Bea Pants – Page 6 – Cannonball Read 17

Darling it’s better down where it’s wetter.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

February 14, 2021 by Bea Pants Leave a Comment

I listened to this book via the podcast Phoebe Reads a Mystery which is voiced by Phoebe Judge of the famed Criminal Podcast. She reads one to two chapters a day of a classic mystery (though I’m not sure if this most recent selection qualifies). This book follows a reluctant passenger aboard the Nautilus, a submarine which must have seemed truly fantastical the time of the book’s 1869 publication, and it’s secretive Captain Nemo. French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax has, along with his faithful servant […]

God is Change

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

February 14, 2021 by Bea Pants Leave a Comment

Add this one to the list of books I wish I’d read in my teens rather than a butt load of Stephen King. Octavia Butler’s frighteningly prescient dystopian novel needs to be added to every high school curriculum. It is a story of economic and societal collapse, climate disaster and survival in the face of unspeakable pain and loss. It’s a difficult read but none of the horrors feel gratuitous. It comes with many trigger warnings; rape, harm to children, harm to animals and fires. […]

The real bookstore was the friends we made along the way

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloane

January 24, 2021 by Bea Pants 1 Comment

A book about a bookstore is catnip for me. I’ve had this one on my shelf and I selected it randomly. The story follows Clay Jannon, whose tech job goes away during the Great Recession (2008 edition). Clay takes a job working the night shift at Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. Penumbra himself is a benevolently odd man who imposes very few rules on his employees. It soon becomes apparent to Clay that there is something out of the ordinary about Mr. Penumbra, his store […]

“Will they stand their ground? Will they let you down?”

The Return by Rachel Harrison

January 24, 2021 by Bea Pants 1 Comment

The return is Rachel Harrison’s debut novel which I listened to on audiobook from my library. It is the story of four old college friends; Molly, Mae, Elise and Julie. Not long after getting married, Julie disappears without a trace during a hike and is eventually presumed dead. Elise, our narrator and the friend who is closest to Julie, does not believe she is dead. She is proven right when, two years after her disappearance, Julie appears back home with no apparent memory of her […]

“Some people never get to do all we got to do”

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

January 17, 2021 by Bea Pants 2 Comments

My actual review is 3.5 stars. I have an attraction to books that are described as love letters to New York City. Although I have never lived there and have only visited once, the history and culture of the city in the twentieth century fascinates me. Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk is a welcome edition to this particular subgenre of fiction. Lillian is witty, thoughtful and would probably be a lot of fun to talk to in real life. It’s New Years Eve 1984 and […]

I’ve upped my nerd cred.

Star Wars: A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller

January 10, 2021 by Bea Pants 1 Comment

This is the first Star Wars novel that I’ve read which is surprising considering I grew up with the franchise and played the table top RPG. I can’t say I loved this book but I would definitely read another novelization if it sounded interesting. I believe I first heard of this one on a list of the quintessential Star Wars novels and I don’t particularly agree. It has issues with pacing and the plot is more complicated that it strictly needs to be, but it’s […]

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