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Review: Captain Fin

6/13/2019

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Captain Fin is a complex story of love, loss, redemption, and imagination. After giving us a sneak peek at what is to come, author Amanda Thrasher begins her story by giving us a look into the ideal world for 5 year-old Hannah. Hannah has a beautiful relationship with her father as he often tells her a pirate story that he enthusiastically acts out as Captain Fin. Though these instances of family togetherness are sweet and endearing, Thrasher does not hesitate to plunge us into a story of hurt and loss. We experience Hannah’s life as she meets some of her worst life lessons, such as grief and consistent instability, and also, the sweetest, like that of falling in love and making a best friend. I honestly felt for Hannah as she went through her experiences from childhood to a young adult. Hannah’s relationship with her parents evolves so many times; Thrasher did a thorough and heartbreaking job of having the reader feel the love and hurt between parent and child. 

Betrayal is an important theme in Captain Fin. There are many instances of it within a family unit, between a parent and child, and between spouses. It’s a complex theme that is visited in the book, but that I wish was more thoroughly explored. At points, the story felt that it was moving very slowly, but when coming across these intricate feelings of feeling betrayed and hurt, I felt the story moved along too quickly. I also feel that too much of the emotion was forced to be expressed in exclamation marks in the sentence structure rather than actual exploration into the emotion itself. 

All in all, this is a book that can be enjoyed by young adults and adults alike. While I believe even more layers to the story could be added to further enhance the story, it did not diminish from the story itself. Captain Fin leads with plenty of love that is easily felt by the reader. It's this emotion that will keep the reader interested to know just how Hannah will overcome life's obstacles.  Readers should expect to be hurtled into a detailed and emotional story in taking on Thrasher’s Captain Fin. 

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Review: Smitten by the Brit

6/12/2019

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Smitten by the Brit
by Melonie Johnson

Synopsis

English professor Bonnie Blythe expects her life to play out like her favorite novels, especially now that her long-term boyfriend has finally proposed. So when a shocking discovery leads Bonnie to end her engagement, she decides to close the book on love. But the plot thickens when a brand-new character enters the scene—and quickens Bonnie's heart.


With his brilliant blue eyes, sexy accent, and irresistible charm, Theo Wharton is like a romantic hero straight out of a Jane Austen novel. When fate places Bonnie in England for a summer—conveniently close to Theo—she realizes a hot friends-with-benefits fling is exactly what she needs to start a fresh chapter. Just as Bonnie begins to believe she's falling in love, an eye-opening revelation into Theo's life makes Bonnie feel like she's wandered into one of her favorite books. Will Bonnie have the courage to risk her heart and turn the page with the dashing Brit to find her true happy ending after all?

Review

I am enjoying these Sometimes in Love novels so much! I previously reviewed Melonie Johnson's ​Getting Hot with the Scot. These books are honestly so sweet and so entertaining. 

We were introduced to Bonnie and Theo in Getting Hot with the Scot, and I was so happy to learn that their story would be the next one in line. We hear about Bonnie's fiance in that book, and I doubt I'm alone when I say how much I disliked hearing about him - he sounded like a jerk! I don't want to give away too much, but let's just say...I wasn't wrong. Jerk. 

I found Theo to be so charming in the previous book and felt he instantly clicked with Bonnie. I appreciated his respect for her and her relationship - not even really a flirtation was said between them. It was more of a spark - a feeling that the reader could tangibly feel. I loved it and wanted more. 

Bonnie gets to go overseas in Smitten by the Brit - conveniently so much closer to Theo! So, we get to read about Bonnie's adventures of being in one of her favorite places, and we also get to see feelings blossom between the two. There is definitely some heavy feelings in this book, but I found it to be a lot less than the previous book (please see my review!). This is by no means a negative on this book - I enjoyed the lightness in their courtship and even their obstacles. I loved this love story - I think you will too, reader. 
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Promo: Max Attacks

6/11/2019

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Fish and birds and lizards and socks…is there anything Max won’t attack? 

Watch your ankles and find out in this clever, rhyming picture book about a very naughty kitty cat.

Max is a cat. He attacks. From socks to strings to many a fish, attacking, for Max, is most de-lish. But how many of these things can he actually catch? Well, let’s just say it’s no even match.

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Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honoree, National Book Award finalist, PEN USA Literary Award–winning, and bestselling The Underneath as well as the National Book Award finalist The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, Maybe a Fox (with Alison McGhee), Keeper, and many picture books including Counting Crows and Max … Attacks. 

She has two grown children and lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband and their six cats. She serves as a faculty member at Vermont College of Fine Arts in their MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program.
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Review: They don't make plus size spacesuits

6/9/2019

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They don't make plus size spacesuits
By Ali Thompson
Genre: Sci-fi short stories

Synopsis

“They don’t make plus size spacesuits” is a sci-fi short story collection, featuring an introductory essay. It is written by long-time fat activist, Ali Thompson of Ok2BeFat.

This book is a incandescent cry from the heart, a radical turn away from utopian daydreaming of future body perfection to center a fat perspective instead. 

Ali invites people to experience a fictional version of a few of the many ways that fatphobia can manifest in a life. The ways that the people closest to fat people can subject them to tiny betrayals on a near constant basis. The disdain that piles up over the years, until it all becomes too large to bear.

And while some of the fatphobic tech in these stories may seem outrageous and downright unbelievable, it is all based on extrapolations of so-called “advances” by the diet industry, as they search for ever more efficient ways to starve people. 

The modern day worship of Health promises a future peopled only by the thin, a world where the War on Fatness is won and only visually acceptable bodies remain.
What will that future mean for the fat people who will inevitably still continue to exist?​

Nothing good.


Review

Every once in awhile, a book comes along that hits you right in the gut. Most of the time, this hit in the gut happens when we've been shown some sort of truth that we can relate to or adopt. That is what this book is about. It contains four short stories with characters who all revolve around being fat, obese, and who have experienced instances of fat phobia. 

I experienced so many moments of conflicting emotions in reading this work. On one hand, I felt the mirror of my own experiences and emotions in being a fat woman. On the other hand, I felt the isolation and sadness in recognizing those emotions. The characters in these stories each were so well rounded that it was impossible not to find parts of myself in every one of them. I find that the best writing is the kind where you can find something of yourself in the work. That feeling like...someone has actually seen you. And I think that is so important in a work that talks about how it feels to be fat. 

Everyone should read this book - but if you are also a plus size woman (in particular), know that this book will hit you in a very certain way that is very necessary. Bravo to Ali Thompson for her work. 


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About the Author

Ali Thompson is the Bill Nye of fat girls. 

She is the creator of Ok2BeFat, which by an amazing coincidence, is the name of her YouTube channel. 

She's a fat activist, writer, YouTuber, and collage artist. She is a bisexual queer who lives in Philadelphia with her husband Josh and their many cats. 

You can find her on Twitter at @Artists_Ali, where she probably just said something weird.
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Cover Reveal: Seven Nights of Summer

6/7/2019

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SEVEN NIGHTS OF SIN
By Kendall Ryan
Release Day: June 25
 
Synopsis
 
He's the powerful CEO. I'm the know-it-all intern.

Things went further than they should have, but I don't have any regrets. Well, maybe just one . . .

I went and did the one thing he told me not to--fall in love with him.

Now I have seven days to prove my trust and devotion. Turns out money is a powerful drug, but love is even more addictive.

Seven Nights of Sin is the stunningly sexy and heart-tugging conclusion to The Two Week Arrangement.
 
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About Kendall Ryan
 
A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than three dozen titles, Kendall Ryan has sold over 2.5 million books and her books have been translated into several languages in countries around the world.
Her books have also appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists more than 70 times. Ryan has been featured in such publications as USA Today, Newsweek, and InTouch Magazine.

She lives in Texas with her husband and two sons.
 
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