2021 Reading: Mother Knows Best

 #27 A book about a social justice issue

Alright, let's see if we can BS our way into making this book about social justice... Hmmm. Well, there's the part about the mother enslaving the dead to do her bidding like slavery? No? Or keeping her young daughters captive in the forest away from the rest of the world like a weird cult away from the rest of society? Still no? How about the oppressive nature of being not only a woman, but a witch in the times surrounding these types of stories where females were thought to be weak-minded and frail, unable to fend for themselves?

Yeah, I give up. Let's just say I stretched it a bit just so I could fit this book in because I wanted to read it, and I didn't really want to read a serious book about social justice issues that might bum me out because I've had enough serious shit to deal with lately as it is and I just wanted something fun.

Yeah. Let's go with that.

2021 Reading: Mistress of All Evil

 #36 A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads

I can't believe this book doesn't have more reviews. This is a fantastic book and I was hooked the moment I picked it up. Of all the villains, I think this one is the one that interests me the most and I know that the movies are out there, but I just like this storyline so much better. The way the stories are interwoven with all the rest of the Disney characters and how they all feed off of one another is fascinating. I can't wait to move on the next one and find out more.

2021 Reading: A Storm of Swords

#49 A DNF book from your TBR list

This one was originally on my 2019 list as "#34 A book that includes a wedding"

Hahahaha! See what I did there? "Includes a wedding"?

I'm hilarious.

This one took me such a long time to get through and I think it was just a bunch of medical stuff on top of another semester of school starting and I was just NOT in the mood to read at all until nearly the end of February. It was a pretty blah time. And then it was April and the show came back and I didn't want to read, so that delayed it even more I ended up reading one or two chapters while I sped through other books just to make progress on the list since I was so far behind.

Fast forward and I completely just ended up not reading anything in 2019 because of school and work and a thousand other things that kept me occupied.

But I'm finally done now... Two years later. And I am so damned confused.

2021 Reading: I Left the House Today!

 

This book feels like it was written about me. Especially for how I have been feeling lately about everything. I never want to go outside or talk to people and just getting up the energy or the wherewithal to do anything that involves any kind of exertion on my part is simply too much to bear.  

2021 Reading: Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered

 #35 A book in a different format that what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)

This book was on my reading list last year and I was so upset that I didn't get to it that I knew I needed to read it this year somehow. This seemed like the perfect way to do that since I tend to listen to podcasts or audiobooks in what little time I spend in the car or sometimes even in the shower.

I found myself laughing hysterically at this book (especially the parts that they got Paul Giamati to read). It was a bit more somber than I was thinking it would be, but considering who the authors are and the context of the stories they chose to tell, I'm not surprised. Either way, I really enjoyed it and I'm glad that I got the chance to hear them tell it in their own voices like I always do on the podcast every week.

2021 Reading: Poor Unfortunate Souls

 #31 A book that has the same title as a song

I know that I have read this book before, but since I am reading the rest in the series, I knew I wanted to read this one again so that I could have more context for the story and also have this one fresh in my mind as I go on to the rest of them. I'm very excited.

2021 Reading: Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress

 

I'm really loving these cute little books that play into the destruction of gender norms with children and I am so happy that my library (with as many problems as it has) is letting our children's librarian order these books. So very happy. This was a cute story and I hope that we get even more like it as time goes on.