BOok ReviewZelda is 21 years old, on the fetal alcohol spectrum, but most importantly: on her way to being a Viking. Zelda is determined to be more than her FASD and when she learns her brother isn’t always making the most honorable choices to help the family tribe, she decides she must step up to help.
Trigger warnings: excessive profanity, derogatory language, violence towards disabled people, sexual harassment/assault, domestic violence, talk of abortion, and ableist language Full disclosure: I originally picked this book for the cover. I loved the colors, the image, the title; so when I learned it was also a story from the perspective of someone with a developmental disorder—a perspective I haven’t see much of—I instantly choose it as one of my book box subscription picks.
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Book ReviewEd is the definition of ordinary, to the point his name on his birth certificate is just Ed. He drives a taxi for a living, spends his free time playing card games and drinking with friends, and is hopelessly in love with his good friend Audrey. At least until he accidentally stops of a bank robbery. And then starts receiving playing cards with messages on them. After that, life is a little more than just ordinary.
It wouldn’t be fair if I didn’t start this review with an apology to Mr. Purrfect. Two years ago he told me I should read this book. And it’s just been floating on my TBR list, continuously pushed back by one reason or another. I finally decided this last week to give it a shot. And if it wasn’t for having starting it so late in the day I would have finished it in a day. Guys, I loved this book. Book ReviewAdunni is a young, teenage girl who has grown up in rural Nigeria. Her only goal in life is to continue her education to get what her mother refers to as her “louding” voice. But when her father marries her off as the third husband to a taxi driver, and trouble makes her flee to Lagos where she becomes a maidservant to a very wealthy family, Adunni’s hope of continuing her education is all but destroyed. She will have to rely on her own strength to get through all of the horrible things she must live through while she tries to find her louding voice.
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré was my February 2020 pick for my book box subscription of the time, and while it took me a while to pick it up, I’m so glad I went with this novel. There was a couple day slump when I was about 3/4 of the way through, but once I picked the book up again I flew through. book reviewThe Midnight Lie by Marie Rutoski is about a young girl named Nirrim who lives in the ever grey Ward, content with a life without pleasures (like color or sweets) until Sid, the strange traveler starts whispering about magic in one of the upper sections of the kingdom. Nirrim has to choose if she wants to risk everything she knows to trust this stranger and learn more about her country with no history.
Holy crap. I haven’t fallen in love with a book like this in suuuuccchhhh a long time. Once I picked this book up, I didn’t want to put it down. I devoured this book. And I never would have picked this book up if I didn’t get in a care package from my favorite local bookstore Changing Hands Bookstore. I bought a quarantine care package and choose to let them pick the book, said I’d be interested in anything including YA and maybe something with feminist vibes… I was not expecting to be blown away! Like… almost speechless at how much I love it. MEntal Health & FeminismHello lovelies! This week I want to introduce a new segment for the Purrfect Feminist Perspective called Feminist Fridays! Feminist Fridays is about feminism with a real life application. Sometimes people talk about these ideas and discussions can get really theoretical which can translate in our lives as not something we think about practically. Or as something that is an interesting thought exercise but not to take with us. My hope is to combat this by bringing it back to the world around us.
Originally, the plan was to post this in May, in honor of National Mental Health Awareness Month. Life got busy and I didn’t want to share this with you before it was fully ready, so the date has been pushed back until now! So, let’s talk about mental health and its relationship with feminism. Book ReviewGalaxy “Alex” Stern is a high-school-drop-out, drug dealer, and the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. After being involved in a terrible, unsolved homicide, Alex was given the chance at a redo if she agrees to become a part of the secret societies at Yale that deal with everything magical. But as she finds herself involved in a murder investigation that is bigger than original imagined, Alex begins to wonder if she’ll make it out of the year alive or as one of the grays(ghosts) that she can see.
I fell in love with Leigh Bardugo’s duology Six of Crows a couple years ago, so when I learned that my old book box subscription had Ninth House as one its picks for November I didn’t even look at the other options before adding it to my box. Mr. Purrfect decided he needed to read it first since he introduced me to Bardugo’s books, and then took FOREVER to only give up on it. So I’ve finally had the chance to dive in, and while I was really hesitant at the beginning of the book, about 1/3 way through I was hooked! Book ReviewAs World War 2 rages on, and Japanese forces force themselves farther into China, students from Minghua University are ordered to march across the country to a remote campus. Hu Lian and a convoy of fellow students and faculty must walk thousands of miles to safety while carrying one of Chin’as greated treasures: a 5,000 year old collection of myths and folklore called the Library of Legends. The travel brings friendship, budding romance, danger, and the realization the country’s immortals are also embarking on their own pilgrimage.
This is not a novel I would typically pick out for myself. I am not a historical-anything person, let alone historical fantasy. But when my book bestie suggested we use this for our buddy read, I agreed, and I am so glad I did! Just another reminder to branch outside your normal genres because I finished this in three days, and it only took that long because I had to wait for our half way point discussion before finishing. Book ReviewMaya Seale goes from juror on a high profile case to defense attorney to being accused of murder. To clear her name, she must get to the bottom of the 2009 case she convinced everyone the defendant was innocent of committing. With multiple POVs that go back and forth between cases, the truth is slowly exposed, but not every question is ultimately answered.
After reading The Silent Patient, I went on a bit of the thriller kick, and then a legal thriller kick. So when I had to choose between The Holdout and The Girl with the Louding Voice for February’s BOTM, I decided to get The Holdout from my local library. (One day I will create a post entirely dedicated to declaring my love for libraries, especially city libraries like they are a god send but back to the point!) After patiently waiting my turn, I finally got my hands on this novel and then devoured it. Like, I typically take the time to take notes about the book after every chapter, and I had to make an agreement of every 7 chapters for this one! I did not want to put it down! book REviewHiram is born into slavery; when his mother is sold away, Hi loses all memories of her and discovers this mysterious power that saves him years later from drowning in the river. After his brush with death, he decides to escape and starts on a journey he would have never imagined that led him to help in the underground war effect to bring justice to the south and freedom to families.
I am kicking myself for letting this sit on my TBR for so long! In one of my many book related emails, I had seen a lot of rave about this book coming out. I recognized the name, though I hadn’t read any of Coates other work. So it was my easy choice for October’s Book of the Month (BOTM) selection. They warned that you needed to be in the right mind space for this deep read, which is why I waited until now to try to dive in (haha get it? dive in, water dancer… I want to be puny). I’m glad I did, because this is a beautiful book that deserved my full attention. book ReviewWhite Fragility is a nonfiction novel in which Robin DiAngelo looks into the relationship between race, racism, and white people. The book’s intended audience is white people, and DiAngelo discusses at length what she believes to be one of the root causes of disconnect between people of color and white people when talking about racial issue: white fragility. The book breaks down ideas on preconceived notions of what racism is, and forces readers to look and think about their daily lives and interactions in a different light, to hopefully help our society move forward towards a more truly progressive state.
This novel has been on my TBR for a long time. And to be honest, the reason I didn’t pick it up sooner is because I didn’t want to be that white person. You know, the one that thinks they’re so cool and progressive because they read books about why white people aren’t cool and progressive. I was worried people would judge me as uppity and stuck up because I’m in an interracial relationship and now think I’m so “woke” and I don’t know. But I let this fear keep me from reading this book until I was stuck at home in quarantine. I've decided to post a review of it because I've read a lot of novels that involve race these last few weeks, and everything going on in the world. |
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