Voice-Driven Reviews + Nerdy Extras
Currently reading Yesteryear and already fascinated by its sharp satire and social commentary. Sharing a thoughtful review from Seattle Book Mama while I read, and I’m very curious to see whether we land in the same place on the ending.
Time for Saturday Nerd First Line, this week featuring A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford
Before I hit play on my next audiobook, I pulled a tarot card to see what kind of emotional journey I might be in for.
Sunday Tarot is back, and this week’s card pull is pure Knight of Swords energy: fast, tense, and stormy.
This week’s Nerd’s Sunday Tarot pull was the 8 of Wands, which basically means: buckle up, because things are about to happen fast. Which is wildly fitting, because I’m currently reading Wolf Hour by Jo Nesbø and it already feels like one of those thrillers where the tension doesn’t creep, it pounces.
This week’s Nerd’s Sunday Tarot pairs Loon Point with The Emperor reversed, a fitting lens for a quiet story about softened control, shared care, and found family.
Not all choices lead forward. Some simply give us somewhere to stand while we avoid deciding at all.
The opening line of Rings of Fate is a great example of how voice can hook a reader immediately.
Right now, my reading life is being guided more by mood than plot. If my current reads were holiday decorations, this is what they would look like.
My reviews have slowed with the holidays arriving, but my reading hasn’t.