Snicket, you weirdo, thank you for this gem. In Poison for Breakfast, Lemony Snicket sits down to breakfast, and afterwards finds a note that says “you had poison for breakfast.” Bewildered, he sets out to find which of the foods he ate is going to kill him, and so we are taken on a quirky …
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Book Review | That Way Madness Lies
In That Way Madness Lies, young adult authors reimagine and retell various works of Shakespeare. Some characters are now openly queer, some are people of color. Some settings are modern day, some the Victorian era. Some of the stories are realistic (or as realistic as one can get with Shakespeare), and some are fantasy or …
Book Review | The Rehearsals
In The Rehearsals by Annette Christie, Megan and Tom are finally getting married after twelve years together. They’re sure that this is what they want, but with their difficult families, not to mention the things they’ve been keeping from each other, things quickly get complicated. It all comes to a head at their rehearsal dinner, …
Book Review | The Lost Apothecary
I would have finished this audiobook much sooner, but I couldn’t resist starting my reread of a certain newly published book. Why I decided to do this when I have, you know, like a million unread books, I don't know. But back to the subject at hand, this was a really entertaining story! The Lost …
Book Review | The Echo Wife
In Sarah Gailey’s novel The Echo Wife, Evelyn Caldwell is a celebrated scientist who specializes in cloning research. Her life is turned upside down, however, when she learns that her husband Nathan has cheated on her—by using her research to create a clone of Evelyn and sleep with her instead. The messy divorce has just …
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