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I finally read more Brandon Sanderson, after saying I was going to do that for… well, an embarrassingly long amount of time! (And yes, this is only a short audiobook and a graphic novel, but still!) So in Dark One: Forgotten, the audiobook by Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells, we follow Christina Walsh, a music major … Read more
In The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta, Michael grows up in London, uncertain of who he is. He doesn’t feel that he’s Jamaican enough, or Greek Cypriot enough to identify with either group. And then there’s his sexuality, as it becomes more and more apparent as he grows up that he’s definitely not straight. So … Read more
T. Kingfisher has done it again! I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In A Sorceress Comes to Call, Cordelia has spent all of her fourteen years … Read more
In Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings, Opal unexpectedly wins the lottery, which—while giving her freedom and options she never had before—brings a lot of drama. Friends, fake friends, and people from her past keep emerging for handouts. The worst problem is Opal’s near-inability to say no when people need help, even at the expense of … Read more
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Love and Hot Chicken by Mary Liza Hartong. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Love and Hot Chicken, PJ Spoon leaves her PhD program to return to her tiny hometown in … Read more
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown, Cassie is working in a bookstore, trying to make ends meet while … Read more
In Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir, Floralinda is captured by a witch and trapped in a tall tower (I bet you can guess how tall) which is filled with all sorts of nasty creatures, from goblins to dragons and more. Floralinda has to wait, with scant—albeit magical—supplies for a prince to make his … Read more
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out by Ryan Love. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out, Arthur is nearly eighty years old when he decides … Read more
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland, we follow Avra Helvaçi, a former agent for the intelligence ministry of … Read more
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In A Tempest of Tea, Arthie Casimir has been making a bit of a name for herself in the criminal … Read more