Title: Survival of the Thickest
Author: Michelle Buteau
Publisher: Simon Schuster Audio
ISBN: 9781797108339
Thoughts: There were some very funny bits that were definitely highlighted more by Buteau's comic telling.
Rating: 4/5
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Saturday, March 26, 2022
Stacking the Shelves: 2/13-3/26
Bought from Scholastic:
Unicorn Theater by Dana Simpson
Got in an Once Upon a Book Club Grab Bag:
After All by Heidi McLaughlin
The Sullivan Sisters by Kathryn Ormsbee
The Daughters of Foxcote Manor by Eve Chase
To Be a Man
Title: To Be a Man: Stories
Author: Nicole Krauss
Publisher: HarperAudio
ISBN: 9781799944430
Thoughts: Well-written but rather boring slice-of-life stories, even "The Husband", which started out with an interested premise.
Rating: 3/5
Eclipse of the Beginning
Title: Eclipse of the Beginning
Author: J.L. Hendricks
Publisher: self
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: I know this was written as a writing exercise, but the characters were very two-dimensional and the writing style needed a little finessing.
Rating: 2/5
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Missoula
Title: Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Author: Jon Krakauer
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 9780385538732
Thoughts: Thorough investigation into various rape cases of University of Montana students in the early Teens and the issues in their handling.
Rating: 4/5
Nancy Drew Diaries #1
Title: Nancy Drew Diaries #1
Author: Carolyn Keene, Stefan Petrucha, & Sho Murase
Publisher: Papercutz
ISBN: 9781597075015
Thoughts: Good Nancy Drew feel, especially in "Writ in Stone", but the artwork was rather uneven.
Rating: 3/5
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Just As Long As We're Together
Title: Just As Long As We're Together
Author: Judy Blume
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 9780440210948
Thoughts: While it is rather dated in so many ways, the themes Blume covers are still relevant today.
Rating: 3/5
The Chicken Sisters
Title: The Chicken Sisters
Author: KJ Dell'Antonia
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Fun and fraught story of two sisters coming home and learning what family means, all while competing on a food show.
Rating: 4/5
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Shit Cassandra Saw
Title: Shit Cassandra Saw
Author: Gwen E. Kirby
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780743136620
Thoughts: Uniquely feminist collection of short stories stretching across multiple genres.
Rating: 4/5
Monday, March 14, 2022
Memorial
Title: Memorial
Author: Bryan Washington
Publisher: Penguin Audio
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Rather melancholy story of two men at a turning point in their relationship.
Rating: 3/5
Man Enough
Title: Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity
Author: Justin Baldoni
Publisher: HarperOne
ISBN: 9780063055599
Thoughts: Honest look at one actor's struggle as a man to live up to society's standards.
Rating: 3/5
Thursday, March 10, 2022
The Man They Wanted Me To Be
Title: The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making
Author: Jared Yates Sexton
Publisher: Counterpoint
ISBN: 9781640091818
Thoughts: Eye-opening look at what the idea of masculinity can lead to and how the cycle needs to be broken.
Rating: 4/5
Lake of Destiny
Title: Lake of Destiny
Author: Martina Boone
Publisher: Mayfair
ISBN: 9781946773012
Thoughts: Cute, sweet romance with a magical realism twist.
Rating: 3/5
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Waiting for Whatever
Title: Waiting for Whatever
Author: Fay Sebastian
Publisher: Mileventwelve
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: I had no clue when I picked this up that it was in two languages, so I missed a lot of the story, but it seemed pretty superficial.
Rating: 2/5
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
The Ex-Pacifist
Title: The Ex-Pacifist
Author: Sarah K. L. Wilson
Publisher: Pronoun
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: While I am not a space opera fan, this had excellent world-building and some good action sequences, but the main character was not that likeable.
Rating: 3/5
Monday, March 7, 2022
Cobble Hill
Title: Cobble Hill
Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
ISBN: 9781797115993
Thoughts: Very fun character-driven story about the rather flawed residents of Cobble Hill.
Rating: 4/5
Thursday, March 3, 2022
The Breedling and the City in the Garden
Title: The Breedling and the City in the Garden
Author: Kimberlee Ann Bastian
Publisher: Wise Ink
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Interesting world-building, but a number of characters seemed important and then were not and it became a lot of keep straight.
Rating: 3/5
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
I'll Be Seeing You
Title: I'll Be Seeing You
Author:Elizabeth Berg
Publisher: Recorded Books
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: A bittersweet memoir about dealing with aging parents.
Rating: 4/5
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