Feminista
Hi everyone! I used to be a former Goodreads lover. Who has decided to move to BookLikes due to the recent changes to the GR site: that is, the decision of the management to delete reviews that talk about bad author behaviour.
It is important that we know of bad author behaviour and actions. We buy their books. I want to know whether Author A has decided to harass Reviewer A or encouraged fans to stalk Reviewer B.
I want to know this, the same way I wanted to know that a well known sporting good company had been using child labour in the production of some of its products. The same way the WHOLE WORLD wanted to know.
It is irrelevant that the author writes well, or that the said sporting good company produces good quality sporting goods. Our ethics and morals MATTER!
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Now to discuss my reading habits:
I am very picky when it comes to books. I am a feminist and I think that shows in my reading list.
There are many things that bug me to death. But I'll always make an exception if the boy-girl standard is reversed. Dear world, that is MY double standard. I respect and champion authors who have the guts to do something different.
Firstly, I hate infidelity in novels.
Secondly, I hate it when the heroine is a virgin and the guy is an expert and skilled lover. I hate it when the heroine, for fated reasons, saves herself for someone who has been sowing his oats. It's not only overdone, old-fashioned and pathetic, but it also grosses me out like he is violating something so sacrosanct.
Thirdly, I might enjoy the occasional alpha-hero tendencies, but my true love lies with beta-heroes. Guys who are loving and sweet. Who don't feel the need to push around their women to make themselves feel more manly.
Feminista's bookshelf: read
A Shimmer of Angels (The Angel Sight Series)
Rating: 4 out of 5A Shimmer of Angels by Lisa M. BassoRayna thinks she is crazy because she sees angels, or humans with wings. Having lived the last three years of her life in a Mental Health Clinic, she starts school again at the age of sixteen. When she thinks her life is going good and she is not crazy anymore, she sees an angel. In her class.The new boy/angel in her school doesn’t know what to make of Rayna, who can see his wings. But that doesn’t matter as he is soon told by his superiors to ask for her help in the deaths of her classmates.The story was very interesting and engaging. A creative mixture of angels and YA. However, I found Rayna’s clumsiness really annoying. It might have been tolerable for the first ten times that she stumbled and knocked things over, or splashed coffee all over the place. But when the same repetition kept on happening and hit higher double digits, I got angrier. I felt as though the author couldn’t find another way to get Rayna out of the situation, without making her stumble. But regardless, the end part redeemed the book for me.ARC courtesy of NetGalley and Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA).