brittmariasbooks's Reviews (1.45k)

Thank you to NetGalley and Oni Press for providing me with the ARC to Delicates!

Delicates is the sequel to Sheets. I enjoyed Sheets but I loved Delicates. Marjorie has befriended the popular girls but does not really have a lot in common with them. Eliza is into ghost photography and although people make fun of her, she is determined to capture a ghost on film.

I loved the message on bullying and the calling out of being a bystander when it happens. Wendell is as adorable as ever. And the art is absolutely gorgeous. I really recommend Delicates to anyone, especially if you like Sheets.

CW: bullying

3.75 stars

Camp Jupiter Classified: A Probatio's Journal is a nice background story on the Roman camp. The story follows Claudia, a descendant of Mercury. The story is set after the event of The Blood of Olympus but possibly before The Trials of Apollo since it does not spoil any of Apollo's adventures in the series but it could also happen simultaneously with the first few books in the series. Although you might appreciate a character here and there more after having read The Tyrant's Tomb.

I liked Claudia's journal, especially since it gives us more of a background on day to day life inside Camp Jupiter. It is very different from Camp Half-Blood so it is interesting to see how the probatios, legionnaires, centurions and praetors are living and training together.

The book is illustrated as well. The illustrations are beautiful and I quite like the art style.

I recommend Camp Jupiter Classified to those who want a bit more background on Camp Jupiter and want to go on a mini-quest to save the camp.

So You Want to Talk About Race is a great book to start with if you are new to anti-racist books. Ijeoma Oluo very clearly explains topics surrounding racism such as microaggressions and cultural appropriation. She includes some of her personal experiences to illustrate these terms which might seem abstract at first for some. Some information you might already know, but repetition is always good.

I found this book very educational. This book is focused on the UK but there were simulaties with the Netherlands and Europe as a whole. I would like to read a similar book like this which is focused on the Netherlands so I can come to understand my priviledge even more.

Everyone should read this book

Ik weet niet zo goed wat ik hiervan moet vinden. Dit boek gaat er soort van over hoe je lang kunt blijven leven, maar daar ben ik niet zoveel mee bezig.
Ik vond ook dat er erg weinig bronnen waren. Ik weet niet hoe betrouwbaar deze informatie is.
Zijn de schrijvers onderzoekers? Is dit werk van hun gepubliceerd?
Is dit zo'n boek a la "hoe word ik succesvol?" waar in de dingen staan die succesvolle mensen doen die eigenlijk niet heel veel met hun succes te maken heeft?
Ik blijf skeptisch, vandaar de twee sterren.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an arc. All opinions are my own.

With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She’s a straight-A, work-through-the-summer certified high achiever. She is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn’t know…until she does exactly that.

I related so much to Grace Porter trying to find her next step after getting her PhD since I have similar feelings and job rejections right now after getting my master's. Other than that her life is pretty different from mine (Porter being queer and Black, me being straight and a white European).

I enjoyed reading about Porter finding her way and redefining perfection. I believe that I read Honey Girl at the perfect time to have a sweet love story with some small monster stories by Yuki (which I loved, both Yuki and her stories). I highly recommend you pick this book up.

Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms is an cute LGBTQIA+ story about Annie and Bebe. Annie needs more extracurriculars for her college applications and is prompted by her mother to try out for the cheerleader squad. During cheerleading training, Annie and Bebe get reacquainted since they lost touch in the past two years. Bebe also start transitioning and Annie and the cheerleading squad are very supportive, but sometimes in their own way.

I really recommend Cheer Up to everyone who loves Heartstopper by Alice Oseman. I truly enjoyed reading it and I think many others will.