A dystopian novel that makes overt naturalized misogyny that explores how women support and dissent from the patriarchy.
July 22, 2020
Impactful and Reflective: The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
22July
July 17, 2020
Gorgeous Yet Sorrowful: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
17July
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird blew away my expectations. It was blunt in its grief, decisive in its healing and subtle in its love. For a book that was so sad and emotional, I finished the story with a smile on my face and one thought: I NEED MORE.
July 14, 2020
Lovely and Relatable: When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk
14July
A powerful tale of lost friendship and self-discovery as Cleo navigates losing her best friend and her parents’ separation.
May 28, 2020
Intriguing and Relevant: The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
28May
The character-driven novel explores humanity through its fictional sleeping virus, which was disconcerting to read during COVID-19.
May 26, 2020
Flirty Yet Aggravating: By A Thread by Lucy Score
26May
An aggravating rom-com whose grump hero edges into asshole territory but was such fun because of its amazing Heroine.
May 18, 2020
Fantastical Yet Tropey: The Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King
18May
A fantastical novel, driven by a chosen-one oriented plot that falls a bit short due to its trope-laden characterizations.
May 11, 2020
Refreshing and Romantic: The Beast of Beswick by Amalie Howard
11May
A fresh, feminist take on a Beauty and the Beast retelling; the compelling characterizations made the book such a page-turner.
April 24, 2020
A Vindication of Twilight?: Re-read 10 years later
24April
The last time I read Twilight I was 12 years old and loved it. Now, currently in the midst of finishing my feminism dissertation on patriarchal norms in popular culture, and currently self-isolating, my curiosity was peaked: is the Twilight I remember one that was read through naive rose-tinted glasses? Does it actually have an anti-feminist rhetoric? Over the past two days, I have read Twilight (note only the first book in the series) and have taken notes of my thoughts while reading.
April 15, 2020
Tantalizing Yet Disappointing: The Young Elites by Marie Lu
15April
The premise was tantalizing, a dark YA, high fantasy, an anti-heroine with powerful abilities, yet I wasn't emotionally invested.
August 5, 2019
Enchanting and Atmospheric: The Beholder by Anna Bright
05August
A fantastical novel that incorporates aspects of Cinderella and The Odyssey following Selah as she seeks to save her country.
