The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
The Memory Police is an unsettling novel. The descriptions I read in advance made it sound a bit like 1984 or Fahrenheit 451. It is a dystopian novel, and it does involve the authoritarian suppression of knowledge and personal freedom, but while I think of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 as “political” … [Read more]
Heartwood by Amity Gaige
Heartwood (2025) by Amity Gaige is yet another book that I originally saw on NPR's Favorite Books List. It is about a woman who goes missing on the Appalachian Trail (AT) and the search to find her. Heartwood sounded like something I would like, so I got it from my library back in December. But I … [Read more]
Unshrunk by Laura Delano
Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance (2025) by Laura Delano is another book I discovered on NPR's List of Favorite Books. I have an older brother who fell into some major mental health problems when he was in college. He has had a very hard life since then. He is often difficult, … [Read more]
Salome by Leslie Baird
Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. DID NOT FINISH AT 20 PERCENT. This was put out there as a Gothic retelling of Salome (If you have read the King James Bible, Salome is Herodias's daughter and she danced before Herod at his birthday … [Read more]
Make Me Better by Sarah Gailey
Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. DID NOT FINISH 12 PERCENT. This was too slow. I don't even know what to say. The only Sarah Gailey book I have liked and managed to finish was Just Like Home. And that was slow as anything too. I have … [Read more]
Hunger by Choi Jin-young
Please note that I received this via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. DID NOT FINISH AT 20 percent. I tried to get into this and just gave up. I think it's just because the story itself which sounded interesting (your soulmate dies [Gu], you eat them [Dam]) just ended up not … [Read more]
