REVIEW: Wallflower by Heidi Belleau

Wallflower by Heidi Belleau My rating: 1 of 5 stars I thought this book would be a fun read. I thought WRONG. It was HORRIBLE. I thought, hey, what could go wrong with a main character who is Asian, an art student, and MMORPG addict, a cross dresser, and more importantly, Asian? Represent! Robert sounded like a cool person. Eeeeecccck. Not if he’s an emo. Oh My Gawd was he such an emo. + the main...

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REVIEW: Lockstep by Karl Schroeder

Lockstep by Karl Schroeder My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was one of my most anticipated books for 2014. I enjoyed the read but I was not wowed as I had hoped to be. What I Like + the world building The world building confused me, which I should have expected because the book was hard science fiction. It wasn’t till the middle of the book that I finally understood what lockstep was, and I felt...

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REVIEW: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan My rating: 3 of 5 stars CAUTION: spoilers With a title like that how could I not pick up the book? The last adult contemporary book about Asian characters I read was the Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, and that was less than 10 years ago. I actually saw the movie before I read the book. Even though adult contemporary is not my cup of tea, I liked Joy. I had hoped to repeat...

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REVIEW: The Six-Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher

The Six-Gun Tarot by R.S. Belcher My rating: 1 of 5 stars I picked this book up thinking it was an urban fantasy in the Wild West, and what I read wasn’t far off from that impression. It’s a small town fantasy; not a big difference. Where I went wrong was thinking it would be exciting. It wasn’t — at all. The book was goddamn awful. It was so awful it took me 2-3 months to finish, speaking as a...

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