Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
This is a great short story collection. I found it randomly in my local used book store and since picking it up I’ve seen in on all kinds of “best of” lists, which is great, because this book is great. As with most short story collections I pick up I read it over a bit of time and not all in one go. I like to use short story collections as palate cleansers while reading other books, so it’ll take me a while to finish […]
Randomize by Andy Weir
So this was the shortest of the stories in the “Forward” collection and honestly my least favorite. It was beyond boring and the ending was just a meh moment to me. I wanted something more for a supposed science fiction book. Talking about quantum physics and entanglement didn’t do a thing for me. “Randomize” is at the heart just a boring heist story. We follow a member that plans on stealing from a Las Vegas casino using quantum physics. Yeah, that’s a new one on […]
The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay
Wow. This was a bang up short story in the collection. I loved it. It had a lot of horror elements I thought working for it too. The ending gave my goosebumps. “The Last Conversation” follows an unnamed person (we never find out if they are male or female which I liked) who wakes up slowly and cannot see. We don’t know what has happened, except a person named Doctor Kuhn is the only person that the unnamed person can talk to via an intercom. […]
You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles
Well not too much to say about this one except the third act one of the characters went on about actually weighed down this book a lot. I loved the concept (able to use an algorithm to choose what path an unborn child will possibly lead) but after the character of Sam lives the corporation the book just got messy. “You Have Arrived at Your final Destination” follows Sam whose wife Annie has talked him into having a child via a corporation called Vitek which […]
Emergency Skin by N. K. Jemisin
Definitely going to read the other stories in this collection. This was a wonderful way to pass the day in bed on Sunday. Also this weekend in the U.S. we should be seeing a cool down. There is even snow happening in some parts. And as for me I am going leaf peeping. So this book was the perfect thing to read especially with the discussion of climate change going on. So “Emergency Skin” follows an unseen narrator talking to someone who is going […]
Summer Frost by Blake Crouch
Woo boy. Blake Crouch put his foot in this short story. Damn. I loved every part of it and think if he can stick the landing like this in his stand-alone novels he would be a instant buy author for me in the future. “Summer Frost” was wonderfully done from beginning to end. I swear this read like the best Black Mirror episode ever. Which is saying something since the past two seasons I have been meh towards Black Mirror. “Summer Frost” follows Riley who […]
