Miracles of Our Own Making: A History of Paganism by Liz Williams
Best for: Pagans interested in some of the history of the beliefs and practice. In a nutshell: Author Williams provides a multi-century overview of the beliefs, practices, groups, and secret societies that are associated with paganism in the UK. Worth quoting: “It is always worth your while … [Read more]
Super-Serious Mysteries V01: The Untimely Passing of Nicholas Fart by Josh Crute
CBR15Passport, different format (detective novel, humor and graphic novel form) As advertised. Farts. Puns. More farts. Along with some crappy tea. And did I mention, there is a funky soup and cake? It is a birthday party after all, but someone (or thing) has raised a stink. Will this … [Read more]
How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton
"There are few things humans are more dedicated to than unhappiness." I like a book like this sometimes, as it replaces or mimics (even fleetingly) the feeling of reading a long and difficult book. It's not a reading guide, but more of a mini-biography and dissemination of some of the ideas and … [Read more]
Kim JiYoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo
"Kim JiYoung is thirty-three years old, or thirty-four in Korean age." One review for this book says it's not really a novel, but a documentary of a kind of life in contemporary Korea. It's not correct because it's a novel about woman's life, and just because there's parallels to be found with … [Read more]
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
" I used to think that life was like a book: you turn to the first page, and then there's the next, and as you go on turning page after page, eventually you reach the last one." The narrator of this short novel was born in 1933, he tells us, the same year as the emperor. Like the emperor he also … [Read more]
The Fervor by Alma Katsu
Katsu is a master of reimagining real-life horror with supernatural elements. Am I allowed to call her a master after reading only two of her novels, the one I'm currently reviewing and The Hunger? I suppose that is what makes reviewing books on the internet so great, there are so few rules to all … [Read more]
