2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 5 books toward her goal of 265 books.
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Book Review: Kill Your Darlings by L.E. Harper

About the Book

Fantasy author Kyla knows dreams don’t come true. Isolated and grappling with debilitating depression, she copes by writing about the realm of Solera. Fearless heroes, feisty shapeshifters, and mighty dragons come alive on her pages. She adores her characters, but she doesn’t believe in happy endings. And if she can’t have one, why should they? Continue reading Book Review: Kill Your Darlings by L.E. Harper

Excerpt: The Revenge List by Hannah Mary McKinnon

About the Book

Following an epic run-in with a client who threatened to pull out of a contract at her father’s company if she doesn’t suffer some consequences, Frankie Morgan agrees to go to anger management. With the business struggling with cash-flow and her brother needing help with the medical bills for his sick daughter, she can’t risk harming the business further. But that doesn’t mean she’ll be happy about attending. Continue reading Excerpt: The Revenge List by Hannah Mary McKinnon

Book Review: Death Warrant by Bryan Johnston

About the Book

Frankie Percival is cashing in her chips. To save her brother from financial ruin, Frankie—a single stage performer and mentalist who never made it big—agrees to be assassinated on the most popular television show on the planet: Death Warrant. Once she signs her life away, her memory is wiped clean of the agreement, leaving her with no idea she will soon be killed spectacularly for global entertainment. Continue reading Book Review: Death Warrant by Bryan Johnston

Excerpt: An Astronomer in Love by Antoine Laurain (Author), Louise Rogers Lalaurie (Translator), Megan Jones (Translator)

About the Book

In 1760, Guillaume le Gentil, real-life astronomer to King Louis XV, sets out for the oceans of India to document the transit of Venus. The weather is turbulent, the seas are rough and his quest may be more complicated than initially thought. Continue reading Excerpt: An Astronomer in Love by Antoine Laurain (Author), Louise Rogers Lalaurie (Translator), Megan Jones (Translator)

Book Review: Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya

About the Book

Female characters throughout history have been burdened by the moral trap that is likeability. Any woman who dares to reveal her messy side has been treated as a cautionary tale. Today, unlikeable female characters are everywhere in film, TV, and wider pop culture. For the first time ever, they are being accepted by audiences and even showered with industry awards. We are finally accepting that women are—gasp—fully fledged human beings. How did we get to this point? Continue reading Book Review: Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya