jojo started reading Unfortunately, She Was a Nymphomaniac by Joan Smith
An interesting book about Roman women which addresses the misogyny of the history written about these women.
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Former avid reader trying to get out of the habit of doomscrolling and back into books.
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jojo finished reading Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris …
Still enjoying this series.
jojo rated Artificial Condition: 5 stars
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen …
jojo finished reading Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past …
Really enjoyed this one, as well.
jojo reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …
Really enjoyed this
5 stars
I like the premise, I like the writing, I like the characters and the stories.
jojo started reading The year I met my brain by Matilda Boseley
Matilda Boseley’s adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription …
Recommended by a colleague who saw ADHD 2.0 on my kobo sleep screen, and we realised one of the reasons we bonded so hard and so fast.
jojo finished reading ADHD 2.0 by Edward M. Hallowell M.D.
I found the book interesting and useful. It's a bit more like a guide book than a self help book.
jojo rated The Labyrinth Index: 5 stars
The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross
"The arrival of vast, alien, inhuman intelligences reshaped the landscape fo human affairs across the world, and the United Kingdom …
jojo finished reading The Unveiled Lady by Elliott Hay
What’s a bit of blackmail between friends?
In a quaint café in the heart of …
A shorter story, but still fun to catch up with the ladies.
jojo rated All Tea, No Shade, and a Bit of Murder: 5 stars
All Tea, No Shade, and a Bit of Murder by Elliott Hay
Murder’s never been such a drag.
In vibrant south-east London, a group of grannies stand guard. Baz, Peggy, Carole, and …
jojo wants to read The undervalued self by Elaine N. Aron
Elaine Aron follows up her bestsellers on the highly sensitive person with a groundbreaking new …
Homework from the psych.
jojo rated The Hitwoman's Guide to Reducing Household Debt: 5 stars
The Hitwoman's Guide to Reducing Household Debt by Mark Mupotsa-Russell
I met my husband on the same day I committed my very last murder. There's a joke in there somewhere, …
I met my husband on the same day I committed my very last murder. There's …
Compelling and engaging
5 stars
This is a well-written book, and entirely gripping. By turns funny, tender, and brutal, I literally could not put it down until I was done. The author nails the main and supporting characters (I recognise the people who populate the Dandenong Ranges) without veering into stereotype. I remember hooning around the Dandenongs on the pillion of a guy who grew up in The Basin, which leads a certain cinematic quality to my imagining of one of the book's key sequences. It's deftly done and not at all cringe. I do love the nod to a familiar handyman franchise which is renamed but recognisable.
Although she's definitely a morally questionable person, Olivia is smart, funny, tortured, and I like her. I understand how she feels about her family and her kids. The villains are not cartoonish, and I've hung out near some of them in the dodgier pubs in Melbourne. I'm …
This is a well-written book, and entirely gripping. By turns funny, tender, and brutal, I literally could not put it down until I was done. The author nails the main and supporting characters (I recognise the people who populate the Dandenong Ranges) without veering into stereotype. I remember hooning around the Dandenongs on the pillion of a guy who grew up in The Basin, which leads a certain cinematic quality to my imagining of one of the book's key sequences. It's deftly done and not at all cringe. I do love the nod to a familiar handyman franchise which is renamed but recognisable.
Although she's definitely a morally questionable person, Olivia is smart, funny, tortured, and I like her. I understand how she feels about her family and her kids. The villains are not cartoonish, and I've hung out near some of them in the dodgier pubs in Melbourne. I'm definitely familiar with the moral ambiguity of some of the supporting characters.
I didn't expect to gasp out loud or cry, but I did both. I'm looking forward to seeing what else Mark Mupotsa-Russell writes next.
jojo commented on The Hummingbird Effect by Kate Mildenhall
An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible …
I'm not the most literary person, so I'm sure there's layers to this book that I completely miss, but I enjoyed the writing and the characters.
jojo rated OverLondon: 5 stars
OverLondon by George Penney, Tony Johnson
A Rollicking Comic-Fantasy Whodunnit with a Tudor Twist!
Priests from OverLondon's Church of Vengeful Acquisition are exploding. Is the cause …