This is a joint review by Carrie and AJ. Wayward Son is the second book in a spinoff series — you might also want to check out Carrie’s review for the previous book, Carry On, and Sarah’s review for the book that started it all, Fangirl. Carrie: Wayward Son is the sequel to Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell. If you haven’t read Carry On yet, go do that. I’ll try to avoid spoilers for Carry On … Continue reading Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell
The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after… So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch? What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light… That’s how … Continue reading Wayward Son
Hey, hello! Welcome back to Cover Snark! From Jfhobbit in the SBTB Patreon Discord: I have a submission to Cover Snark, entirely on the basis of their expressions mid-embrace. He looks confused? She looks like she’s trying to imagine she is anywhere else. Amanda: Definitely a “did I leave the hair straightener on” look. Elyse: Or hearing the cat start to puke Tara: He looks like he doesn’t know where he is and she’s considering … Continue reading Cover Snark: Hot Groot
Any Way the Wind Blows is the conclusion of Rainbow Rowell’s amazing Simon Snow Trilogy. The story began as part of another book, Fangirl. Fangirl was a contemporary novel in which the main character wrote fan fiction about a franchise similar to the Harry Potter franchise, with courageous students at a magical school. Carry On gave us a different version of this same fanfic that stood on its own as a lovely and moving deconstruction … Continue reading Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell
In Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong. In Any Way the Wind Blows, Simon and Baz and Penelope and Agatha have to decide how to move forward. For Simon, that means deciding whether he still wants to be part of the World of Mages — and if he doesn’t, … Continue reading Any Way the Wind Blows
We have reached the last Whatcha Reading of 2019! Let’s pour one out for the books we’ve finished this year. SBTB hopes you’ve ended your year of reading with something good. If not, there are tons more books waiting for you in the new year! Catherine: I’m in the middle of Christmas madness (singing and culinary editions), so I’m sticking to rereads at the moment. In particular, I’m rereading the Penric and Desdemona novellas by … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? December 2019 Edition, Part Two
Early in 1906, the ground in San Francisco shook buildings and lives from their comfortable foundations. Amidst rubble, corruption, and deceit, two women-young architects in a city and field ruled by men-find themselves racing the clock and each other during the rebuilding of competing hotels in the City by the Bay. Based on meticulous research, A Race to Splendor tells the story of the audacious people of one of the world’s great cities rebuilding and … Continue reading A Race to Splendor
There's a little bit of everything on sale today. Hope you find a book you'll enjoy! A Race to Splendor by Ciji Ware is $2.99 as one of Amazon's Daily Deals, and the price has been matched by other vendors. This is a historical set against the recover from the San Francisco earthquake of 1909, and features to young heroines who are architects – a field dominated by men – as they work to help … Continue reading Books on Sale: Historical, Paranormal, YA - A Little Bit of Everything!
Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning series. Antsy is the latest student to pass through the doors at Eleanor West’s School for Wayward Children. When her fellow students realize that Antsy’s talent for finding absolutely anything may extend to doors, she’s forced to flee in the company of a small group of friends, looking for a way back to the Shop … Continue reading Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
Yeah, sorry about that earworm, 80s and 90s children. I found this comic from The Awkward Yeti while meandering around the internet, and I could not save it to my phone fast enough: Like I said, saved to my phone immediately. Then I asked the SBTB crew, “What was the last book you read that took you out of the real world?” Elyse: For me it was Our Crooked Hearts (I have a review for this … Continue reading Books Take You Away…to Another World
