The Weirdies
Review Children's Books

The Weirdies

I can best describe The Weirdies by Michael Buckley as “Matilda meets The Addams Family”. This was an absolute delight, reminiscent of the great Roald Dahl with horrid characters, horrible things going on that are seemingly normal, and an overall

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The Dawn Prayer (or How to Survive in a Secret Syrian Terrorist Prison)
Review Memoir

The Dawn Prayer

I’d not heard of Matthew Schrier prior to this book popping up on my list. Not being American I guess I missed most of the hubbub around his imprisonment and escape from al-Nusra Front – aka the Syrian branch of

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Blade Runner꞉ Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep？
Review Science Fiction

Blade Runner

First off, the narration in this is painfully slow. I feel that needed to be said upfront, because if you can’t stand sloooow narration, then be warned. I changed the playback speed to 1.5x before I could listen to it

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Nuns with Guns
Review Satire

Nuns with Guns

This is the second audiobook I’ve read by Seth Kaufman and enjoyed this possibly even more than the first. It had been sitting in my “to read” list in my library since I picked up a promo code for it

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Backpack
Review Suspense Thriller

Backpack

I was reminded of Backpack by Emily Barr when I saw she had recently released a new book. I bought Backpack as a paperback many years ago now, a few years after its initial release (I’m thinking 2007?). When my

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[1] Morningwood꞉ Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.1)
Review LitRPG

Morningwood

Not for the easily offended, this book is a hilarious spin on the usual LitRPG adventure. For a start, the main characters are the bad guys, a lowly treasure chest-shaped mimic and a succubus (pretty much as drawn on the

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