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Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
In honor of this novel, I would like to begin this review with a little history quiz. The following will be questions to clue you into who this book is about. Question One: Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from East to West? (The answer is not Amelia Earhart.) […]
MoreLady Mechanika In Tablet of Destinies
Let’s revisit the land of electronics and mechanics with my favorite dashing, heroically-confused female lead in a comic: Lady Mechanic. Fresh from her origin stories, Lady Mechanic is now solving the cases and confusions of others in her Steampunk world. In the first couple of volumes, Lady Mechanika is up against the German army, trying […]
MoreCitizen An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
My running method for describing this book is the pre-planet phase. The swirling clusters of a galaxy before the hands of fate ball the pastel dust into a planet, nature’s natural form of compression. Pink photo particles swirl into the bright red ambers of poetry and blue bubbles of prose, hunting each other until they […]
MoreThe Time in Between by María Dueñas
I’ll admit right now, I know that my literary flavor is an acquired taste. I love historical fiction. It’s educational without being a textbook. I hope that phrase didn’t put anyone off. The Time in Between by María Dueñas is one of my favorite historical fiction books as of this moment. Which says a lot, […]
MoreElizabeth Camden’s Trilogy
First Thoughts: Mind addictive! Incredible. The trilogy I am speaking of isn’t truthfully a legit trilogy, where each book is a direct sequel. These books are only loosely connected, and you don’t need one to read the other. I read the last one first because I didn’t know it was part of a series, then […]
MoreLady Mechatronic and the Steampunked Kraken (Lady Mechatronic and the Steampunked Pirates #4) by Arabella Wyatt
So, most of this series so far has had a happy ending. But, this one not so much. It is more of a cliff hanger ending, which is different. No idea whether or not I like it, I guess it’s like every cliff hanger you get pissed off and it really matters which path is […]
MoreLady Mechatronic and the Steampunked Pirates by Arabella Wyatt
Well it is an interesting take on the rising theme steampunk, not what I’m used to, and for once in my life my Rambling will have no actual clear cut idea. I cannot yet decide whether I like this form or not. So my opinions on this book will be short and sweet, since I […]
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