Time travel intrigues me. It’s one of those devices that can either be done well or doesn’t work at all. In this book, it doesn’t work. There’s no explanation for why there’s a time waro that exists in the basement of James’s house nor how he’s supposed to know that once he crosses into the past that he’ll return to the same moment in the future. It also leads me to question how random animals like cats, rats, etc. don’t wander into the time warp […]
Wishful Drinking
I’m discovering that hearing an author read his/her memoir, it brings the writing to life and makes it seem very conversational. Carrie Fisher does an amazing job and narrating the story of her life. The inflections, laughs, shouts, and interruptions incorporate a level of sincerity and humor that wouldn’t be available by just reading her memoir. I’m sad to say that I’m coming late to Ms. Fisher’s works. They’ve been on my to-read list for awhile but it was her untimely death that pushed me […]
Shockaholic
In recent years, I’ve found that I like listening to audiobooks while on road trips. When I was younger, I’d prefer to read the books myself rather than be read too, but now that I do some of the driving (and trying to make cannonball), I don’t mind using the time to see if I can’t complete a book or two on a trip. This past February, I was on a trip with my wife and we both decided to listen to Carrie Fisher’s works. […]
City of Meh
A city called Ember has survived, as the citizens believe, as the only human civilization left after a catastrophe no one can remember. Things aren’t going well though because the lights won’t stay on, supplies are running low, and growing political unrest. The city doesn’t produce anything other than vegetables in green houses, so any building materials have to be recycled. Even things such as paper and coloring items (e.g. paints, crayons, colored pencils, etc.) have become luxury items. Lina and Doon are 12 and […]
Make Wakanda Great Again!
This was a much better read for me than Book 1. While I still feel that I’m missing some of the context that happened before Book 1, Book 2 continues from where Book 1 left off, returning to familiar characters and conflicts. Book 2 continues to show us the ongoing conflict between the Wakandans and their Black Panther and the rival guerilla leader who is trying to get Wakandans to return to their past roots. Ironically, reading this post-election, it feels like this rival leader […]
To Devour or Not to Devour, That is the Question
“The Devourers” is going to be one of those books that I think people are either are going to really like or really not like. It’s a modern day story about Alok who lives in Kolkata and meets a stranger. We learn from this stranger that he’s half shape-shifter (what we might call a werewolf). Alok and the stranger develop a sort of friendship and the stranger asks Alok to type out the stories found on two scrolls the stranger has been carrying. We jump […]
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