Reading Round-Up Pandemic Year 4 (2023)
“There’s no pandemic anymore, it’s endemic.” And I am rolling my eyes and still wearing a mask as much as possible. Anyway, I read a lot this year, as I have in the past few years. To be honest, I feel like I almost read too much in 2023… Wonder what that says about me.…
Reading Round-Up for Pandemic Year 3 (2022)
Where did 2022 go? (And now we’re over halfway through 2023?!) I swear 2021 was just finishing. I won’t lie: 2022 was a difficult year, much like the pandemic years before it (and the before times, who are we kidding, life is hard). Still, one thing I can always count on to get me through…
Book Review: Ternary by Kristin L. Stamper
This book review was originally published on the winnow magazine website in June 2022. Content Warnings: graphic violence which include vigilantism; kidnapping; assault; on-page physical restraint and torture; ongoing othering and the use of a negative epithet by a MC; bi-erasure (off-page); and discussion of childhood cancer and past trauma (off-page) “Still, the allure–though Bertie’s–is…
Pandemic Year 2 (2021) Book Round-Up
My dear friend Chandler Webster and I decided that we both wanted to share our reading recommendations. I’m here to give you a full list of what I read this year, and the bolded ones with some blurbs under them are my HIGHLY recommended reads. I read so much this year. I think the need…
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