Castle Waiting is an adorable, feminist comic that is currently collected in two volumes. I read about this comic book series in The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen by Hope Nicholson and sure enough, it’s entrancing. Castle Waiting is the story of what happens in Sleeping Beauty’s castle after the princess awakens and leaves the castle. The castle becomes a safe haven for many – including a pregnant woman named Lady Jain who is fleeing from … Continue reading Castle Waiting by Linda Medley →
Squee from the Keeper Shelf is a feature wherein we share why we love the books we love, specifically the stories which are permanent residents of our Keeper shelves. Despite flaws, despite changes in age and perspective, despite the passage of time, we love particular books beyond reason, and the only thing better than re-reading them is telling other people about them. At length. If you’d like to submit your reasons for loving and keeping … Continue reading Keeper Shelf: A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L’Engle →
Princess for Christmas is a truly terrible Hallmark Channel Original Movie movie that nonetheless delighted me no end thanks to the efforts of actors that approach this material as earnestly as if someone was waiting backstage with an Oscar nomination for each of them. My eternal thanks to our readers who tipped me off about this. Spoilers ahead. In this film, Katie McGrath, whom I worship from her days on Merlin, plays Jules. Jules is … Continue reading Movie Review: A Princess for Christmas →
Edited 14 December 2017: This review has been revised and the grade has been changed. Please see note at the bottom of this review for amended grade information. This week, while hanging out with the residents of my local cat café, I read my first Joanna Shupe historical. Shupe is known for writing American historicals set in the Gilded Age, and the first book of The Four Hundred Series, A Daring Arrangement, sticks to that theme. … Continue reading A Daring Arrangement by Joanna Shupe →
Wrong to Need You is a novel that is so engrossing, so engaging, that as I was reading it I didn’t realize that at that very moment in time, I was being peed on. Yes, that’s right. Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai is so good that it will keep you from noticing you’re sitting in urine. There’s a story here (obviously) and you’ll get it, but first I need to talk to you about … Continue reading Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai →
I gobbled up Artemis, the new book by the author of The Martian, like a bag of chips. And like a bag of chips, it had many delights, but it was also problematic in many ways and altogether not very good for me. Like The Martian, Artemis is full of smart people, and I sure do love smart people. It’s also full of slut-shaming and bizarre comments about the main character’s body. Artemis is the … Continue reading Artemis by Andy Weir →
Lady Bird is the coming of age story of Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson, a high school student in Sacramento, living through her senior year of 2002-2003. It stars Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, and Tracy Letts, is directed by Greta Gerwig and is hands down one of the best movies of the year. Lady Bird (in one of those fits of teenagers trying on new identities, she has given this name to herself) is a senior … Continue reading Movie Review: Lady Bird →
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters From Comic Book History is a fun, informative, and inspiring encyclopedia of female characters from the comic books of 1930s to the 2010s. Each character description includes an illustration, the name of their creator, information about their first appearance, and where to find their comics now. Each decade from the 1930s on is represented, and the women featured include many heroines of color as well as LGBTQ … Continue reading The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen by Hope Nicholson →
I really wanted to like this book. The description made it sound like a battle of wits would occur, which I love due to the intellectual tension and often coded dialogue present in such stories. Alas, the first chapter was infuriating and the hero even more so, and I stopped reading a few pages into chapter two. I think DNF reviews are very illuminating as they can highlight what makes a reader stop, or keep … Continue reading To the Duke, With Love by Amelia Grey →
Not Your Villain is the second book in the Sidekick Squad series by C.B. Lee. This YA series is set in a semi-post-apocalyptic future (much has been destroyed, but many areas are still doing fine). In this world, some people have super powers. In order to follow Not Your Villain, you need to have read Not Your Sidekick. In the first book, Not Your Sidekick, Jessica Tran struggled with jealousy when she didn’t manifest powers … Continue reading Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee →
Hamilton’s Battalion is a wonderful trio of romance novellas set in America during or immediately following the Revolutionary War. I don’t think I’ve ever before found a romance anthology in which all the stories were equally well written. I had high expectations for Courtney Milan and Alyssa Cole, because I’m a fan of their other work, and they did not disappoint. I’ve never read anything by Rose Lerner before, but her novella was also wonderful. … Continue reading Hamilton’s Battalion by Rose Lerner, Courtney Milan, and Alyssa Cole →
