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One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

It’s been a while since I read any contemporary YA, think the last one may have been Thirteen Reasons Why and Some Boys Do. So, I took up Karen M. McManu’s One of Us is Lying with some trepidation. It came highly recommended in last week’s Top 10 Tuesday posts. And it was actually quite good. Simon’s been running a gossip app in high school, and has made a lot of enemies because most of that…

Japanese Mythology Recs: Ogiwara, Mononoke & Moribito

Lately, I’ve been consuming speculative fiction centered around Japanese mythology / Shinto creation mythology. Putting up a few reviews here as part of the Japanese Literature Reading Challenge 2021. Dragon Sword and Wind Child by Noriko Ogiwara This book is part of the Tales of Matagama series but you can also read it as a standalone. Saya lives in the village, with no memory of the past. She…

The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle #histficreadingchallenge

The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1891, and is my first selection for the 2021 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. Conan Doyle is obviously famous for his Sherlock Holmes series, but this lesser known book was apparently one of his favorites. It’s set in the Middle Ages — a period in history that I really like to read about. Continue reading

The Firebird Chronicles (Books #1-3) by T. A. White

The Firebird Chronicles is a new space opera series by T. A. White. You would have to read the series in order, starting with the crackling Rules of Redemption. The Plot Kira Forrest has been in hiding for several years since the last battle against the scourge of the dangerous and power-hungry Tsavitee. She is famous as both war hero and deserter, and now lives on the fringes as a space-ship…

Clue (1985 Movie): Witty Snarky Parody

Are you looking for a screwball murder mystery comedy? The 1985 movie Clue is just the right answer. Based on a board game of the same name, Clue tells the story of six guests who are invited to the castle of an unknown host. Well, it doesn’t go the way of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, but there are six murders before the dinner is through. The first half is all about getting to…