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Archives for December 2021
Sweeping partisan saga
Exodus by Leon Uris
Leon Uris is a master of the underdog novel, and his 1958 blockbuster is no different. It tells the story of the founding of Israel, beginning with the Jewish refugee camps in Cyrprus. Britain, one of the novel’s big bads, still holds Palestine as a colony, and refuses to let these refugees enter Palestine. A ship named the Exodus is found and a daring escape is made, eventually allowing the small existing Jewish population in Palestine to swell into a group large enough to form […]
An Afrofuturist short story trio (part 1)
The Visit (Black Stars #1) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Black Pages (Black Stars #2) by Nnedi Okorafor
Clap Back (Black Stars #5) by Nalo Hopkinson
I was struggling with my Goodreads reading goal until I came across this short story collection, Black Stars. This Amazon Original contains six afro-futurist novellas from Black authors. I’m only reviewing three since I had limited kindle unlimited borrows. I’m sure some of you can relate to this problem. 🙂 I started with Clap Back (Black Stars #5) by Nalo Hopkinson since I just finished her Sandman Universe book, House of Whispers. We enter the story with news headlines about a new haute couture line that […]
an EXCELLENT book to end CBR13 on just under the wire!
The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
I’m so torn about this book but at the same time I’m very into it! I’m back to realizing why people always speak of Sanderson as being a good author, in that he can weave together multiple plot points in a way that seems natural. There’s still too much plot in these books for their length, and I have no clue why my brother said “these are basically like shorter novellas compared to the original trilogy.” I mean, they are shorter books but they have a […]
one last re-read of a book from 2021, which is a great sign
Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Strong content warnings, from the author: https://everinamaxwell.com/content-wa… Thanks again to the dual recommendations from llamareadsbooks and CoffeeShopReader both! Re-read (October 2021, review December 2021): I wanted to also re-read this book after The Charm Offensive and my re-read of Boyfriend Material, so I suppose the best theme you could stitch would be “gay HEAs, location notwithstanding.” I agree with the original reviews that this isn’t really a romance first scifi novel, but perhaps it’s more of a mood that you have to go into it with. On this second re-read, I found it very romantic, […]
the december rush
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
The Haunting of Gillespie House by Darcy Coates
Your Fathers, Where Are They? And Your Prophets, Do They Live Forever? by Dave Eggers
Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena
Near the Bone by Christina Henry
How to Take Smart Notes by Sonke Ahrens
The Lightness by Emily Temple
The Very Nice Box by Eve Gleichman, Laura Blackett
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Franny, Jet, and Vincent Owens take special joy in disobeying their mother’s rules. They wear red shoes and black clothes. They read books about magic. They fall in love. It’s the Lower East Side in the 60s. Who can blame them? I didn’t realize this was a prequel. I just picked it up at an airport bookstore when I had 3 hours to kill and a low phone battery. I’m grateful this is the only book that called out to me. I’m always drawn to […]
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