In case you’re wondering, yes, I did decide to read We Could Be Heroes by Philip Ellis this right after We Shall Be Monsters because of the symmetry between the titles.
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Book Review: We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim
We Shall Be Monsters is what, the fifth Frankenstein-inspired book I’ve read in the past year or two?
Book Review: Stories Are Weapons by Annalee Newitz
I don’t like to read a lot about current events because living through them is rather difficult and I mostly want my reading to be at least semi-escapist. But I trusted Newitz to do well with this topic, and I was not disappointed.
Book Review: Second Night Stand by Karelia and Fay Stetz-Waters
How much you enjoy Second Night Stand by Karelia and Fay Stetz-Waters might largely depend on whether or not you are a dancer.
Book Review: A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell
For the most part, this is a nice little book about two mostly lovely people riding bikes around Cornwall to prove some manly men wrong.
Book Review: Unmasking AI by Joy Buolamwini
AI is freaking everywhere these days, whether we want it or not. Sometimes it feels like my Facebook feed is 80-90% garbage AI “art”, or people complaining about garbage AI content.
Book Review: Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov
There are so many translated works by women and people of color that I could have read, but a friend recommended this and the concept sounded really entertaining, so I decided to give it a chance.
Book Review: Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer by Alberto Ledesma
Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer by Alberto Ledesma is sort of a hybrid memoir. It intersperses essay-style text sessions with sketches, illustrations, and political cartoons, some depicting Ledesma’s life, others illustrating the more general experience of being currently or formerly undocumented.
Book Review: What An Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman
This book covers a little bit of everything about owls: their biology and what makes them unique; their ecological niche; myths, legends, and public attitude about owls; current challenges to their survival, and conservation efforts trying to counteract that; and of course, the answer to the question, are owls really that wise?
Book Review: Murder Always Barks Twice by Jennifer Hawkins
Cozy mystery is the weirdest genre. It’s light, fluffy, and usually has punny or otherwise humorous titles, but the fact still remains that in the vast majority of these books, someone has been murdered, leaving behind grieving friends and family.