Now that I am elderly myself (In internet years) I am really enjoying these stories that have older people with health issues going on adventures, and couldn’t resist a chosen one story with a little old lady at the helm. The story follows Edna, a woman in a home for… Read More »The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher
I missed reading, but also I was having trouble finding a book. I kept dropping them, bit found something with Faith Hick’s name on it that I hadn’t read yet and, well, I was a comic person for a very long time so might as well! The story follows two… Read More »Brain Camp review
Finally, I went into the book having read the blurb so I knew what I was getting into! Unfortunately, the blurb seems to have been written for a different book than the one I read. Maybe the author didn’t get any say in it? Who knows. This is essentially three… Read More »Boy, Snow, Bird review
Today is another lesson in I need to actually read the description. Actually, in this case I need to read the full title because this did not end up being what I expected. Rest is Resistance reads like someone’s stream of consciousness thoughts connecting naps to black liberation. The writing… Read More »Rest is Resistance review
Every time I think I’m improving, I seem to fall back. Which isn’t that bad when you have a read that feels a lot like the author is currently going through the exact same thing. The book is an autobiographical look at the author’s own journey as she finds herself… Read More »Wintering review
Reading may be going very slowly as a result of the heat wave and also just generally being tired, but I have heard such good things about this that I did my best to make sure I could enjoy this one. And hopefully I can start getting back into the… Read More »Piranesi review
I’m slowly getting used to the idea that I cannot devour books like I used to. Then again, sometimes you get a book that is good enough that the crash is worth it. The book follows three people who are brought to a very special school. Everyone there is an… Read More »Murder Your Employer review
After a surprisingly long time of not being able to read (Yay chronic fatigue and brain fog) I pulled myself together to finally get through my latest library hold before I was put back on a several month long waitlist. Something cute, light, and featuring an octopus. The story primarily… Read More »Remarkably Bright Creatures review
Back to some fiction and one of those books that I’m pretty sure I got on concept and title alone. I may have heard someone say something about it and it really does sound right up my alley from the concept alone. We follow [name], a young woman who is… Read More »We Have Always Lived in the Castle review
For the first time in what feels like ages, I have read a book that I actually sought out intentionally! A lot of people with Long Covid have recommended the book as something to help with the breathwork and tangentially the lowering heart rate stuff that we need to do… Read More »Breath review