Her Hands, My Hands
Her Hands, My Hands
Aztec Lady
This is my personal blog; the vast majority of my posts are book reviews, and of those, a good two-thirds are genre romance novels, the rest mostly mysteries, with a few non-fiction books sprinkled in. I also occasionally review movies or tv series.
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Are you ever surprised by something past-you did? I ask because this week NetGalley ‘reminded’ me that I had been approved for this ARC back in late 2020–a good four years after I had stopped reading the series (see footnote 1). My only...
I had managed to forget that have had this novella in my digital TBR for about three years, when a Bluesky post by the author reminded me that the story is set on April Fools’ Day; what better day to inhale it, eh? Full disclosure:...
This post brought to you by synchronicity, GenAI images on social media (disinformation on crowd size at the March 27 2026 #NoKings protests in various cities), and my personal nightmares–with links. (There are MANY LINKS below the fold;...
I have been meaning to read this book since it was released; alas, life happens, and it took me a full year to get on with it. My humble apologies! (in the interest of full disclosure: the author and I have been acquainted online for a...
Because I’m nothing if not stubborn, I’m determined to complete SuperWendy’s TBR Challenge this year–even if I have to bend the rules (read: cheat) more than a little in order to get there. So, for starters, this is my entry for...
All you need to do, if you are medically able, is to commit a couple of hours every couple of months, to become a regular blood donor. To remain a regular blood donor, you’ll ideally get your vaccines immediately after a donation, so you...
A while back I saw the trailer for this movie, and was intrigued (Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, of course I was intrigued!); I finally got to watch it via streaming sometime in January. Alas, my brain stopped cooperating with me...
I’m not crying, you are crying–and also, I just inhaled a book. After literal months of not being able to read. Beware: third person, present tense, single point of view (this may not be your cuppa, but I swear it works here!); anxiety...
So it’s been mumble weeks since I’ve posted; partly because it’s been as long since I’ve read anything, and partly because I have been in a depression spiral that rivals some of my darkest times. Unlike our lovely friend in the comic...
I am writing this mostly for people who may be coming around sometime in late 2026 or maybe even early 2027, when the release of the second season of the show is imminent; most everyone else who’s online at all right now has heard about...
It’s been a month since I posted my review of the first book, so let us get on with the Game Changers book series reviews; please note: if you have already watched the Crave adaptation of the same title (trailer at the end of this post),...
I hope everyone knows by now that I’m very much a fan of this series, and therefore is not surprised I had preordered this story–or by the fact that between the reading slump and ::gestures at the world:: I’m reviewing it over a month...
In the spirit of avoidance, I came across the trailer for this movie on YouTube, and look, PERIOD COSTUMES. No one really expected me not to watch it, right? So, this movie started with a young adult book (When You Were Mine, by Rebecca...
Back in late September last year, I talked briefly about this film at the end of this post; I mentioned wanting it to do well in the U.S. so that it would be picked up for streaming somewhere (footnote 1). As amazon picked it up, I have...
Because I’m nothing if not predictable: of course I had to watch this one after all the noise about Heated Rivalry I haven’t Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, the genre romance novel that this movie is based on (footnote 1), so...