wren_rainbow's Reviews (451)

Listened to the audiobook and fell in love. Michelle has a calming voice and truly inspirational. She recounts her time living in South Side Chicago to the journey of birthing her children to residing in the White House and life afterwards. Discusses her career path and digs into her fears, insecurities, and doubts. She was so honest and open with every aspect of her life which allows the reader to relate to her. Michelle Obama is an inspiration and her message of “You matter” is one I will try everyday to carry on to those I meet.

Waited to hear Lundy’s story and Seanan delivered! While on this journey I tried to apply the logic and rules to our reality but of course some things may be a bit illogical. Be smart with what you ask for!

This was beautiful, heartfelt, and poignant! I listened to the audiobook which made the experience more authentic. I enjoyed the switch of POV hearing both of their voices. This was the second book I’ve read from Elizabeth Acevedo and like the first ‘Poet x’ it was powerful! Highly recommend!

Thought provoking book that shows us the life of the protagonist in one weekend. So much has happened in a span of 3 days. You get a glimpse into academia and what it means to be black, male, and gay. You see the lives of his friends and peers who are also struggling with understanding their purpose in life, sexual identity, gender identity, trauma and their overall happiness and fulfillment with what they want in life. It wasn’t a light read by any means but at the end I needed to sit for a few days and contemplate am I happy? What makes me happy and what isn’t?

4.5 Stars- Ove is an adorably grumpy elder man who you can’t help but fall in love with. The first page pulled me in and I couldn’t get enough of Ove and all of the other characters. This book focuses on how one transforms due to life experiences and people who enter your sphere.

I appreciate how Seanan starts each book in this series with a sense of magic and mystery. What stands out the most is Seanan’s inclusivity of religion, ethnicity, gender and sexual identity throughout. Each book drags me into their world. This was an okay read that felt a bit lacking compared to the others. Hopefully, we see Reagan again.

I love a good Nora Roberts and have been wanting to read this book since it came out. It begins comfy with a hint of suspicion something is going wrong and then plunges you into a dystopian world. The build up and descriptions of the horror, grief was well done. I stayed up late up every night reading because I had to know! As most Nora Roberts’ books goes there is of course fantasy elements with plenty of superpowers (loved it!!). However, the sentence structures throughout the book made me pause go back and read again a few times and realized it’s not me....the book is oddly written, a bit choppy. And wondered did someone other than Nora write this books because that writing style didn’t feel like her...will start Of Blood and Bone soon.

Breaking the stereotype of masculinity and young black fatherhood we become immersed in 17 year old Maverick’s world. This book was truly worth the wait!

3.5 It wasn’t as compelling as the first book. Became a bit predictable in some areas- Fallon will only be able to complete a quest once a specific character is with her and their actions leads to the quest revealing itself to her ( trying to not give too much away).

This middle book was a good build up to the final book. I appreciated the ins and out of Fallon’s training and her journey.

It was wonderful to catch up on characters we haven’t seen in a while which put a huge smile on my face talking about of my gosh such and such as if I’ve personally known them. Nora Roberts does a great job on allowing you to know some of the characters and see the relationships, grow attach. The ending was pretty good. Looking forward to the final book.