RaeAnna + A Nerdy Lifestyle
Here’s a bunch of reviews for all the fiction I read.
I don't like historical fiction because history is so interesting it doesn't need to be changed, but writers are constantly changing history... Alison Weir is a popular historian, so she writes better historical fiction than the vast majority out there. In her latest, she explores the oft overlooked fourth wife of Henry VIII and a possible secret love child.
On the surface, it's a fun novel, but Tschida calls dives into identity in the time of social media. Does identity drive social media, or is social media influencing identity?
Normal People is an almost new take on a very old cliché. Weird girl, cool dude. Love. Break Up. Bad communication skills. Get back together. There ya have it. The writing made it a good cliché and not a bad one, though.
Story Time! When You Love A Dog... You do whatever it takes to make sure they're loved, safe, and healthy; in return, they love you with their whole entire hearts. Right now, I love more than one dog. I love FIFTEEN dogs. I might be completed exhausted, but I have never felt more loved.
The Roxy Letters is filled with magical little moments pushing against the linguist patriarchy in an endearingly hippy-dippy way. It's a fun book to distract from the raging pandemic going on in the world.
The Water Dancer delves into magical realism and familiar themes of justice, humanity, freedom, and equality. Ta-Nehisi Coates sets his debut novel in pre-Civil War Virginia. Though the prose is excellent and interesting, I found the story largely forgettable.