It's a post-Harvey Weinstein, post-Matt Laur, post-Louis C.K. world, and we are just trying to live in it. Sometimes, this means ducking our heads into a good book that reminds us that, sometimes, women win. The Alice Network does just that.
Category: First Person POV
Red vs. Silver: Red Queen Series Review
In a world where the color of your blood determines your station in life, Mare Barrow must figure out who she is and how she can change the world around her. This is the Red Queen series review.
What I Read: October 2017
I get a mild feeling of panic every time someone asks me to recommend books to them. I want to just direct them here, to the safe space where all of my thoughts and feelings are already laid out, where they can read my thoughts on the books before they pick them up.
Book Review: Turtles All the Way Down
“The thing about a spiral is, if you follow it inward, it never actually ends. It just keeps tightening, infinitely.” ― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down
Book Review: The Love Interest
“I don't exist to teach her a lesson, and it irks me that she thinks labelling me is okay now. Like, by liking guys, I automatically take on that role in her life. That I'm suddenly a supporting character in her story rather than the hero of my own.” ― Cale Dietrich, The Love Interest
Book Review: The Problem with Forever
“It was all about trying, and that was what I would do. I would try.” ― Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Problem with Forever
Book Review: Since You’ve Been Gone
“She was my heart, she was half of me, and nothing, certainly not a few measly hundred miles, was ever going to change that.” ― Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone
Book Review: The Rosie Project
“I asked you here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” ― Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project
Book Review: Before I Fall
“I guess that's what saying good-bye is always like--like jumping off an edge. The worst part is making the choice to do it. Once you're in the air, there's nothing you can do but let go.” ― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall
Book Review: Wild
“I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me.” ― Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail