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Book Review: That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

  Toward the end of February, I purchased an e-book copy of That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming because I was in a reading slump and many of the people in my reading network were touting it about as a really sweet, funny, cozy fantasy-romance book and that sounded like it might help me renew my interest in reading. Suffice to say, I probably should have done a bit more research before going into this one, because it definitely made my reading slump worse.  Per usual, I can't rate a book I didn't finish reading, but let's talk about the reasons I put it down.  Rating:   DNF The copy I have reviewed below is no longer available for purchase. Blurb from Amazon: " All I wanted to do was live my life in peace. Maybe get a cat, expand my spice farm. Really anything that doesn’t involve going on a quest where an orc might rip my face off.  But they say the Goddess has favorites. If so, I’m clearly not one of them. After saving the demon Fallon i...

Book Review: Wide Sargasso Sea

  Before beginning this review in earnest, it should be noted that I have never read  Jane Eyre . I watched part of one of the film adaptions, which came recommended as a decent historical romance film. I ceased my viewing experience, however, upon the reveal of the woman in the attic. At that point my perception of the film shifted from adequate-period-romance film, to ' Oh, it's a horror movie; I somehow missed that. ' And that's precisely when my interest in this book bloomed. Rating: 3.75/5 Buy Wide Sargasso Sea Here . Cover Blurb:  " Wide Sargasso Sea , a masterpiece of modern fiction, was Jean Rhys' return to the literary center stage. She had a startling early career and was known for her extraordinary prose and haunting women characters. With  Wide Sargasso Sea ,   her last and best-selling novel, she ingeniously brings into light one of fiction's most fascinating characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre . This mes...