It’s the middle of summer in 1969 New York, and the Gold children, Varya (13), Daniel (11), Klara (9) and Simon (7), are bored. As a result, it does not take much convincing to visit a fortune teller who can predict the day someone will die. Klara, already fascinated with magic, simply wants to meet someone who works in magic; the rest of the children have other motivations or are propelled along, some more interested than others, since they have nothing better to do. This […]
“He Had It Coming, He Only Had Himself to Blame”
I can’t believe how much I liked this novel! I also was surprised that some of themes addressed in The Dirty Girls Social Club overlapped with this novel since two characters in this novel have similar issues to two characters from my previous read. Then again, both novels have what could be considered stock characters but imbued them with enough life and personality to make them feel original and interesting so it shouldn’t be that big of a surprise. Another discovery I can blame on […]
When #MeToo Helps You Find New Authors
This novel came to my attention during a thread discussing Junot Diaz, the allegations against him, and diversity and representation. As a famous Latino author, some still see him as important despite the accusations, and denesteak mentioned a blog post written by Alisa Valdes where the Latina author discusses her interactions with him. As a result, I decided to read her novel, The Dirty Girls Social Club. I enjoyed the novel a lot, and definitely plan on reading more by her! I read The Wonderous […]
Does It Really Count As Twice If Someone Else Fooled You First?
After The Sins of Lord Lockwood, Malin told me the rest of Duran’s novel were all good if angsty romances as long as I avoided At Your Pleasure. As a result, I decided to go back a bit further in the Rules for the Reckless series but for some reason picked the second one rather than the first one. Who knows what my thought process was there. Based on the references, I definitely want to read the stories of Marwick’s brother and Elizabeth, and Olivia’s […]
True Equality Is When Robots Can Be Just As Apathetic As Humans
I don’t think I can add much to this one beyond what has already been said. The narrator is a SecUnit belonging to a large powerful corporation that owns the rights to various planets and rents out survey rights and equipment at exorbitant prices while only investing in the cheapest technology themselves. The narrator has hacked its governor module, and can function independently though all it wants is to be left alone and watch its stories. When things start going wrong on the mission, Murderbot, […]
Straight Forward Approach with Cutting Insights
After my reread, I tried to remember during which Cannonball Read I had originally discovered this novel, only to realize that I had done most of my Butler reading before I participated in CBR. I had a short post on my now defunct blog where I mentioned it, but it’s been over ten years (!) since I read this so I had forgotten a lot of the details. Basic plot details: Dana, an African American woman living in California in 1976, starts getting called back […]
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