Bookish Musings: 3 Book & Song Match-Ups (6) – In Which I Gush about The Darkness Outside Us

Bookish Musings: 3 Book & Song Match-Ups (6) – In Which I Gush about The Darkness Outside Us

Normally for these posts, I do three different books and pick one song for each. This time I'm doing three songs for the same book! Because it's an amazing book and the absolute perfect kind of book to pair songs with. At least for me, because the reason books and songs go so well together is that they both make me feel, and, well, this book made me feel A LOT. I won't be able to explain all...
 
Book Review: A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland [Audiobook]

Book Review: A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland [Audiobook]

🌟One of my faves!🌟 When an incident sees Prince Kadou nearly exiled and costs his guard his job, he's assigned a new guard, Evemer, who thinks the prince flighty and careless but will protect him nevertheless. But as they investigate a counterfeit crime, face danger, and spend more time together, Evemer realizes how wrong he was, and the two start developing...
 
Book Review: Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente [Audiobook]

Book Review: Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente [Audiobook]

🌟One of my faves!🌟 After an intergalactic war, the various sentient species in the galaxy decided to host a singing contest once every cycle in order to determine which species will be eliminated. When humans are forced to join, it's "electro-funk glamgrind" rockstar Decibel Jones who's chosen to perform and whisked away, along with bandmate Oort St. Ultraviolet, to meet aliens, avoid assassination attempts, and...
 
Book Recs: 10 Lesser-Known M/M Urban Fantasy Series

Book Recs: 10 Lesser-Known M/M Urban Fantasy Series

I love paranormal and urban fantasy! I could give tons of recommendations, depending on how loosely you define "urban fantasy." For this, I tried to stick to what most people probably think of---our world (though maybe with known existence of magic), modern times, not too slow or rural, at least some action/battles---though I did slip a few in that don't fit the criteria perfectly. I could give...
 
Book Review: The ABCs of Spellcraft Collection Volume 3 (Books 8-11) by Jordan Castillo Price [Audiobook]

Book Review: The ABCs of Spellcraft Collection Volume 3 (Books 8-11) by Jordan Castillo Price [Audiobook]

Dixon and Yuri have more shenanigans to pursue and spellcraft gone awry to fix---this time amidst lots of exciting changes for the Penn family, which is about to get bigger, and for the Pinyin Bay spellcraft community. Individual Descriptions: In Present Tense, Dixon and Yuri try to find gifts for each other on Christmas Eve. In Brownie Points, spellcraft in some brownies Yuri eats gives him a...
 
Book Review: Lost and Bound (Mismatched Mates Book 4) by Eliot Grayson [Audiobook]

Book Review: Lost and Bound (Mismatched Mates Book 4) by Eliot Grayson [Audiobook]

Jared, wolf shifter from the Armitage pack, was captured and has spent years being tortured and experimented on, until he's tossed into a cell with a bigger, scarier shifter---who has an appetite for blood that will eventually take over. Instead, they work together to escape, but now they're mated to each other, maybe even falling for each other, and aren't sure what to do...
 
Bookish Musings: Thoughts on Disability Representation in Books

Bookish Musings: Thoughts on Disability Representation in Books

In 2017, I wrote a blog post about disability representation and the "magical cure" trope in books, and I had planned to do another post with more complaints. But some of my opinions have changed, and as a disabled person myself, my feelings about this topic are complex and sometimes contradictory. And I wanted to talk about not just issues with disability rep, but also issues with...