun 8, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, G Author, Review Copy

Yeah. I said it. I think that The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant just might be better than Les Misérables, of which it is a feminist reimagining. There are so many twists of the original story that are exciting and give the story a freshness to it without...