Queen B’s Decree: Before I start, this book deals with difficult subject matter related to a child’s safety and well-being. This story went by quick. Katerina discovers something early on dangerous to her daughter, and she schemes to keep her safe. It takes place in the early 1990’s in a small village on Crete, and I […]
Queen B’s Decree: Alive and Beating is basically a collection of vignettes, all insights into the lives of people waiting for a transplant. And the emotional stress when a young woman dies unexpectedly, providing those organs. This book had a pretty big impact on me. I may or may not have mentioned, but in my […]
Queen B’s Decree: They Say It’s a River is set in the early 1990’s (1992 to be exact!) and focuses between two teens during summer break: Jake and Leah. Both teens are visiting family in the same small Wisconsin town over the summer and their lives start to intersect. Like I mentioned, this story is […]
Queen B’s Decree: I have some conflicted feelings about this one. I was immediately sucked into the plot. Many years after a toxin modified some people (mods), giving them telepathic powers, those who’ve been changed have to hide who they are or face labor camps or death. Our FMC, Wren, is one of those modified […]
Queen B’s Decree: Newer reminded me of The Wild Robot; where robots/bots start to adapt and become more and more humanistic and emotional. While this is a novella, it felt like a full story. And although it alternates between two different main characters, and you’re not sure how they are initially related, it all comes […]
Queen B’s Decree: The Babylonian Chronicles is a novella where the action just doesn’t stop. It’s split into a few different parts, and each part chronicles (tee hee, tee hee) a different event taking place on the asteroid they’re located on. Salaam, Sara, and Calager are the main characters we meet and the story flips […]
Queen B’s Decree: Lunar was a mix of women’s fiction and mystery. Fern is in the midst of a divorce and moves into an old farm house in the country, unaware of the importance that house has in the community. There are a lot of characters we meet, and everyone has some kind of connection […]
Queen B’s Decree: While this book claims “Not a Memoir—Unless I Win an Oscar, Die Tragically, or Score a Country,” this definitely feels like a memoir. I didn’t know anything about Lola Kirke before starting this (used wikipedia to look everyone up!). And after listening to approximately 25%, I still don’t know much about her. […]
Queen B’s Decree: I think it must be said that this is not considered a romance. I’d categorize it as a coming of age story (with a hint of a paranormal twist) despite Darby being 30 years old. Darby has lost his job, his rent is going up, and he’s feeling misplaced in his adopted […]
Queen B’s Decree: Poetry is not my usual genre, but I like to venture out and try it every now and then. A Heart’s Horizon is a short collection, and the audio is read by the author himself. With the accent and the cadence, I was entranced. I actually bought the kindle version afterwards just […]