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few reviews for books i ve read while i ve been gone but i m not sure if i will or not the second half of the year will hopefully be extremely busy for me as i am hoping to start my first year of teaching so i don t know if i will be back to posting or not but for the meantime here s what i m hoping to read this month to see what i ve been reading lately and a few quick thoughts you can check out my goodreads ace representation let s talk about love by claire kann i ve heard lots of great things about this ya contemporary and i m really interested to read it as the main character identifies as ace which is not often represented in novels i m not sure if this is own voices or not but i ll be checking into that after i read it bisexual representation hunger by roxane gay i m currently listening to this one on audiobook and loving it this is my first gay though she is an author i have been wanting to read for a very long time so far this memoir is so honest and well written that i am captivated and just want to hear everything that gay has to say gay identifies as bisexual lesbian representation tipping the velvet by sarah waters i read and loved water s fingersmith last year and i have been wanting to read another of her books i m in the mood for romance novels this month summer does that to me but i tend to get tired of the typical ya contemporary romance if i read more than one or two in a month so i thought a water s historical romance would be great to throw in this month gay representation giovanni s room by james baldwin i m also currently reading this one i have been wanting to read this one for a very long time and have almost picked it up many times over the past two or so years and i finally decided now is the time i m really in the mood for a consuming and intense romance story and i think this one will deliver baldwin himself was either gay or bisexual and one of the only black authors to be open about it during the harlem renaissance and i m really eager to read his works have you read any of these what are you reading this month any intense and slightly tragic romances to recommend to me posted by mallory the local muse at thursday june 07 2018 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels classics contemporary diversity historical fiction memoir nonfiction pride tbr women writers young adult monday april 2 2018 march book haul and a cry for science fiction recommendations the end of february was my birthday and my parents bought me a few books and i received some bookstore gift cards as a gift so march was a good month for new books here s a quick look at what s new to my shelves this month children of blood and bone by tomi adeyemi the gentleman s guide to vice and virtue by mackenzi lee bygone badass broads by mackenzi lee annihilation by jeff vandermeer the long way to a small angry planet by becky chambers poems by maya angelou i ve been craving science fiction and fantasy reads lately and science fiction is not a genre that i have a lot of experience with i decided to use my gift cards to buy chambers novel since i have been hearing really great things about that series and i loved the movie version of vandermeer s annihilation so i thought those two would be an okay place to start with science fiction if you have any recommendations for me please let me know posted by mallory the local muse at monday april 02 2018 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels fantasy feminist historical fiction nonfiction poetry recently purchased science fiction young adult wednesday march 28 2018 recently read the gentleman s guide to vice and virtue author mackenzi lee genre young adult historical fiction publication date 2017 page count 513 rating 4 5 add on goodreads henry monty montague was born and bred to be a gentleman but he was never one to be tamed the finest boarding schools in england and the constant disapproval of his father haven t been able to curb any of his roguish passions not for gambling halls late nights spent with a bottle of spirits or waking up in the arms of women or men but as monty embarks on his grand tour of europe his quest for a life filled with pleasure and vice is in danger of coming to an end not only does his father expect him to take over the family s estate upon his return but monty is also nursing an impossible crush on his best friend and traveling companion percy still it isn t in monty s nature to give up even with his younger sister felicity in tow he vows to make this yearlong escapade one last hedonistic hurrah and flirt with percy from paris to rome but when one of monty s reckless decisions turns their trip abroad into a harrowing manhunt that spans across europe it calls into question everything he knows including his relationship with the boy he adores from goodreads i knew i would love this book back when i first read the synopsis for it and i finally got around to reading it i was hooked from page one and knew that monty was a character who i would end up loving i loved the premise of this book and the execution i will say the plot of this book took an unexpected turn for me when it turned into an adventure story rather than just a comedic roadtrip novel but i really enjoyed that turn the characters are all loveable and developed i found myself caring about each of the main charactes as soon as they were introduced the romance is sweet but doesn t take over the plot of the novel which i appreciated i really liked henry s sister felicity and i m glad to see that she is getting her own novel this year i will definitely be picking that up as soon as it comes out and i ll be picking up whatever lee comes out with in the future as this book was such an enjoyable read i found myself laughing out loud a few times in the story and i can see myself rereading this in the very near future which is how you know i enjoyed it this novel is worth the hype and i really recommend you pick it up it has all the elements of a great historical fiction that i love great characters multiple historical locations romance and travel with the added bonus of humor and a bisexual main character i really hope lee writes more novels like this in the future i have bought her nonfiction anthology on women in history and will be preordering felicity s novel and probably stalking lee on twitter to see what her future plans are for books this was the perfect distraction from work related worry and a highly enjoyable read oh and there s pirates this book has every possible thing you could need happy reading posted by mallory the local muse at wednesday march 28 2018 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 4 diversity historical fiction recently read review young adult monday march 26 2018 women s history month nonfiction recommendations it s no surprise that most of the nonfiction i read is women s history or feminist related here s a look at some of my favorite in honor of women s history month half of the sky nicholas d kristof and sheryl wudunn this book is full of so much information about what it is like to be a woman around the world this book is not an easy read it s quite heavy and emotional but it contains enough stories of successful and brave women to carry you through to the end it also has a great collection of resources for further information and to help you get involved my life on the road gloria steinem this is my first steinem piece and i loved it i loved her writing and her ability to listen she is truly inspiring and so smart she s an author i want to read more from asap west with the night beryl markham i really enjoyed this memoir from female pilot beryl markham she lead such an interesting and barrier breaking life and i really enjoyed reading this book and reading about this book after they divorced her ex husband claimed to have written the book for his wife but it is now widely accepted that she did indeed write her own memoir a great fictional novel about markham s life is paula mcclain s circling the sun i am malala christina lamb and malala yousafzai this is another great and moving memoir i really loved listening to this one on audiobook and i really want to reread it soon malala has such a strong narrative voice and her determination is inspiring if you haven t read this one yet you need to pick it up the astronaut wives club lilly kopple i found this read really interesting as i knew almost nothing about the space program in the 60s i found myself constantly stopping to look up more information and pictures of the people in the book i do think this could have been a little more in depth but i thought it was a really interesting look at the women behind the most famous men in the space race men explain things to me rebecca solnit this essay collection is very well researched and solnit is extremely eloquent quite a few of the essays in this collection are shocking and hard hitting i really want to read more feminist essays and i think this was a great place to start posted by mallory the local muse at monday march 26 2018 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels feminist history memoir nonfiction review women writers wednesday march 21 2018 recently read truly devious author maureen johnson genre young adult mystery publication date 2018 page count 416 rating 4 5 add on goodreads also by maureen johnson the name of the star the madness underneath the shadow cabinet stevie bell is obsessed with solving crimes one crime in particular the disappearance of an american billionaire s wife in daughter in the late 1930s when stevie is accepted into the boarding school started by the billionaire and the scene of the infamous crime she is determined to solve the mystery once and for all but first she may have a few other crimes to solve back in 2014 i read the first book in johnson s shades of london mystery series and i loved it the next books in the series were less great though still good so i was excited to hear that johnson had a new ya mystery series coming out this year but also a little unsure of how i would feel about it i really enjoyed this book it was such a quick read i read the ebook and couldn t believe when i finished it that it was four hundred pages because i flew through it as usual johnson s characters were super loveable and interesting i loved the dual mysteries and time lines that were in the plot and thought both of them were equally intriguing and entertaining we receive information on the 1936 case in alternating chapters alongside stevie s story and i was just as invested in the past crime as the current story line i think the two will come together in a brilliant way in the upcoming novels all elements of this novel were high quality including the mysteries the characters the setting and the slow burn and confused romance i loved the idea of the boarding school for super smart and creative kids and i thought it made a great setting for a mystery i think that this plot will really expand in the upcoming novels as there is a lot of unanswered questions at the end of this book i m not looking forward to the wait for book two i also loved all of the side characters and found stevie s classmates to be so interesting i m hoping that we will get to know these characters more in the upcoming books there is a lot of natural feeling diversity in the side characters which is always appreciated i m really looking forward to more books in this series the end of this book had me trying to turn the page to the next chapter and being shocked to see it was done if you ve been thinking about picking this one up go for it posted by mallory the local muse at wednesday march 21 2018 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 2018 4 mystery recently read review series young adult tuesday march 20 2018 top ten tuesday spring tbr right now i m in a huge science fiction and fantasy mood which you will see reflected in this list of books i really want to get to this spring i ve been craving to sit down with a long and super involved fantasy problem is work is taking up all my reading time and energy hopefully i ll find some time to dive into a few of the selections from this list during the season let me know where i should start all titles link to goodreads hosted by that artsy girl reader children of blood and bone by tomi adeyemi and i darken kiersten white queen of shadows sarah j maas need to reread heir of fire before diving into this one annihilation jeff vandermeer loved the movie now i want to read the series binti nnedi okorafor will be reading this one very soon the apocalypse of elena mendoza shaun david huthinson undead girl gang lily anderson high hopes for this one alice and the fly james rice i will be a happy camper if i manage to make it through some of these reads this spring what are you looking forward to reading this spring any good sci fi or fantasy recommendations posted by mallory the local muse at tuesday march 20 2018 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels fantasy lists nonfiction science fiction tbr top ten tuesday young adult monday march 19 2018 women s history month classic reading recommendations happy women s history month it s taken me longer than i would have wished to be able to put some posts together about this event because work got in the way but i m here now if you have visited before you would know that literature and feminism are two of my favorite things so i love posting about women s history month i thought i would start out with a few reading recommendations in case you are looking for a way to celebrate as i was putting this general recommendations list together i realized i had too many recommendations for one post so i have decided to split it up between genres stay tuned for the nonfiction and young adult recommendation lists titles link to my reviews a room of one s own virginia woolf this is a great place to dive in to both woolf and feminist nonfiction if you are looking for a jumping in spot although this was written about ninety years ago it still rings very true and is very accessible for the modern reader if you have an interest in feminist literature this is a must read the awaking and other stories kate chopin chopin is the ultimate feminist author the awaking is a feminist manifesto for women in every century chopin is clever and talented but also fearless with her heavy feminist themes in a time where they were even less accepted than today ariel and other poems sylvia plath plath is one of my all time favorite authors and i am constantly in awe of the power her words posses her poetry leaves me speechless and every time i read a poem of hers i find something new to admire or ponder which is really saying something because i have read some of her po...