The Gale by Mo Yan, Chengliang Zhu and Ying-Hwa Hu
The Gale is a beautiful and sad story. It is also a unique story and the back story is as good, if not better, about how the inspiration came about. There was a lot of love that went into this story and creation of the book. Author Mo Yan, illustrator Chengliang Zhu, translator Ying-Hwa Hu and … [Read more]
My Brilliant Friend: The Graphic Novel by Chiara Lagani, Mara Cerri, Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante
My Brilliant Friend: The Graphic Novel by Chiara Lagani (Adapter), Mara Cerri (Illustrator), Ann Goldstein (Translator), Elena Ferrante (Original author) Every so often I find a book, movie, song, or some form of entertainment that I both love and hate equally at the same time. All I'm going to … [Read more]
To Catch a Thief by David Dodge
To Catch a Thief is the story of John Robie, an American expatriate much accustomed to life in France. A trained acrobat, he made a living before the war as a notorious jewel thief who came to be known in the newspapers as "Le Chat." After eventually slipping up and getting caught, he was tried, … [Read more]
Butterfly Effects by Seanan McGuire
While I usually end up staying up too late whenever Seanan McGuire releases a new novel because I need to know what will happen, this novel took me longer to read than any other of her previous books (a whole 3 days so nothing drastic). However, while this one took longer than normal to truly pull … [Read more]
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
While I liked the author’s previous duology, The Shepherd King, I didn’t love it. It was one of those where I quite enjoyed the magic system and the plotting but thought the characters needed a little bit more, and that they were missing some fairly obvious clues. I really enjoyed The Knight and the … [Read more]
Strange Buildings by Uketsu
Trigger warning: Not shown, but told about child rape. This took me weeks to get through. Unlike the other books, I did not fly through this. This ended up being so convoluted and just not enjoyable even after the reveals. I think that Uketsu focusing on several buildings/stories in this one, … [Read more]
