B Reviews / Book ReviewsBuddhism / cats / First-Person / friendship / meditation / religion / self discoveryComments Off on REVIEW: The Dalai Lama’s Cat and the Power of Meow by David Michie
“If you ever doubted that your feline companion has her own inner life, just watch what happens when she falls asleep, and loses conscious control of her physical being . . . a twitching of limbs, a quivering of the jaw, sometimes perhaps a snuffling noise or a meow. . ... more >
Book Reviews / C Reviews / C+ Reviewsdiversity / f/f / Fantasy / friendship / heist / joint review / Magic / POC / resurrection / thief6 Comments
Janine: Since Sirius and I both enjoyed Foundryside, Robert Jackson Bennett’s first novel in his Founders Trilogy, we decided to review the sequel, Shorefall, together. Here is the novel’s blurb: The upstart firm Foundryside is struggling to make it. Orso Igancio and his star employee, former thief Sancia Grado, are ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsBuddhism / cats / First-Person / friendship / religion / self discovery2 Comments
“What makes you purr? Of all the questions in the world, this is the most important. . . . . Because no matter whether you are a playful kitten or sedentary senior, whether you’re a scrawny alley Tom, or sleek-coated uptown girl, whatever your circumstances you just want to be ... more >
A- Reviews / C+ Reviews1910s / actors / f/f romance / fairy tale retelling / France / friendship / joint review / LGBTQIA+ / Russia / Russian Revolution / silent cinema / theater / witch / wolf12 Comments
I was impressed by Briarley, Aster Glenn Gray’s debut retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and when I saw that Gray had a new, 120-page f/f retelling of Little Red Riding Hood just out, and that it was set in pre-revolutionary Russia, I thought Sirius, a lover of LGBT romances ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Egypt / cats / children's fiction / childrens-books / friendship / Historical Mysteries / picture booksComments Off on REVIEW: Ra the Mighty: The Great Tomb Robbery by A. B. Greenfield, illustrated by Sarah Horne
A smug royal cat turned detective and his dung beetle sidekick are on the case when a precious tomb gets ransacked in the Valley of the Kings. Ra the Mighty adores his duties as Pharaoh’s cat: naps by the pool and plenty of snacks. Being lazy is so much fun. ... more >
Misceffects of reading / friendship / news / pilot / students15 Comments
Lately the world seems to suck more each day. Here are a few nice things I’ve found from last week. Crossing Divides: Why I read aloud to strangers -Janine and her husband read aloud to each other but here’s a group of people who read to each other but who ... more >