RaeAnna + A Nerdy Lifestyle
I have honest and completely biased – cause I’m human – reviews on all the books I’ve been reading since December of 2016.
Davis had a nice novel until the last five pages when she throws a it in the toilet. The ending comes quickly and suddenly. It’s as if her editor asked her to wrap everything up with a nice bow. It was saccharine and a little vomit inducing how spoonfed the ending was. Otherwise, it's a nice story combining a mystery with a touch of love and a lot of independent women searching for belonging.
Erin Carlson is wonderful at bringing fascinating women to life. Queen Meryl is a fascinating read about a complex and interesting woman who has captured people's attentions on stage and the silver screen for five decades.
I absolutely loved Motherland by @ElissaAltman from Ballantine Books. It is absolutely fabulous and touching and there were so many amazing quotes.
"Men go without saying, and women don't get said at all.” This quote cuts me to the core. Invisible Women, at its core, is about discrimination because the data gap perpetuates gender discrimination and inequity around the world.
Thank You For My Service by Mat Best is one of the better military memoirs I've read. He's a badass, I guess... I think he would've been cooler as a Marine, though. I'm not biased. As military adjacent, I like reading up on military nonfiction/memoirs, but as a critic, I'm wary because I've read some racist bullshit masquerading as a war memoir. I was surprised be this one and kept giggling by Best's turn of phrase.
Escape from Paris by Stephen Harding tells the unlikely story of how a German stronghold in the center of Paris became the safest place to hide American refugees.