Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

Everyone knows that women aboard pirate ships are unlucky. When I first saw Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller I assumed, erroneously, that the daughter from the title would be another left-behind maiden yearning to travel the sea with her father. I could not have been more wrong. Seventeen year old Alosa has been... Continue Reading →

September 5, 2018 0

Circe by Madeline Miller

I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I finished Madeline Miller's first book, The Song of Achilles. That book tore something in my heart and for days afterwards I carried it around the house as one would a beloved stuffed animal. When I learned that she had a new book I... Continue Reading →

July 31, 2018 9

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

This morning I wrote a long blog post about how much I loved reading this book. I waxed poetically about my love for Drag Queens, my need for better self confidence in a bathing suit and how all around impressed I was with the main character Willowdean. I posted it. Then I worried about my... Continue Reading →

March 13, 2017 0

The Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart

This delightful second Kopp sisters novel gives us another peek into the historically rooted adventures of Constance, Norma and Fluerette Kopp. In Girl Waits With a Gun, the women took their first steps outside of their country home and into the adventure, and danger, of a changing world. Now, in The Lady Cop Makes Trouble, the women... Continue Reading →

March 1, 2017 2