Last Book You Read

[JAG18]

“The Granger Girls” by Lara Jane Robinson. 

The book opens with insight into a twisted mind and hints at the resulting drama and death that the darkness will create.  This is a YA thriller about a spoilt London brat named Kate-Camille Granger who wants to kill off the popular girls at her school so she can take their place.  She does this by recruiting several outcasts to help her in her crimes.  Death, drama, thrills, and also some interesting insight into various issues soon follow.  

I really like this book.  It has fleshed out characters, is villain centric, and the writing style is good and balanced between description, interiority, and action. The plot is well-paced, realistic, and sucks you in and make you want to find out what happens next.  It also has insight into experiences and serious issues like classism, guilt, paranoia, the effect of crime on victims’ families, unrequited sapric yearning, homophobia, and fear of coming out. 

If you want a happy ending this ain’t it as the book is quite dark, but it does it to be realistic and explore heavy subject matter, so the darkness feels earned but isn’t going to be for everyone.  There are trigger warnings at the front of the book if you want to know more. 

I would say if there are any big problems it’s the large cast can lead to some characters lacking page time or not getting as much development as others, although I can’t think of who could be cut without spoiling the mix.  There are times where things the book usually does quite well, it doesn’t do as well, like an info dump, or feeling a little bloated, or someone saying something out of character. 

If you like YA thrillers at all you should definitely give this a read, but I think fans of YA in general, crime thrillers, and true crime will also enjoy this if they don’t mind the darkness. 

(Yes, this is a review I'm going to be copypasting a lot online)

"Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir" by Jeremy Barlow and Juan Frigeri.

This is a comic adapting several scripts for episodes not produced for "Star Wars: The Clone Wars", one of my favorite shows.  It is also a decade old and I'm sure most fans of the show have either read it, read a summary of it, or watched an unofficial motion comic that may or may not exist, so I'll just list random thoughts.

For the most part, it felt like the show, although the overall plot felt a little weak and like just tying up loose ends.  Aside from Maul's escape and a certain character's death, you can watch season 5 and 7 (these episodes were meant to go in season 6) and not feel like anything's missing. 

I wish this had been produced just because this is the best General Grievous ever was in the show.

I think this was the first appearance of Gar Saxon, a character I really like from "Star Wars: Rebels" and season 7 of TCW.  He has a minor role, but I love how fanatical he is in his devotion to Maul, which kind of makes what happens to him in season 7 more impactful. 

[Mushy the Mushroom]

Anne of Green Gables YouTube Libravox audiobook. Feels like an old friend, one of those books I am always revisiting. So splendid to swing to! My mom first read it to my bro as I as younglings, and I remember hula-hooping on sunny mornings as she narrated the nice novel! Nostalgia❤️

[Mushy the Mushroom]

East Wind missionary/WWII audiobook. Incredibly traumatizing and true stories. I chose it due to it being one of the few of this sort of book I can find in audiobook on YT for free. I wish I knew of more free books like this and The Hiding Place genre. 

Edited July 1, 2025 by Mushy the Mushroom

[InfinityStuffBionicle]

Warriors Power of Three: Outcast

[Mushy the Mushroom]

 This because ✨found it free✨

[Valendale]

On 7/1/2025 at 3:39 PM, InfinityStuffBionicle said:

Warriors Power of Three: Outcast

Man, I remember reading those. It was a long time ago now. Don't think I could remember what happened in each book based off just the title anymore, but I do remember enjoying the series.

I just checked out a copy of Frankenstein from the library.

[jaidenlegoguy]

the mask of light book

[TahnokTrapper]

Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty.

[InfinityStuffBionicle]

Warriors the new prophecy: Midnight

[Mushy the Mushroom]

"Out Of My Mind" audiobook on YT.

Edited November 1, 2025 by Mushy the Mushroom

[Bambi]

Republic Commando: Triple Zero. Still slowly making my way through the Star Wars: Legends novels.

[kawaii kitty]

ravnor: rouge, it's the second book in the series, warhammer 40k setting. I've already read eisenhorn, so reading the midquel series was the logical next step

[JAG18]

I spent so long reading books that I ended up not finishing, that when I did finish one I had forgotten that this topic existed.  So, here are the last two books I read.

"Jess" - Daphne Paige
Now, am I only reading this because it was written by my cover artist?   No, it's because I got the eBook on sale and one of my friends reviewed it before that, but anyway point is I might be biased.
This book is about a weird encampment in the woods for homeless teens where two of them (Jess and Olivia) are having a "will they or won't they" moment when someone starts killing the teens.  It's a short book which I appreciated, so there's not a ton of detail or depth but it was a good read.  I liked the romance between the two and while I would have liked if the murder happened sooner so the mystery could get on sooner which was the thrilling element of the book.  3.5 stars out of five.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" - Lewis Carroll
This was my first time reading this despite it being a children's classic.  I read this only because I discovered the American McGee's Alice video games which are amazing (said the guy who still hasn't played either).
But I did like this book, I understand why the imagery and symbolism as become so iconic that it's shown up in countless works of art over the centuries.  I like the humor and the "idea" of the characters, but I didn't like how much grief the Wonderlandians gave Alice who's just an 8-year-old girl who sometimes says the wrong thing.  I saw someone say that's the point because the theme of the book is to show what children think of all the rules of being an adult.  

Ironically, what I also like about this book is that there's no obviously or widely agreed upon message or moral unlike children books today which is are just adult trying to drill a message into the minds of kids.  Anyway, I got what I wanted out of this but ran out of interest and already abandoned the second Alice book.  In fact I've lost interest in this post and will just post it without any editing.

[kawaii kitty]

anyone have any ideas on how to get into a book? I have like 3 I want to read, but things keep getting in the way.

[Mushy the Mushroom]

Bits of "Moving Beyond the COVID-19 Lies: Restoring Health & Hope for Humanity" by Dr. Bryan Ardis read aloud by my mom. It's like the modern day book of Lab 257(The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory). Not even done with the book, and we're trialing me on low dose nicotine patches for medical therapy. So funny, the book discusses the benefits of supplements I researched and began taking about a month ago (NAC, chasteberry/Vitex), and discusses copper deficiency which I have (mine is refractory to supplements). Excited to try nic' therapy, shocked over it being in veggies naturally. 🙏

Also started reading psalms x1 a day again because they are the perfect size for my tiny reading attention span. 

[JAG18]

"13 Reasons Why" by Jay Asher.

Hoo wee mama, this is a heavy book.  Don't know what it would have been like to read as an actual teen.  Good, maybe a little dated, sounds like the show (that I've never seen) really dropped the ball.  

But first read of 2026 in the hole!  

[Sumiki]

The Motion of Light in Water by Samuel R. Delany. Wonderfully vivid portrait of his early life and career and his gradual understanding of community and identity.

Edited February 18 by Sumiki

[InfinityStuffBionicle]

Bionicle Chronicles: Makuta's Revenge

[Mushy the Mushroom]

My old friend Anne of Green Gables(LibraVox audiobook), again, to welcome in early spring.💐👒👗🧺

[Stroxx]

Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett. Saw the cartoon first that I really enjoyed so picked up the book.

[Mushy the Mushroom]

Currently Spotifying to “Driven From Home: A Converted Jewess Cast Out by Her Family - Jeanette Gedalius” By Scroll Reader (Free Christian Audiobooks).

[JAG18]

"when death becomes her" - Kim Evans.

Third place I'm posting about this tonight, but this is a surprisingly original paranormal thriller (?) about a woman wronged by her husband who puts her soul in a painting to spread her pain to whoever owns her.  Several drinks are poisoned, many people die.  

This book should not have taken me two months to read and I might be ready to admit I ain't got the cognitive function to read anymore and should probably only read short familiar books from now on.  No idea what that means.  

[Valendale]

I've been reading some of the World of Warcraft comics and novelizations lately. I'll never go back to the game itself at this point, but I'm glad I can still travel to Azeroth in another way. Of course, I've been getting them from the library or second hand.

[Master Inika]

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green. It's an excellent child-friendly retelling of the Arthur mythos from a contemporary of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.

[DaRkDroid13]

Dead Space: Martyr

Finally got re-printed last year after many years since it had been published and was hard to find physically before. Granted I haven't actually finished it but its been a blast so far

 

[kawaii kitty]

i've just got back into reading! i've just read the book haunted empire, about apple after steve jobs. lots of lawsuits...