A Reading Journal
Source: NetGalley - Thank you to the publisher!TL;DR: An absolutely fascinating and funny collection on essays that explore roles, trends, and stereotypes for black actors in horror Essays: Every essay was interesting, though occasionally bogged down with walls of text examples. I also felt two of the later essays could have come earlier - overall... Continue Reading →
Source: NetGalley - Thank you to the publisher!TL;DR: A fantastically strong collection, there were of course misses but mostly wins! Plot: Nearly every story had a good clear plot, some of the more experimental ones were harder to find but on the whole these were great.Characters: The characters were in general not the focus but... Continue Reading →
Source: NetGalley via the Publisher - thank you!TL;DR: Miss this. So heavy handed it suffocated any chance at a good story. Plot: A deeply anxious and panic riddled young girl gets tangled between two ridiculous 'plots'. It's so thin and unbelievable it's hard to describe.Characters: Embodiment of panic and fear and embodiment of awkward 'truly... Continue Reading →
Source: Netgalley, many thanks to the pubsliher!!TL; DR: Not for me. The characters in this were flatter than cardboard. I sincerely loved the ideas here but I couldn't handle those characters. Plot: The plot in this felt like it had some really 'important things' to say but was lost in the noiseCharacters: Pick up a... Continue Reading →
Source: NetGalley - Thank you to the publisher! Tl;DR: A fun rom-com, it didn't quite click for me but I do recommend it if it interests you! Plot: This felt very much like a standard 'rom-com'. There was a TON of internal monologue which felt like it interrupted the plotCharacters: Fairly standard - one note... Continue Reading →
Source: NetGalley - many many many thanks to the publisher!Tl;DR: A shocking and twisted horror novel with fascinating themes - especially for the Art Nerds out there! Plot: This is straight down the barrel of the plot - the characters are just driving to the ultimate conclusion the whole timeCharacters: An initial onslaught of characters... Continue Reading →
Source: NetGalley, thank you to the publisher & I purchased my own copy I enjoyed it so much!TL;DR: Melodramatic and slow in the beginning but the ending makes up for that in spades. Plot: The plot in this was good but took a bit too long at timesCharacters: They felt very YA, not in a... Continue Reading →
Source: NetGalley! Many thanks to the publisher!TL;DR: A fun historical mystery with a fantastic magic system Plot: Simple and straightforward but funCharacters: Interesting and variedSetting: Well realized, I loved the settingMagic: Simple but fantastic with visible prices/outcomes CW: Police Brutality's, Racism, Parental Abandonment, Abuse, Classism Thoughts: Clara is a young black woman living in 1920's... Continue Reading →
Tendonitis be damned I managed to get some reading done in the last half of the month. Let me tell you, it's not easy holding open a book when moving your thumb at all causes shooting pain. Books I've read that I'll be posting full Thoughts/Post on: Upright Women Wanted by Sarah GaileyI will cover... Continue Reading →
I knew next to nothing about Buddhism. Pretty much the base level of pop-culture references plus a few fly-away facts I'd picked up while studying Japanese in college. One afternoon while picking up my holds I broke my own library rules and browsed the new non-fiction releases shelf and grabbed this just for fun. Frankly,... Continue Reading →
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