Saturday, September 18, 2021

The Other Side of Perfect Review

Rating: ★★★★★

Seeing as I am both a former ballet dancer and a former theatre kid (though I'm not much for musicals), I think it was inevitable that this book would grab my attention.

The premise is as follows: Alina was a pre-professional ballet dancer with dreams of joining ABT until she broke her leg. Since she can no longer dance on pointe, she can no longer pursue her ballet dreams, and she's not coping with this very well. She resigns herself to trying out for the school musical to appease her parents and ends up with a new perspective.

Thursday, September 9, 2021

August Wrap-Up

 I don't actually know what people usually say for monthly wrap-ups, but I read 11 books in August and liked most of them. My favorites were probably The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin and The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison and my least favorite has got to be The Infinity Courts by Akemi Bowman.

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Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman

I read somewhere* that one of the original titles that Rachel Hartman was considering for this book was Drachomachia, and I'm honestly a...