Submit the three best and one worst books you read during 2022 below. Include links to your posts so people can read your reviews. The books may have any publication date, you just need to have read them this year. If you have something you must tell the world about any of the books, add your … [Read more]
Walk the Vanished Earth by Erin Swan
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, … [Read more]
Recipe for Disaster: 40 Superstar Stories of Sustenance and Survival by Alison Riley
Recipe for Disaster starts so well. The first recipe is Samantha Irby's Rejection Chicken. First things first, you gotta get dumped." The whole recipe is the story of heartbreak, self soothing, and chopping and cooking. I like to slice them on a severe angle because it looks cool and chef-y, but … [Read more]
History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past by Jason Steinhauer
In November I attended the American Association for State and Local History Virtual Conference. On each day (there were three) it opened with a plenary, and day two featured Jason Steinhauer author of History Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past. His presentation … [Read more]
Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold
Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold
Penric’s Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold
Bothari43 has been singing the praises of Lois McMaster Bujold for some time and she, and a couple of other people, have given me various Bujold books, which I have not read. I don’t know why. I believe Bothari43 when she tells me I will like the books, but some part of me, I don’t know, hates joy? … [Read more]
The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
"Yours is a lucky generation.” “I wouldn’t say we were so lucky,” Phuong said. “You’ve never appreciated what you have.” Her father waved his hand over the meal and Phuong squeezed her glass, bracing to hear the stories of her parents one more time. ....... "Phuong was bemused at how … [Read more]
Dungeons and Dragons: Dungeon Club: Roll Call by Molly Knox Ostertag and Xanthe Bouma
I honestly don't remember pre-ordering this, but I'm glad I did! The magic of a book showing up like a little unexpected gift in my mailbox never gets old. Dungeons and Dragons: Dungeon Club: Roll Call has an unwieldy title but is a sweet middle grade graphic novel about using D&D and the power … [Read more]
