Read ACROSS THE GREEN GRASS FIELDS by Seanan McGuire if you love horses, centaurs, satyrs, fauns, minotaurs, kelpies, unicorns & all manner of hoofed creatures; secrets, expectations, destinies, best friends, found family, ridiculously soft denim, breaking cycles & going to the fair.
THE OPPRESSION OF THE UYGHUR PEOPLE explored in heartbreaking detail through an exiled poet and filmmaker’s memoir. Beautiful writing about a horrifying topic brings stories of the imprisoned and murdered into the light. A MINUS
Read COME TUMBLING DOWN by Seanan McGuire if you love horrifying murder worlds, reanimation, lightning, body swapping, revenge, heros, actions having consequences, bone ponies, the last vestiges of sanity, cruel light, killing dark, deep sea terrors & endings.
A SURREAL POST-APOCALYPTIC SETTING lends power to this dreamlike retelling of Macbeth. Hallucinatory, atmospheric prose captures the point of view of a man pushed to his limits with no options but to fight. B PLUS
Read IN AN ABSENT DREAM by Seanan McGuire if you love ordinary & remarkable children, goblin markets, birds, besties, delicious pies, wanting & needing, losing yourself in books to avoid the pain of reality, loopholes, pencils, fair trade, being sure, sisters & debts.
Read BENEATH THE SUGAR SKY by Seanan McGuire if you love girls falling from the sky, human statuary, confectionery delights, turtles, quests, soda pop, time travel, spirits, nonsense, mermaids, bones, bakers, and righting wrongs.
MURDERBOT’S BACK, BUT not better than ever. In fact, the semi-human fighting machine is feeling vulnerable—at the worst possible time, as it and the humans it protects are dealing with multiple interplanetary threats. Fast-paced, thoughtful. A MINUS
Read DOWN AMONG THE STICKS AND BONES by Seanan McGuire if you love emotionally absent parents, horror movies, creepy twins, blood moons, running through the moors, pretty girls, mad scientists, learning to be yourself, wearing gloves, avoiding eye contact & playing dress up.
Read EVERY HEART A DOORWAY by Seanan McGuire if you love pomegranates, what happens after, boarding schools, wearing black, murder mysteries, attics full of books, creepy girls, beautiful boys, Wonderlands, Underworlds, hope, hurt, finding doors, dancing bones, and being sure.
HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD? The characters in Naomi Alderman’s crisp near-future technothriller have a lot of ideas—some of them on a collision course with others. Action and deft satire blend in this high-energy yet thoughtful read. A MINUS
Read THIS COULD ALL BE DIFFERENT by by Sarah Thankam Mathews if you love first jobs, immigration narratives, queer love, building community, restaurants, fishing for memories, terrible landlords, recessions, navigating white America as a POC, lofty dreams & planting seeds.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Stuart Turton has another winner on his hands! Turton did such a fantastic job of blending both mystery and sci-fi in this exciting new suspenseful mystery that will have you engrossed from beginning to end.
Like his others, it's a book I can't stop thinking about, and after you read it, you won't either.
You will have to wait a while for this book because it comes out in May 2024 but trust me, it's worth the wait!
SHARP PRIVATE EYE thriller follows a detective and his childhood best friend, now an investigative reporter, to Mexico on the trail of a seasoned criminal. Lots of relatable characters and some great descriptions. SOLID B
Wild Asses of the Mojave Desert by Lis Anna-Langston
5 ⭐️ for me. So compelling, REALLY entertaining, capturing & engrossing! If you ever want to try a story that makes u feel things & giggle, this is i! the perfect amount of fun sadness and fantasy 🥹 #bookreviews#bookstodon#books#bookblog@bookstodon@bookreviews
SHIMMERING, GORGEOUS, WISTFUL meditation on life, love, art, and loss set against the surreal cityscape of New York in the 2020 COVID lockdown. Everything is vivid, everything feels deeply true. A MINUS
A BIZARRE, CULTISH COMMUNE, centered around some extreme psychoanalytic theories, hiding in plain sight in Manhattan brownstones, with adherents as famous as Judy Collins and Jackson Pollock. Intensive research and interviews tell a wild story. A MINUS
Read VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE by Isabel Cañas if you love interesting vampire lore, supernatural western historical romances, colonialism narratives, sneaking around at night, class dynamics, young love, big dreams, grief, salt, rosemary, coming home, Yanquis as villains, and desert road trips.
Was very moving, was all teary-eyed towards the end. For all those wondering "Why Radha and Krishna didn't end up together?", "How did they meet?" "How did they hold their love for each other and marriages to other people all those years?" this book answers all your questions.
This book is also a very short read, I must have finished this book in half an hour to an hour. Definitely a recommended read. @bookstodon#bookreviews
A LONG-FORGOTTEN LITERARY GEM from 1938, reissued in a sumptuous new edition. Beautifully stark modernist novel traces the gradual diminution of a woman’s life with pitiless clarity. A MINUS
THE FAMILY THAT SLEUTHS TOGETHER…finds out more about themselves and each other in this charming, engrossing California murder mystery starring three generations of smart, sharp women solving a complicated crime. B PLUS
A SPIRITUALIST’S WIFE STRUGGLES to come to terms with her husband’s new world of séances and “readings”—and fears he’ll find out some of her own secrets. Lush evocation of post-World War I Scotland and the frenzies of Jazz Age society. B PLUS
Everytime I read a Jane Austen, I think this is the best until I read the next one again.
Loved #Sense and sensibility.
They say Jane Austen has written books ahead of her time. But this book had some very old school plot as well. That said it was also very interesting and funny and all the other wonderful things that you would expect from an #JaneAusten book
A FAMILY’S DEEPEST SECRETS are brought to light in this ambitious, poetic memoir. In a mix of recollection and recreation, the author uses her uncle’s conviction for art forgery as the lens through which to examine a family in flight from truth. B PLUS
THE ASSASSINATION OF PATRICE LUMUMBA, first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, explored in this timely, fascinating, intensely researched work with emphasis on US Cold War strategy and the role of the CIA. A MINUS