The Mirror and the Light (Thomas Cromwell Trilogy #3) by Hilary Mantel Historical Fiction 784 pages First published March 10, 2020 by Henry Holt & Company "Every story is a ghost story," Dame Hilary Mantel has said, and it's never more true than it is in her twice-Booker Prize-winning trilogy devoted to the life of … Continue reading Book Review: The Mirror and the Light
Goodreads Monday: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme where we randomly select a book from our Goodreads To Be Read list and share it with the world. It’s been hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners, but I'm not sure if that blog is active anymore. Please enjoy this preview of what I want to read in the future! … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Sunday Sum-Up: July 5, 2020
The week where the neighbors do their level best to scare the hell out of my cats is now over. As I had no plans to go anywhere for Independence Day and I don't like lighting fireworks off, I spent the evening indoors with headphones on listening to music while trying to write and read … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: July 5, 2020
Mid-Year Summary
The first six months of 2020 have now passed and... wow. It's been a wild six months. January and February felt so normal-- and so long ago. Now there's COVID-19 and quarantines, the Black Lives Matter protests that blossomed in the US and around the world, murder hornets, and now a gigantic dust cloud has … Continue reading Mid-Year Summary
June Summary, July Preview
We have now reached my least favorite time of year, and it will continue to be my least favorite time of year until September. Heat is bad enough. Add high humidity into the mix, and it's even worse. Hooray for air conditioning, fans, and iced beverages. Anyway. I didn't finish as many books in June … Continue reading June Summary, July Preview
State of the ARC: June 2020
State of the ARC is a meme hosted by Avalinah’s Books in which we round up our ARCs and attempt to wrangle them into something approaching order. Sometimes it’s like herding cats. Not a whole lot going on for me over at NetGalley. I received two approvals in June and finished one review. Most … Continue reading State of the ARC: June 2020
Goodreads Monday: Sea People
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson Nonfiction/History 384 pages Published March 2019 by Harper From Goodreads: A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Sea People
Sunday Sum-Up: June 28, 2020
So I've had a good week. Nothing mind-blowingly happy happened, but nothing horrible happened, either, and I got a lot of things done on my day off. Work was busy, but not so busy I wanted to scream (although as soon as you notice that a few of the light bulbs have gone out, it's … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: June 28, 2020
Goodreads Monday: Black Sun
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse Fantasy 464 pages Expected publication October 13, 2020 by Saga Press From Goodreads: From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and … Continue reading Goodreads Monday: Black Sun
Sunday Sum-Up: June 21, 2020
The heatwave broke! Finally. A front moved in on Thursday and brought storms along with it-- high winds, heavy rain, and plenty of thunder and lightning. And also a microburst, because why not? The marginally cooler weather will last for another week at least, so hooray for that. 85°F I can live with. 95°F and … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: June 21, 2020
