“I shouldn’t have been surprised that fairies exist. “When elephants passed by in a lumbering sea beneath my window, flecks of light whispered in the dust, dancing above the rows of tusks and leather. I leaned precariously over the sill, hoping to catch a fleck before a servant wrestled me inside.” – Opening of Raybearer… Continue reading Should You Read Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko?
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Short previews of books you may want to read
Should You Read The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
“Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty, and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed… Continue reading Should You Read The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
Should You Read Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh?
“When I was ten years old, I wrote a letter to my future self and buried it in my backyard. Seventeen years later, I remembered that I was supposed to dig it up two years earlier. “I looked forward to getting a nostalgic glimpse into my childhood–perhaps I would marvel at my own innocence or… Continue reading Should You Read Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh?
Should You Read 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke?
“The drought had lasted now for ten million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended. Here on the Equator, in the continent which would one day be known as Africa, the battle for existence had reached a new climax of ferocity, and the victor was not yet in sight. In… Continue reading Should You Read 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke?
Should You Read How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann?
How to Be Eaten tells the stories of a variety of fairytale characters from their perspectives, modernized and with some twists. Each one of them is suffering from the trauma of what they’ve experienced as well as from the unwanted media attention. One thing all these women have in common is that their stories are being told for them–and they’re being told very badly.
Should You Read Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams?
“This time there would be no witnesses. “This time there was just the dead earth, a rumble of thunder, and the onset of that interminable light drizzle from the northeast by which so many of the world’s most momentous events seem to be accompanied.” – Opening of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Dirk Gently’s Holistic… Continue reading Should You Read Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams?
Should You Read The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer?
“On a warm night in early July of that long-evaporated year, The Interestings gathered for the very first time. They were only fifteen, sixteen, and they began to call themselves the name with tentative irony.” – Opening of The Interestings The Interestings is a literary fiction novel that follows a small cast of characters who… Continue reading Should You Read The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer?
Reading Goals for 2022
(Graph generated by The StoryGraph) I read twenty-four books in 2021, a lot of fantasy, a little bit of science fiction, one classic, and one non-fiction. On the fantasy front, I read some books by hugely popular authors and others that were very recently published. In a lot of cases, I was reading to try… Continue reading Reading Goals for 2022
Should You Read The Invisible Library Series by Genevieve Cogman?
“Irene passed the mop across the stone floor in smooth, careful strokes, idly admiring the gleam of wet flagstones in the lantern light. Her back was complaining, but that was only normal after an evening’s work cleaning. The cleaning was certainly necessary. The pupils at Prince Mordred’s Private Academy for Boys managed to get just… Continue reading Should You Read The Invisible Library Series by Genevieve Cogman?
Should You Read Master Class by Christina Dalcher?
“It’s impossible to know what you would do to escape a shitty marriage and give your daughters a fair shot at success. Would you pay money? Trade the comfort of your house and home? Lie, cheat, or steal?” – Opening of Master Class Master Class is a science fiction novel set in a version of… Continue reading Should You Read Master Class by Christina Dalcher?
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