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The Inner Life of Cats: The Science and Secrets of Our Mysterious Feline Companions

The Story of Augusta Author: Thomas McNamee As a feline enthusiast and official crazy cat lady (seriously, I have 8 cats and take care of a feral colony as well), I’m always looking to learn more about what makes our purring pals tick. Enter Thomas McNamee’s The Inner Life of Cats: The Science and Secrets of Our Mysterious Feline Companions. This nonfiction narrative promises to be a more nature-documentary-like examination of cats, something that will leverage research, study, and unbiased scientific evaluation to reveal what cats think and feel. What The Inner Life of Cats actually is, however, is the story [...]

Frances Carden2023-05-17T13:44:32-07:00May 15th, 2023|Tags: book review, cat, cats, non-fiction, read, reading, reviews|

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

Prince Cardan's Childhood Author: Holly Black In the in-between land while fans processed the conclusion of The Queen of Nothing and prepared for The Stolen Air and Oak’s supposed rise to the throne, this little illustrated fairytale came along. Here, we shift the focus away from Jude’s complicated rise to power and love him/hate him lust for Cardan to concentrate on the flawed faerie prince himself. Told from his prospective, this slim tome highlights key moments in Cardan’s life and his liminal status, stuck between coldly evil price and something softer, something more sympathetic that survived the courts and his elder [...]

Frances Carden2023-05-17T13:51:27-07:00May 14th, 2023|Tags: Faerie, fairy, fantasy, Folk of the Air, Holly Black, read, reading, reviews, ya|

Hell Bent

Journey to Hell for Redemption Author: Leigh Bardugo What do you do when your mentor and secret crush is literally in Hell because of your actions? If you’re Alex Stern, the bad girl with a past and a gift for seeing the dead, you’ll do anything to rescue Darlington, including opening a portal to Hell in the middle of Yale. Guilt is a powerful motivator, after all, and Alex has enough blood on her trembling hands. Hell Bent begins a few months after the ending of Ninth House. The Board of Lethe has settled the mess, hidden the bodies, invented a [...]

Frances Carden2023-05-17T14:10:35-07:00May 14th, 2023|Tags: book review, fantasy, horror, read, reading, reviews|