2021 has been a weird year for me so far. I swear I’m a completely different person now than I was six months ago. But one thing hasn’t changed: my desire to do the Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag. This will be my fifth time doing this tag (if you’re interested, here are all four past [...]
Author: Ren Strange
My name is Ren Strange. I’m here to talk about books, TV shows, movies, celebrities, and more! Sometimes I make social commentary or address feminist issues. Usually I just watch YouTube for hours.
Music Recommendations #5
Music Recommendations is a series in which I recommend music based on what I’ve been listening to lately. Based on my listening habits, it could include songs, albums, and/or artists. This used to be a monthly series, but I found stringently posting one recommendation post each month was affecting how I listened to music. Starting [...]
June 2021 Reading Wrap-Up
Normally, I’d open this particular wrap-up with a jovial tone and Pride jokes but… June was intense for me this year. Not necessarily in a negative way, but it was a lot and I have eight books to talk about. So no preamble this time. In June, I read six books and DNF’d two. Of [...]
Most Anticipated Books: July 2021
Most Anticipated Books is a monthly series in which I discuss the releases I’m most excited for in the coming month. In July, there are three books coming out that I’m excited to read. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R. Austin Summary: Gilda, a twenty-something atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop [...]
Book Review: “We Play Ourselves” by Jen Silverman
Add on Goodreads “Nobody is ever gonna be as happy as you are about the good things that happen, but everybody is gonna show up to watch when the shit goes down.” Not too long ago, Cass was a promising young playwright in New York, hailed as "a fierce new voice" and "queer, feminist, and [...]
April & May 2021 Reading Wrap-Up
So, I’ll be honest. I don’t know what my plans are for this blog right now. I’m not abandoning it, but I just haven’t felt very motivated to write for it this year. I haven’t had the bandwidth for it since January. Hell, I’ve been working on this post for two months! That said, I [...]
Most Anticipated Books: June 2021
Most Anticipated Books is a monthly series in which I discuss the releases I’m most excited for in the coming month. In June, there are eight books coming out that I’m excited to read. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Summary: For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her [...]
Music Recommendations #4
Music Recommendations is a series in which I recommend music based on what I’ve been listening to lately. Based on my listening habits, it could include songs, albums, and/or artists. This used to be a monthly series, but I found stringently posting one recommendation post each month was affecting how I listened to music. Starting [...]
Most Anticipated Books: May 2021
Most Anticipated Books is a monthly series in which I discuss the releases I’m most excited for in the coming month. In May, there are seven books coming out that I’m excited to read. A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Summary: Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the [...]
Book Review: “A Dark and Hollow Star” by Ashley Shuttleworth
Add on Goodreads “Heroes went through so much hardship. Heroes were the stuff of tragedies.” The “ironborn” half-fae outcast of her royal fae family.A tempestuous Fury, exiled to earth from the Immortal Realm and hellbent on revenge. A dutiful fae prince, determined to earn his place on the throne. The prince’s brooding guardian, burdened with [...]
