I'm back with more first lines of books! As I have said many times, I don't think the first line is the most important. I don't think most people are going to stop reading if the first line isn't amazing. But I still think it can be fun and interesting to look at them. And I think an interesting one presented without context in a post like this might grab someone's attention enough to try a book....
Truly, I am running out of topics to discuss. There is no great depth to this post, I'm just gonna wing it. I've read a lot of books, some of them must've had animals, surely I can think of something to say about that. Keep reading to find...
I've recently read a book and played a game that had redemption arcs in them, and it just got me thinking about them and why I love them. So I thought I'd do a little discussion on why I like them and what makes them work for me, and then give some...
I wasn't sure how to explain this in the title. Cozy, chill, intimate, even lonely in a thought-provoking sort of way---this sort of feeling is something I've noticed about and something that really draws me to apocalypse and post-apocalyptic books, games, etc. But I feel like that's sort of not what people associate with the genre? So that's what I wanted to talk about, plus give some...
My favorite books of the year! Who doesn't love talking about books they loved? Some of these were ones I'd been looking forward to, and they didn't disappoint. Some were sort of spontaneous reads. Some I didn't really know if they'd be my kinda book, but they surprised me in the best way. So here, in no particular order, are my top ten(ish) reads of 2022, plus a few other things I...
Time to talk about characters! I included technically more than ten, since I chose multiple characters from some books, as I sometimes do, but I'm sure you all don't mind. And I've run out of things to say in these intros, so here are my favorite characters of...
I have to preface this by saying I'm not criticizing other reviewers. Everyone is allowed to have their own opinion and to dislike a book for any reason! But it's things I've seen in reviews that got me thinking about this topic. This year, I've noticed a few of the books I loved got some negative reviews that complained about the plot being slow, or the plot being simple and not having much...
Normally for these posts, I do three different books and pick one song for each. This time I'm doing three songs for the same book! Because it's an amazing book and the absolute perfect kind of book to pair songs with. At least for me, because the reason books and songs go so well together is that they both make me feel, and, well, this book made me feel A LOT. I won't be able to explain all...
In 2017, I wrote a blog post about disability representation and the "magical cure" trope in books, and I had planned to do another post with more complaints. But some of my opinions have changed, and as a disabled person myself, my feelings about this topic are complex and sometimes contradictory. And I wanted to talk about not just issues with disability rep, but also issues with...
The other day I went to submit a review to a website and saw there was a rule about no spoilers... which my review had. I understand the reason for the rule, and they said I could include the spoilers as long as I hid them when I posted publicly, so it was fine! But it did get me thinking about why spoilers can be a good thing sometimes. I'm someone who avoids spoilers, for the most part. But,...
