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Your girl actually remembered to post this in January this year! I did better with my reading this year than I did in 2020. My husband got me a Kobu e-reader for Christmas, and I've already completed one book and started another. Hopefully that makes me read a little quicker and finally get through my list. Here's some quick reviews of what I read.  Sunburn by Laura Lippman - Laura Lippman is one of my favorite authors, but this wasn't one of her greatest. I read it quickly, and it was engaging, but it didn't really pack the punch of most of her previous novels - C I, Robot by Isaac Asimov - This collection of short stories came from a book my grandfather owned. He passed away in 2021 and has an extensive book collection. This was one that I took, and because it was his I feel like I attach more meaning these stories than I normally would have. But they were good. B the sun and her flowers by rupi kaur - Okay, I know clowning on Rupi Kaur is kind of a past time on the...

Why yes, this is a post I normally write in January, but I had told myself I hadn't read enough books last year to justify it. Then when I started counting up what I've gotten through this year, I realized I didn't do as badly as I thought. So here's my belated quick reviews. Selznick's Folly - This is technically a script, but it fits in here. I read this because of Be Kind Rewind's wonderful youtube channel on actresses in Classic film. Unlike the books, I'm not going to give this a grade because it's not exactly complete, but it was an interesting read. Attack on Titan by  Hajime Isayama  - You may or may not remember me raving about this manga in the past, then it decided to end on the worst note possible. One of my biggest annoyances was how Mikasa, the strongest female character in the entire series simped over Eren the entire series. It was an annoying unrequited love that had purpose and potential for Mikasa to overcome, but then she never does....

We could talk about how much I slacked in the reading department this year, but I'm already wearing the cone of shame. Here's what I did manage to read in 2019.  The Woman in the Window - A.J Finn Once I saw a movie was being made with Amy Adams I checked this out from the library. A.J is a tremendous writer and I like how she handled agoraphobia from a doctor's point of view. It looked at it very clinic-y which I appreciated. That's different. The story itself was pretty predictable but I enjoyed reading it. Though afterwards, I read an article about this author, who sounds like a grade A douche by the way, and I'm not sure I would've picked this up had I read that first.  B Milk and Honey - Rumi Kau r This is a lovely book of poetry that at times is very hard to read. Rumi focuses a lot on sexuality including writing about sexual assault. She had a poem that I related with so much by experience that I cried reading it. I just can't get over how be...

I really slacked with reading this year. I just kept getting in movie moods instead, but here are the few books I read in 2018. My 2019 goal is to double this.  Crazy is my Super Power - AJ Mendez-Brooks I haven't watched wrestling in years, but I still love reading wrestlers' memoirs. I had heard AJ covered a lot about mental health, so that peaked my interest. She does speak of it extensively and I love her for it. My only complaint is she barely talks about wrestling at all. I love backstage stories and really only the final few chapters are devoted to it. It surprised me how little it was mentioned. B Meaty - Samantha Irby After We Are Never Meeting In Real Life became my favorite book from last year, I had to check out Samantha's earlier work. It was hilarious. Not as polished as her second novel but I still feel like I relate to her so much.  A- Attack on Titan: No Regrets vol 1 and 2 - Gun Snark &  Hajime Isayama Last year during one of the...

Here is a list of bookings I've read in 2017 followed by a few quick thoughts.  Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel This is a post apocalyptic-ish book about a traveling theater company going through the upper midwest after a flu wipes out the majority of the population. It also checks in with other people outside of the theater company who are all connected by the people they know. It's absolutely fascinating and it touches up on things a lot of shows like The Walking Dead ignore - that eventually gasoline goes bad and you can't use cars anymore. - A Ready Player One - Ernest Cline Man, the story is so interesting but so poorly executed. Literally half of this book is an 80's pop culture circle jerk. I'm not sure who the target audience for this book was supposed to be, but damn, I get what you're talking about. I don't need 10 pages explaining it. For what it's worth, this will probably make a decent movie because they can eliminate all th...

I didn't get to read as many new books as I would've liked this year. I was re-reading the Harry Potter books for a while, and also re-read A Game Of Thrones. Here are some quick thoughts on the new ones I did pick up.  The Girl With All The Gifts - M.R Carey I picked up this book as a friend shared a list of "bookings with surprise endings." Outside of The Walking Dead comics, I haven't read a lot of zombie fiction. I really enjoyed this one, it's very different from what I expected it to be, but it is overwhelmingly sad. - B+ After I'm Gone - Laura Lippman More Laura for me! This one was structured a bit differently than her other books where we're focused half on victims and half on law enforcement. Our POVs here were all members of a family where the dad bailed on them. I liked is quite a bit, it made for an engaging murder mystery as always. - B+ The Three-Body Problem - Liu Cixin This book was heavy. I remember thinking The Martian felt...

Here's some quick thoughts about the books I tackled this year. Here's hoping for another (mostly) good year of reading! Beneath The Surface - John Hargrove Hargrove was one of the former trainers featured on Blackfish and was the only one working at SeaWorld at the time of Dawn Brancheau's death. He managed to add a lot of perspective about some of the dangers at SeaWorld and wasn't nearly as repetitive as he could've been. A The Princess and the Queen - George R. R. Martin The Targaryens are so batshit. Seriously, all of them except Egg and Bloodraven. Okay, they probably were too but but they're my favorites. I thought this was a bit long, but I enjoy the world GRRM has made, so I didn't mind reading about the crazy Targs in all their glory. C Captain America: Civil War - Mark Millar   I figured I'd brush up on the comic so I could be reminded of how much they're going to change in the movie. Maria Hill was almost too bitchy in this, rig...