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“The most important thing is finding someone you wish to play with.”

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

February 1, 2023 by anana Leave a Comment

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin was all over my radar last year, both on official “Best of 2022” lists and in more informal recommendations from friends. I didn’t quite get to it in 2022 (partially because I was 657th on the waitlist at the library for it!), but I found it to be well worth the wait and I’m so happy to have started off 2023 on a strong note with it. The plot of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow follows best […]

Catnip For People Who Love the End of the World

Walk the Vanished Earth by Erin Swan

December 7, 2022 by anana 2 Comments

I’m drawn to climate catastrophe and dystopian novels the same way some people are drawn to horror or crime stories: seeing fictional representations of my worst fears are somehow calming to me. Walk the Vanished Earth by Erin Swan was compared to Station Eleven and Severence on its Goodread page, so I put it in my library queue figuring it would basically be like catnip for me. Walk the Vanished Earth is difficult to describe, because it encompasses so much: seven generations, two planets, 200 […]

A Satisfying Conclusion (For Now…)

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

October 23, 2022 by anana Leave a Comment

After watching the Shadow and Bone series on Netflix, 2022 became the year of Leigh Bardugo for me – and although I didn’t connect equally to all of her work, overall I’ve very much enjoyed this adventure. I started out with the original Shadow and Bone trilogy, then moved on to the Six of Crows duology, took a brief detour to read the first of the Alex Stern Series, and now I’ve rounded out the year with the King of Scars duology. For me, these […]

Action, Adventure, Witcher-ing

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

The Tower of the Swallows by Andrzej Sapkowski

The Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski

September 25, 2022 by anana 1 Comment

I started on the Witcher Saga by Andrzej Sapkowski a while ago, after hearing that it was going to be adapted into a Netflix series. After watching (and enjoying!) the first season, I thought I would get around to finishing the series eventually, but it took watching (and enjoying!) the second season before I really got my act together to work my way through the rest of the books. Overall, I enjoyed each of these books. I thought that the balance of humor and action […]

Strange but Not Fun

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

August 25, 2022 by anana 1 Comment

I think Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh must have originally come into my orbit off of a Goodreads recommendation list. The striking image of a dead lamb on the cover caught my eye, and buzzwords like “macabre” and “grotesque” pulled me in. The publisher’s description seemed like it would be up my alley as well – I’m generally a fan of books that explore religion, faith, and climate catastrophe. The plot follows a year in the fictional medieval village of Lapvona, in particular following Marek, the […]

“Tragedy was undiscerning and totally unfair.”

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

August 10, 2022 by anana 1 Comment

I read Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka months (months!) ago and absolutely loved it, to the point that I felt too overwhelmed to write a review for it at the time. So, I’ve now sabotaged myself because I don’t remember the book as well as I would like to, so I will likely be unable to do justice to this book that I found incredibly smart and moving. Notes on an Execution tells the story of a serial killer largely through the eyes […]

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