Category: reading

If this narrative does not pull on year heartstrings, do you even have a heart? In all seriousness though, O’Shaughnessy wrote a narrative that shows the complexity of building a family through the foster care system. The main character’s world change when her grandmother (and guardian) dies. Her grandma assumed that her son, the main…

Just like some of the reviews from the previous post, these are shorter since I had quite a backload to catch up on. Hopefully next week’s recent reads (scheduled for this Friday) will contain reviews of my normal length. I reached the end of the trilogy and still remain ambivalent. I kept reading because the…

I enjoyed this short novel that alternated between two perspectives. The two main characters meet one summer, although technically they spent their very first day on earth together in the nursery at the hospital. Both have serious things that they’re dealing with while building a friendship through training for a half marathon. The boy loves…

I really enjoyed this one in which the author draws on her own lived experience as an overweight but fit and horse-obsessed pre-teen. This character deals with teasing from others at the barn where she rides as well as from her older brother’s friend, the latter of which often becomes inappropriate. Both she and her…

I intended to have this up last Wednesday but I thought optimistically about whether I would do anything regarding record keeping and creating a new post while on the trip. (I pre-wrote and scheduled as many posts as I could but I could not pre-write this one.) I read quite a bit this month, now…

I continue to enjoy how Shannon has built this story over these first three installments. She has taken the plot and characters quite far from the original setting of book one and has done so in a believable way. Sometimes when the plot transforms over the course of a series it can feel like a…

This graphic novel deals with deep, potentially triggering topics. While I do not avoid recommending the book for that reason, I do not recommend the book. The narrative serves as a way for the author to recount a fictionalized version of her own experiences. I will never discount that. I hesitate to recommend this book…

I still have a majorly ambitious TBR. Thanks to still technically being on vacation, I may be able to read all of these books. With an international trip taking up the first 8 days (so excited!) and a four day training week, I definitely will not read as much in July as June but…the amount…

Books like this lay bare a lot of uncomfortable truths. It takes a skilled author to handle these truths and the fallout from everything involved. Sawyerr is one such author. My words pale in comparison to the actual narrative so I will direct you there. I highly recommend this book. I really appreciated this narrative…

Once again, I read another large number of books over a 48 hour time period. Since I have so many books to review, I will not write as much as normal, hopefully. As is my usual MO for these weekend readathons, I read several of these comic collections back to back. Some worked better (sometimes…