pickI absolutely live for the puns in these books, highly anticipate re-reading them before the year is out. Because Reyna and Kianthe are the best
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pickI absolutely live for the puns in these books, highly anticipate re-reading them before the year is out. Because Reyna and Kianthe are the best
“I come back to the apartment and find the worst thing in the world.”
Almost bailed at the beginning of this fun and quirky book, but glad I stayed with it.
#FirstLineFridays. @ShyBookOwl
pickThis magical murder mystery had some cozy vibes and great rep (MC with fibromyalgia, lesbian/gay MCS, nonbinary side char), & I'd rec it for folks into paranormal fantasy who don't mind flashes of brutal violence, fairly immature MCs (I think I'd categorize it as YA?), and overt mustache twirling. There were a lot of side themes! I'm curious if the next book settles down a little and decides if it's doing a cozy or a hard-boiled detective mystery.
so-soA little gay YA romance, Stevie has amnesia and has to remember Norah and their relationship. This was a bit too YA for me - a bit too much cheese and dramatic teens but that is on me I bought this last year on a stop over in Edmonton, I also thought it was Canadian but about half in I realized they were in Philly, so I just fully picked up the wrong book apparently and it didn't really work for me. Overall though it was fine just not my taste
A group of college friends come back together to throw “funerals“ for each other in times of crises, so that they always know they're loved. An entertaining read that had many resonant passages for me, but it felt a little lacking in real depth somehow. Perhaps it's because we spend time in the minds of five different people and it's not that long a book. Or perhaps the echoes of “The Big Chill' and “Peter's Friends“ make it feel too theatrical.
“We've reached the tipping point,“ Naomi said, pouring a shot of Don Julio; it burned with a smoky finish.
“How do you mean?“ Jordy asked.
“I just figure at a certain point, life takes more from you than it gives.“
He had an urge to return to Bogota. It was fascinating to him, the idea that all the things his parents had escaped were now here, and all the things they wanted for their kids were now there. Random gun violence, political unrest, supply chain issues--those were now America, Marriage equality, socialized medicine, and reproductive choice--those were all Colombian.
Everyone was on the same ticking clock. They might fool themselves into thinking that more time affords them opportunities to do more things, that the future is open-ended. But the world is simply too big. We weren't meant to see everything, we weren't built to do everything, we aren't capable of knowing everything. At a certain point, peace has to be found with the choices we've made.
