Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth starts in 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls in New England, where two girls make a secret club called the Plain Bad Heroines Society. But their clandestine meetings are brought to an abrupt end when their bodies are found, covered in yellow jacket stingers. Then, more deaths …
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Book Review | Outlawed (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Outlawed by Anna North. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In an alternate world in which a flu decimates—and in fact destroys—America as we know it, fertility is valued above everything. …
Book Review | A Thousand Ships (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Homer’s famous epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, we follow various men who go to war, face …
Book Review | Great Goddesses
Ah, mythology, I’ll always love you. In the poetry collection Great Goddesses, poet Nikita Gill examines, reinterprets, and re-frames the lives—both mortal and immortal—of Greek mythology, particularly those of the women. She gives a fresh perspective on these familiar tales, giving the often-sidelined women of the epics a chance to shine and tell their own …
Book Reviews | My International Women’s Day Reads
Yes, I know this is late, but technically I did start one of these books on International Women’s Day, soooo I’m reviewing both books here because I think they complement each other well! I received advance reader’s copies (ARCs) of both of the following books—though I will not admit how long I have had them, …
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