Chinese military fantasy debut The Poppy War was one of my favourite books of 2018 (if not of all time), so I was really excited to dive into The Dragon Republic, the 2nd book in the Poppy War series. It took me a few months to prepare for it, as I wanted to reread The Poppy ...
The Poppy Waris not just a novel, it’s a rich tapestry of themes. It delves into the ethics of war, exploring concepts like genocide and the means justifying the end. It grapples with identity, power, and responsibility. And it celebrates the bonds of friendship. These themes are not ju...
Poppy Warwas myBaru Cormorant, myMachineries of Empireof this year. That it to say, this is the book that broke me. I appreciated the super fast pace of the book, that every scene, every sentence moves the story forward in a meaningful way. Doesn’t hurt that I loved the characters a...
so I honestly can’t say that I remember anything that’s happened before (I did go back to reread a couple of older reviews of mine) but what’s nice, here, is that author Caroline Fardig manages to keep the reader informed and caught-up with everything we need to know. The...
Hustle down to your local library and get her books, or buy them at your favorite bookstore– you are likely to want to reread them, and pass them on to friends. In order they are, Funeral Food, Sex and Salmonella, The Hotel South Dakota, Mourning Shift, Cold Front, and Foreign Body...
You reread the post. You think, “This is almost a poem.” And, though you have surely written thousands of Facebook posts, you do something you have never done before: you copy this Facebook post and paste it into Word, and begin to reconfigure it into something more intentional and...
I reread it a few times. First thought „residence“ could also mean „area you live in“ instead of „home-residence“. Yet leaving asside the obvious issue that such a bill to Test, Reach, and TRACE Everyone was introduced in the first place; questions which come to my mind ...
eyelids. And she dreams of a French prince of yore, whose poems I read and reread in order to set my choice. I was always reticent about literature, but now, not only have I illustrated it, here I have lovingly recopied it, so that you could marvel in my theme.”)...
I love that you can read Darynda in every book she writes but they are not the same. As I said for A Bad Day for Sunshine, I LOVE Sun and Auri! My top book characters. Their mom-daughter banter and unconditional love will bring me back to reread and re-reread these book. ...
(considering the huge success of this book that he exploited himself shamelessly for). We reread it thinking we might gain insight into the affects of heroin, but it's more about the day-to-day exploits of Burroughs himself bumming around on his trust fund, robbing people & having sex w...