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“If we were different people in different circumstances, I would get down on my knees and beg you to stay at the end of the winter. I would move heaven and earth and the Underworld itself to keep you with me.”
Neon Gods
Dark Olympus #1
By Katee Robert
Narrated by Zara Hampton-Brown & Alex Moorcock
QUICK SUMMARY 🖊️
Persephone Dimitriou wants nothing to do with her over ambitious mothers plans. She finds herself running from these plans, right into the arms of a she always believed to be nothing but a myth.
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
I think this has been my favourite Hades and Persephone retelling, but I am a fan of Katee Roberts books. I know some people weren’t fans of the male narrator but I loved the voice.
Neon Gods
Dark Olympus #1
By Katee Robert
Narrated by Zara Hampton-Brown & Alex Moorcock
QUICK SUMMARY 🖊️
Persephone Dimitriou wants nothing to do with her over ambitious mothers plans. She finds herself running from these plans, right into the arms of a she always believed to be nothing but a myth.
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
I think this has been my favourite Hades and Persephone retelling, but I am a fan of Katee Roberts books. I know some people weren’t fans of the male narrator but I loved the voice.
“Mix loneliness with stress and innovation and all kind of madness can occur.”
QUICK RECAP 🖊️
Widower Aoyama is a little out of touch with the dating scene so his filmmaker friend comes up with the best idea…. Audition women for the part.
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
I had to sit on this for a couple days, because it was just that much I needed to put my thoughts together and I STILL don’t know if I have it all together. So anyone who’s read this… please DM so we can chat!
QUICK RECAP 🖊️
Widower Aoyama is a little out of touch with the dating scene so his filmmaker friend comes up with the best idea…. Audition women for the part.
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
I had to sit on this for a couple days, because it was just that much I needed to put my thoughts together and I STILL don’t know if I have it all together. So anyone who’s read this… please DM so we can chat!
“It’s such a strange thing, even perverse, to make children break something pretty to eat its entrails,”
Piñata by Leopould Gout
Publication Date: March 14, 2023
QUICK SUMMARY 🖊️
Inspired by the true and horrific history.
Carmen is back in her home country of Mexico with her two daughters while she works on rebuilding an old cathedral, being a woman is a roadblock in and of itself. Within short period she finds herself being sent home after an accident but something seems to have come home with them.
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
This was one where I found myself at times thinking .. where is this going? It was a little slow to start, but the history written into this book kept me going with the story. And ending up loving it.
Piñata by Leopould Gout
Publication Date: March 14, 2023
QUICK SUMMARY 🖊️
Inspired by the true and horrific history.
Carmen is back in her home country of Mexico with her two daughters while she works on rebuilding an old cathedral, being a woman is a roadblock in and of itself. Within short period she finds herself being sent home after an accident but something seems to have come home with them.
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
This was one where I found myself at times thinking .. where is this going? It was a little slow to start, but the history written into this book kept me going with the story. And ending up loving it.
I honestly left this book too long to review. I remember I enjoying it enough but nothing really sticks out in my head.
Whomp whomp.
I listened to this one and although were a few tidbits I found interesting. Over all it was a bust, also Season of the witch?
Was more of a sausage fest to me.
I listened to this one and although were a few tidbits I found interesting. Over all it was a bust, also Season of the witch?
Was more of a sausage fest to me.
“Jurassic Park—what the hell is the plot? Great dinosaurs”
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Alan Rickman’s legit journals, everything from appointments to musings.
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
I wanted to love this one, but I think the audiobook ruined it for me. Having seen many of his works, I couldn’t put the narrators voice to Rickmans journal entries. I think if I read it instead I would have enjoyed it waaaay more. Maybe I’ll have to try that.
QUICK RECAP 🖊️
Alan Rickman’s legit journals, everything from appointments to musings.
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
I wanted to love this one, but I think the audiobook ruined it for me. Having seen many of his works, I couldn’t put the narrators voice to Rickmans journal entries. I think if I read it instead I would have enjoyed it waaaay more. Maybe I’ll have to try that.
“It’s just an example, because I certainly do. But on an evening, when you’re deciding whether to have that second glass of wine or not, it might feel like you’re free to make up your mind either way. But you aren’t. What will happen will happen. What happens was always going to happen. You had no more choice than the pen did just then.”
The Angel Maker by Alex North
Narrated by Rosalie Craig
QUICK RECAP 🖊️
A sister who is still living with grief of a brutal attack on her brother leaving him scarred is caught up in more than she could have imagined years later. A detective who keeps coming back to two old cases, trying to find a connection.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Thank you @netgalley @macmillanaudio & @celadonbooks for a copy of both the eARC and audio ALC. I was able tandem read these, Alex North has been on my radar since The Whisper Man so to receive these I was thrilled.
I will say this book is PACKED so I enjoyed reading vs. listening for this reason alone.
I did enjoy the narrator, but like I said, there’s so much packed into this book the book makes it easier for me to follow.
The Angel Maker by Alex North
Narrated by Rosalie Craig
QUICK RECAP 🖊️
A sister who is still living with grief of a brutal attack on her brother leaving him scarred is caught up in more than she could have imagined years later. A detective who keeps coming back to two old cases, trying to find a connection.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Thank you @netgalley @macmillanaudio & @celadonbooks for a copy of both the eARC and audio ALC. I was able tandem read these, Alex North has been on my radar since The Whisper Man so to receive these I was thrilled.
I will say this book is PACKED so I enjoyed reading vs. listening for this reason alone.
I did enjoy the narrator, but like I said, there’s so much packed into this book the book makes it easier for me to follow.
“Damn it. It was too early to be in the elevator with someone this pretty.”
Not so Best Wishes
Warts & Claws Inc. Series - Book 2
Clio Evans
QUICK RECAP 🖊️
It’s just another monster Monday,
What do you get when you find a demon, manticore and a sexy new witch coworker in an elevator together?
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
Loved the pronoun use in this book, but also loved the dynamic of these three, the quick story with spice but a whole plot that leaves you needing more to the story.
Not so Best Wishes
Warts & Claws Inc. Series - Book 2
Clio Evans
QUICK RECAP 🖊️
It’s just another monster Monday,
What do you get when you find a demon, manticore and a sexy new witch coworker in an elevator together?
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
Loved the pronoun use in this book, but also loved the dynamic of these three, the quick story with spice but a whole plot that leaves you needing more to the story.
“Never leave the nest without a nummy pouch.”
Zodiac Academy
Sorrow and Starlight
By Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
QUICK RECAP 🖊️
Because this is book EIGHT of the series, so I’m not going to give a recap for those who haven’t read it yet.
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
Friends this book is thiiiiick. It honestly easily could have been two books, I only read it at bedtime for awhile because it’s written like an angsty teen at points and I just couldn’t. BUT if I give anything away it’s this, THE CLIFFHANGER ENDING made me regret reading it right now because I have to wait for the next book.
Zodiac Academy
Sorrow and Starlight
By Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
QUICK RECAP 🖊️
Because this is book EIGHT of the series, so I’m not going to give a recap for those who haven’t read it yet.
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
Friends this book is thiiiiick. It honestly easily could have been two books, I only read it at bedtime for awhile because it’s written like an angsty teen at points and I just couldn’t. BUT if I give anything away it’s this, THE CLIFFHANGER ENDING made me regret reading it right now because I have to wait for the next book.
"I am non-Indigenous, I am a white woman. I think it's important that we know these stories, but I also think it's really important to hear what Indigenous people have to say themselves, and particularly at this time"
Tsqelmucwílc
The Kamloops Indian Residential School - Resistance and Reckoning
By Celia Haig-Brown
Gary Gottfriedson, Randy Fred, and The KIRS Survivors
QUICK RECAP 🖊️
Tsqelmucwílc (pronounced cha-CAL-mux-weel) a Secwépemc phase that translates loosely to “We return to being human.”
This is a story of those who survived the Kamloops Residential School, based on the original text by Celia Haig-Brown from 1988 titled “Resistance and Renewal” plus works from Gary Gottfriedson, Randy Fred and the KIRS Survivors.
This book includes the original, new material and so much more.
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
Thank you @zgstories & @arsenalpulp for this copy of Tsqelmucwílc in exchange for my honest review.
This book came in swinging hard, what Celia Haig-Brown did with her original work and was amplified by Indigenous people from their stories of survival, resistance and reckoning. There are stories from survivors and stories from families members.
A couple times I found myself on the verge of tears for these children and what had had been subjected to. This book is highly recommended by me for those looking for more residential school education.
Tsqelmucwílc
The Kamloops Indian Residential School - Resistance and Reckoning
By Celia Haig-Brown
Gary Gottfriedson, Randy Fred, and The KIRS Survivors
QUICK RECAP 🖊️
Tsqelmucwílc (pronounced cha-CAL-mux-weel) a Secwépemc phase that translates loosely to “We return to being human.”
This is a story of those who survived the Kamloops Residential School, based on the original text by Celia Haig-Brown from 1988 titled “Resistance and Renewal” plus works from Gary Gottfriedson, Randy Fred and the KIRS Survivors.
This book includes the original, new material and so much more.
FINAL THOUGHTS 💭
Thank you @zgstories & @arsenalpulp for this copy of Tsqelmucwílc in exchange for my honest review.
This book came in swinging hard, what Celia Haig-Brown did with her original work and was amplified by Indigenous people from their stories of survival, resistance and reckoning. There are stories from survivors and stories from families members.
A couple times I found myself on the verge of tears for these children and what had had been subjected to. This book is highly recommended by me for those looking for more residential school education.