Julia
Added to listFeministywith 52 books.
Added to listNovelswith 179 books.
Cute! I think you can tell reading this that this is early Hazelwood - not as many sex scenes as she writes in later books! Still, great banter, good politics. I think I'm always going to want to read what she writes.
Cute! I think you can tell reading this that this is early Hazelwood - not as many sex scenes as she writes in later books! Still, great banter, good politics. I think I'm always going to want to read what she writes.
Added to listReligious Possibly New Agewith 7 books.
Liked this better than the first in the series so am now definitely game for the final in the trilogy, with less of a delay! This was again fast-paced, but less gory, which I appreciated, and I can now see the longer arc of character development. This ended on QUITE a cliffhanger, but one I'm not mad about? Felt appropriately propulsive and in keeping with the series? Two books in, I'll also say that the whole premise feels quite original.
Liked this better than the first in the series so am now definitely game for the final in the trilogy, with less of a delay! This was again fast-paced, but less gory, which I appreciated, and I can now see the longer arc of character development. This ended on QUITE a cliffhanger, but one I'm not mad about? Felt appropriately propulsive and in keeping with the series? Two books in, I'll also say that the whole premise feels quite original.
Added to listPart Of A Setwith 62 books.
Added to listSci Fi & Fantasywith 23 books.
Added to listNovelswith 174 books.
Wow, THIS is how to end a series. I loved this! Love the characters, and it was interesting reading the Q&A at the end. You really can tell that the arc of the series was planned from the start. Everything felt intentional, she beautifully resisted pleasing the reader in a way that I wouldn't really have wanted to be pleased, and the end felt so SETTLING. Not due to plot, per se, but completion. Loved these characters in all their complexity.
Wow, THIS is how to end a series. I loved this! Love the characters, and it was interesting reading the Q&A at the end. You really can tell that the arc of the series was planned from the start. Everything felt intentional, she beautifully resisted pleasing the reader in a way that I wouldn't really have wanted to be pleased, and the end felt so SETTLING. Not due to plot, per se, but completion. Loved these characters in all their complexity.
Added to listMemoirswith 40 books.
Added to listIndigeneitywith 23 books.
Added to listNon Fictionwith 49 books.
Read for collective liberation book club. Beautiful & thought-provoking. I am most struck by Coates' humility. He realized (through feedback) after "The Case for Reparations" how much he still had to learn about Palestine, and then wrote a book as his apology-through-education. I do wish there was a little more in the book about the time between this first feedback and the trip to Palestine he discusses, but you can't have everything!
Read for collective liberation book club. Beautiful & thought-provoking. I am most struck by Coates' humility. He realized (through feedback) after "The Case for Reparations" how much he still had to learn about Palestine, and then wrote a book as his apology-through-education. I do wish there was a little more in the book about the time between this first feedback and the trip to Palestine he discusses, but you can't have everything!
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Found this Kleypas in a Goodwill and given that clearly I'm a fan will read the rest of this 3-book series - not my favorite, but a characteristic pleasure to read!
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Found this Kleypas in a Goodwill and given that clearly I'm a fan will read the rest of this 3-book series - not my favorite, but a characteristic pleasure to read!
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. This is a suitably tense middle of a trilogy, as I was cringing to watch the world and central relationship both fracture, but also drawn to keep reading (saved the third for a while to be able to really relish it in 2025!).
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. This is a suitably tense middle of a trilogy, as I was cringing to watch the world and central relationship both fracture, but also drawn to keep reading (saved the third for a while to be able to really relish it in 2025!).
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Came highly recommended by one of the most rigorously ethical people I know - you wouldn't expect it by the blurb, but this is a joy to read, equal parts comforting and appropriately challenging.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Came highly recommended by one of the most rigorously ethical people I know - you wouldn't expect it by the blurb, but this is a joy to read, equal parts comforting and appropriately challenging.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. MY GOD WAS THIS COMPELLING AND RIVETING; no notes, would recommend it to anyone.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. MY GOD WAS THIS COMPELLING AND RIVETING; no notes, would recommend it to anyone.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. As a romantasy reader, I really wish for an alternate universe with the adult version of this series, but otherwise no complaints about this propulsive read with a compelling protagonist and carefully visioned world.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. As a romantasy reader, I really wish for an alternate universe with the adult version of this series, but otherwise no complaints about this propulsive read with a compelling protagonist and carefully visioned world.
Added to listFeministywith 51 books.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. I cannot believe I've never catalogued a read of this as this is for sure my 3rd or 4th read, and does Austen just slap so hard every single time - doesn't get better than this!
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. I cannot believe I've never catalogued a read of this as this is for sure my 3rd or 4th read, and does Austen just slap so hard every single time - doesn't get better than this!
Added to listQueer Queer Friendlywith 33 books.
Added to listSci Fi & Fantasywith 21 books.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Gifted from a friend and I think the quote on the front says steampunk fantasy or something like that - mix in themes of imperialism and queer theory and BOOM you've got a fun read.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Gifted from a friend and I think the quote on the front says steampunk fantasy or something like that - mix in themes of imperialism and queer theory and BOOM you've got a fun read.
Added to listClinical Workwith 37 books.
Added to listNon Fictionwith 48 books.