Category Archives: reading

#TBRChallenge – Freebie: The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

This review is in advance of publication. The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar will be out June 6, 2023. I received this ARC from Netgalley, so it fits the “freebie” theme. This book was a lot of … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Unusual Historical: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark is a novella set in 1922 Georgia, mostly in Macon with a set piece at Stone Mountain. It’s a dark fantasy that includes body horror, in which white supremacists use the initial release of … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Baggage: My Father’s Ghost by Suzy McKee Charnas

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

My Father’s Ghost (2002) by Suzy McKee Charnas is a memoir by one of my favorite science fiction writers and favorite people, as well. As you can guess from the title, it’s focused on her relationship with her father, Robin … Continue reading →

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My February Reading Log

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Iron Children by Rebecca Fraimow will be out in early April; I read an ARC via Netgalley. In this novella, two countries are at war. The larger and more powerful Levastani want to take back the smaller country, … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Getaway: A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson is, I believe, the last of her adult novels that I had left to read. My profound thanks for this journey go to Kelly Link, who recommended the author to me roughly two … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Starting Over: A Paradigm of Earth by Candas Jane Dorsey

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

A Paradigm of Earth by Candas Jane Dorsey is a 2001 book which begins with several traumatic events told in a lowkey voice of depression. Morgan Shelby works with children who have severely disfiguring birth defects. Despite the first sentence … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge 2023

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Victoria Janssen

This year, I’ll again be participating in the TBR Challenge hosted by Wendy the Super Librarian. My goal is to post reviews of a themed book on the third Wednesday of every month. Feel free to join me! Tag your … Continue reading →

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My September Reading Log

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Victoria Janssen

My September #TBRChallenge Book was Black Maestro: The Epic Life of an American Legend by Joe Drape; I also read and wrote about Wink: The Incredible Life and Epic Journey of Jimmy Winkfield by Ed Hotaling in the same post. … Continue reading →

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My August Reading Log

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Prisoner of Midnight by Barbara Hambly is eighth and most current of the James and Lydia Asher series about vampire hunters and their uneasy vampire ally, Don Simon Ysidro. I was excited to find it’s set in 1917, with … Continue reading →

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My July Reading Log

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Abandoned in Death by J. D. Robb is the fifty-fourth in that series, wow, and there are currently two more scheduled to follow. These are comfortingly repetitive despite being about sometimes truly gruesome serial murders, because the killer is … Continue reading →

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