Tag: five-star reads

  • Celebration of Life with Steven Rowley

    Celebration of Life with Steven Rowley

    A Five-Star Book Review: The Celebrants by Steven Rowley Steven Rowley has been an auto-buy author for me since I read The Guncle back in 2021. (If you haven’t read that glorious book, stop right now and get yourself a copy. You must meet GUP. Read my review here.) His characters are complicated and well-developed,…

  • Visiting Camp Zero

    Visiting Camp Zero

    5-Star Book Review: Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling Michelle Min Sterling’s debut novel, Camp Zero, gives a cold, often bleak look at a possible near-future world where oil has been outlawed and human beings must reckon with the aftermath of destroying nature for millennia. But beyond the descriptions of hurricanes and fires, devastated communities…

  • What I Read This Week: July 16 to 23

    What I Read This Week: July 16 to 23

    I’m happy to say I had a good week of reading! Two audiobooks and three physical books total, and the majority of these were all winners. And, I had another win this week. Despite being overwhelmingly busy at work and feeling like crap one day, I got back into jogging and restarted my Couch to…

  • What I Read This Week: June 5 to 11

    What I Read This Week: June 5 to 11

    Another week of reading is done: five books, nearly all of them winners! I love when that happens! Here’s what I read during the week of June 5, 2023:

  • What I Read This Week: May 15-22

    What I Read This Week: May 15-22

    This was a mixed week of audiobooks and physical books, with some really good reads topping my list! Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust A loose retelling of Sleeping Beauty with so much depth and nuance, I loved this book. Read my full review of Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust here. Before I Let…