Tag: Book Riot Read Harder Challenge
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10 Books Read for the Read Harder Challenge: Top Ten Tuesday
10 Books Read for the Read Harder Challenge is my Top Ten Tuesday theme for this week. That Artsy Girl made the topic a freebie this week. I’ve been making progress on finishing the Read Harder Challenge. So far I have completed 20 out of 24 prompts. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana at That Artsy…
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Love in a Fallen City: Book Riot Book Review
Love in a Fallen City is a collection of stories by Eileen Chang. The collection is considered to be a classic. The stories are all love stories that occur during the fall of Hong Kong and right after WWII. Other than being beautifully written stories about love set during wartime, that is all that the…
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Dreaming the Eagle: Book Riot Book Review
Boudica means Bringer of Victory (from the early Celtic word “boudeg”). She is the last defender of the Celtic culture in Britain; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome — and triumph. –From the Trade Paperback edition of Dreaming the Eagle Dreaming…
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Land of Love and Drowning: Book Riot Book Review
Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique is set in Anegada and St. Thomas. The time period is approximately 1917 when St. Thomas became a U.S. territory. Around this same time, Captain Bradshaw’s ship sinks. Bradshaw left behind three children – Eeona, Anette and their half-brother Jacob. All of the children have some magical…
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Cinderella is Dead: Book Riot Book Review
“When the leader of this kingdom treats women as property, it sets an awful precedent. People think it’s okay to do the same.”― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead I read Cinderella is Dead as part of the Read Harder Challenge 2022. The prompt was to “Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore,…
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The House in the Cerulean Sea: Book Riot Book Review
In The House in the Cerulean Sea, Linus Baker is a case worker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. His life is not that great. He has a terrible boss, no friends and a mean cat. Let’s not forget about the nosy neighbor who keeps trying to get Linus to date her nephew.…
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In Search of Mary Shelley: Book Riot Book Review
Intro It’s not a secret that Frankenstein is one of my favorite books. The people at my house will tell you how wound up I get when Mary Shelley does not get the recognition that she deserves. Remember that ridiculous article by the New York Times claiming H.G. Wells invented science fiction? (He did not.…
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See You in the Cosmos: Book Riot #bookreview
In See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng, 11-year-old Alex Petroski takes a journey from Colorado to New Mexico with his dog, Carl Sagan. Alex wants to attend the Southwest High-Altitude Rocket Festival so that he can send his own recordings into space on his rocket. Alex’s mom doesn’t even know that he left…
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Notes From a Young Black Chef: Book Riot #bookreview
In Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi and Joshua David Stein, we learn about Bronx native Onwuachi and his relationship with food. Kwame has lived in many places, including Nigeria, but the place that matters the most is the kitchen. Review of Notes From a Young Black Chef From a young age,…
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