Gah. If you love Greek mythology or Hamilton, pick up this book. It's the story of the Minotaur, from many of the characters' perspectives.i loved it. It has sort of a hip hop feel to the poetry. It also makes other characters more sympathetic. I just loved it.

Really good. I don't think you need to know much about the Black Panther's history to understand this. Coates is able to suck you into the complex world of running a kingdom while forces bat at you from all sides. An excellent look at a world for whose movie I am very excited about.

Continued weirdness. I wonder what is going on. I need more of this strange story.

Deb Heiligman wrote another winner, folks. (And I know I'm not alone in saying this, as the Horn Book has recognized this book already as being worthy of an award.) This paired very well with my viewing of "Loving Vincent," the oil-painted animation film that came out this year. It was interesting to see the two different perspectives on the life and death of Vincent Van Gogh, and his brother Theo. Heiligman has written a work that feels like a painting. It changes as time goes by, it's flexible about it's format, and it's written in gallery stages. At first, I wasn't sure what to think about this, and it grew on me. Noticing formatting of a book isn't something I normally spend a lot of time on, but this was worth examining. Highly recommended.

I mean, it's a short story/novella. No way could it be as good as a regular Penny book. But it was decent.

Not my favorite in the series, and I'm starting to wonder if I'll continue. I know, from listening to the author interviews at the end, that she sees some of her description as really contributing to the time and place, but sometimes I get tired of the long descriptions of what people look like and every outfit they are wearing. For other people, that may really work, but for me, I'm getting tired of it. I think I'll give it one more book, and see how it goes.

This is a book for every library collection. The casual sexism that many women get every day is well-represented here, as well as the way that we often let athletes get away with more. So, so, good.

Side note: There is a little bit of intersectionality, but this is mostly from a white feminist POV. Still worth reading, but good to note.

I would give it more like 2.5 stars. It was cute, but not earth-shattering. I liked Knisley's memoir better.

This is my least favorite of the Harry Potter books (which is about the equivalent of when I say Jayne is my least favorite of my favorite characers in Firefly).