Month: January 2025

Living a Half Life

January 30, 2025

The DEAFinitely Readers Book Club January book was a dystopian novel about a partially deaf girl who is trying to find her place in an unforgiving environment. With the book club, we discuss chapters each week and have truly dissected this story. My real-time reactions can be found on YouTube HERE and in-depth information about…
Which Reality Do you Belong To?

January 28, 2025

Recently, A.C.Toy reached out to see if I would be interested in reviewing her debut book, The Daisy Chain Reaction as it has a main side character, Violet, who is Deaf. Violet may be the one who is noted as a deaf character, but her boyfriend (eventual husband) is hard-of-hearing and wears hearing aids (Cam).…
Quick Book Reviews with Deaf Characters

January 6, 2025

Sometimes, you read a book and don’t expect to see a deaf character. Other times, you search it out and are disappointed. Here are 3 quick reviews of books I read that had d/Deaf characters. River Raven Academy by Ruby Vincent While Eli, a young deaf boy, is not the male main character (MMC), he…
A Terrifying Silence

January 3, 2025

I like mysteries. But I’m not a huge fan of ones that are closer to a thriller than simply a puzzle. Sure, I like to watch crime shows (Criminal Minds, Bones, etc.) and while some of the episodes are scary, it has always been more terrifying to read about it rather than simply watch. But,…

Living a Half Life