Rebecca Crunden's Blog, page 69
March 15, 2020
Links and Lists for Indie Authors
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I thought Id share some master lists and communities for indie authors looking for resources as I know it can be difficult. ^_^
There are master posts at The Indie Reviewers List, The Book Reviewer Directory, The Book Blogger List, 100 Best Blogs for Book Reviews and Shirleys Book Blogger List. There are also places like the self-published/indie authors community on Livejournal where you can post your book, and Loyal Lyre where you can submit it for consideration. Voracious Readers Only is...
March 8, 2020
Mini Review Roundup
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Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
You can’t tell whether people are gay by what they look like. And gay or straight aren’t the only two options.
This comic, initially published online, is honestly one of the most heart-warming things I’ve read in a while. The drawings are so lovely and you just end up with heart-eyes every page. Definitely, definitely recommend.
Lines of Growth, Lines of Passage by Marissa Lingen
My experience was not proving helpful here.
Lines of Growth, Lines of Passage...
March 7, 2020
Quote from André Aciman’s Enigma Variations
I’m currently reading Enigma Variations by André Aciman and I came across this quote that I absolutely loved, so I made a graphic for it. (cross-posted to tumblr!)
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March 4, 2020
Book Reviews: The Sigil (2020) & The Sycamore and the Sybil (2020)
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The Sigil by Shakeil Kanish & Larissa Mandeville: LGBT, fantasy
Everything that happened led you to this place […] and a boy who lost his voice and didn’t care if he’d ever get it back now wishes every day that he could just open his mouth and tell you all of this.
I really enjoyed this début novel from Shakeil Kanish and Larissa Mandeville! The main characters of Lake and Nova are great, and the bro angst really brought the FEELS. Brotherly love is something I adore in books, so of course...
March 2, 2020
March Music Recs
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The Decemberists – Rox In The Box
Foals – Mountain At My Gates
TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me
Barns Country – Glitter & Gold
Thom Yorke – Hearing Damage
Zayde Wølf – No Mercy
Sam Tinnesz – Run with the Giants
Yarn – Don’t Break My Heart Again
Of Monsters & Men – Wars
The Revivalists – Wish I Knew You
Anaïs Mitchell – Wilderland
March 1, 2020
March 2020 TBRs
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I have no ability to read one book at a time, and I’ve found myself reading several at the moment. Clearly I have the attention span of a napkin 
February 29, 2020
Audio Book Review: Basic Training
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Basic Training by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., narrated by Colin Hanks
He searched his conscience in vain for a grain of remorse to justify the desolating punishment the general had promised. When you punish somebody, you take away from them what they want, he reasoned.All I had in the whole wide world was my music, so that’s what I lost: everything.
A new old Vonnegut. I’m not sure you can go wrong with a novella by Kurt Vonnegut that’s narrated by Colin Hanks! This is one of Vonnegut’s unpublished...
February 28, 2020
Film Review: All the Bright Places (2020)
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All the Bright Places (2020)
‘Even the ugliest of places can be beautiful as long as you take the time to look.’
Netflix’s new movie, All the Bright Places, is the story of Theodore Finch (played by Justice Smith) and Violet Markey (played by Elle Fanning).
One morning, Theodore’s out for a run when he happens upon Violet, standing alone on a bridge ledge. He quietly intervenes and refuses to leave when she tells him to go, and talks her down. Theodore’s quickly drawn to Violet, determined...
February 27, 2020
Mini Review Roundup
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My love of sci-fi/fantasy shorts continues and I’ve read a few more this week: Noah’s Raven by Kij Johnson in Lightspeed Magazine, and Blue Morphos in the Garden by Lis Mitchell and Sinew and Steel and What They Told by Carrie Vaughn on Tor.
Noah’s Raven by Kij Johnson
Extinction can be as global as all, or as personal as me.
I listened to the audiobook version of Noah’s Raven by Kij Johnson, which was definitely unexpected. It’s a take on Noah’s Ark that, for me, brought to mind ...
February 25, 2020
Film Review: Paul (2011)
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One of my absolute favourite movies of all time is Paul. I was introduced to it by my partner just after we started dating and now it’s a frequent rewatch. It’s one of those films that’s just genuinely feel-good. It’s fun. It’s light-hearted. Honestly, you finish the movie in such a good mood and I think we’ve rewatched it 10+ times at this point. I mean, you really can’t go wrong when your film has Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogan, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Blythe Danner,...
