B Reviews / Book Reviewsfood / Humor / non-fiction / science2 Comments
Cheese puffs. Coffee. Sunscreen. Vapes. George Zaidan reveals what will kill you, what won’t, and why—explained with high-octane hilarity, hysterical hijinks, and other things that don’t begin with the letter H. Ingredients offers the perspective of a chemist on the stuff we eat, drink, inhale, and smear on ourselves. Apart ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsautobiography / epistolary / family relationships / First-Person / HumorComments Off on REVIEW: About Your Father and Other Celebrities I Have Known by Peggy Rowe
Peggy Rowe is at it again—this time giving a hilarious inside look at growing up Rowe, both before and after Mike’s rise to fame. Since the day they said, “I do,” Peggy’s previous “doting” lifestyle met with her husband John’s minimalistic ways and became the backdrop for years of adventure ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBreaking Cat News / cartoons / cats / Humor / news / reporter3 Comments
Tonight’s top story: the intrepid team of feline reporters is back on the beat and tackling stories like a runaway toy mouse in this third collection of Breaking Cat News comics for middle-grade readers. Once again Lupin, Elvis, and Puck—alongside boisterous field correspondents like Tommy—deliver hard-hitting reportage on all of ... more >
A Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / arranged-marriage / autistic character / autobiography / Best of 2019 / best of list / bookseller / Canada / Cancer / cartoons / cats / class differences / Contemporary / death / enemies to lovers / England / epistolary / family relationships / First-Person / France / friends-to-lovers / Historical / Humor / immigrant fiction / mathematics / medieval / New York City / non-fiction / pilot / POC / POC author / PTSD / servant romance / Vietnam / Wales / War / Military / Womens-Fiction / World War I / World War II9 Comments
This year I didn’t have as many A reads as I did last year but these B+ books are strong ones that almost made it. My list ranges from historical to contemporary, has fiction and non-fiction, and even a picture book of cats. In kinda, sorta chronological order in which ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews1990s / greek mythology / Humor / Literary fiction / Northern Ireland / Retelling / soldiers / Violence8 Comments
Trigger warnings: Northern Ireland, 1996. After twenty-five years of conflict, the IRA and the British have agreed an uneasy ceasefire, as a first step towards lasting peace. But if decades of savage violence are leading only to smiles and handshakes, those on the ground in the border country will start ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / England / Historical / Humor / Photographer / Womens-Fiction5 Comments
In 1950s London, a career girl decides it’s high time she snared herself a husband. Professional dog photographer Louisa Datchett is indiscriminately fond of men. And they take shocking advantage of her good nature when they need their problems listened to, socks washed, prescriptions filled, or employment found. But by ... more >