I chose this book for a very specific book bingo related reason, and if not for that, I would have DNFed it after the first few pages. I hope that this will be the worst book that I read in 2024, and that things will only get better from here.
Month: January 2024
Book Review: Mythos by Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry has a voice that is made for audiobook narrating. I mean, not only is his voice pleasant in its timbre, but he puts his acting chops to work and brings real emotion to what he’s reading.
Book Review: The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan enticed me from the moment I saw it on a list of anticipated 2024 releases. I was really looking forward to reading it, and it was in fact the first new release I read this year.
Book Review: I Know What I Am by Gina Siciliano
I was excited to pick this up during the 2022 Seattle Indie Bookstore Day promotion, because I wanted to read it and I was pretty confident it would be easy to fit into that year/s SAL/SPL Book Bingo. I mean, it was by a local author, it was a graphic novel, it was about history, art, a trial, it had elements of feminism, it was from a local publisher… and yet somehow I couldn’t fit it into a single dang square.
Book Review: The Marquis Who Mustn’t by Courtney Milan
Historical romance is a pretty hit or miss genre for me. Courtney Milan is an author in that arena who I generally like, because her books often focus on less-represented groups of people, she does a lot of research, and I’ve just enjoyed what I’ve read from her so far.
Book Review: Pockets by Hannah Carlson
Pockets apparently started out as an idea for a dissertation, and despite being published by a mainstream publisher, it wears its academic origins on its sleeve. It takes several hundred pages to not say very much, and gets weirdly theoretical about pockets and gender.
Book Review: All The Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows
With this book, Meadows has given us a book that not only explores what it might take to make an arranged, hasty political marriage work while also trying to heal your own individual trauma, but also the “what next” inherent in coming out after a lifetime of being closeted.
Book Review: Cat Tale by Craig Pittman
On a recent visit to the library to avail myself of printing services, I saw a copy of Cat Tale by Craig Pittman on the shelf, and I thought that the story of saving the Florida panther from extinction sounded like just my sort of thing.
Book Review: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The first book I finished reading in 2024 was The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. Surprisingly, this was my first time reading this classic of fantasy fiction. I also have no memory of ever seeing the animated movie. This strikes me as weird because I loved unicorns as a kid and grew up on…
Book Bingo Project 2024
Ever since I first participated in the Seattle Arts & Lectures/Seattle Public Library Book Bingo in 2020, I’ve been hooked on book bingo challenges… so much so that I’m planning to participate in at least four of them this year, three of which are already in-progress. I’ve been posting about each book I read for…