Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
Stars, this series was so good. Record of a Spaceborn Few is my favorite book of the series, although I did love them all. I cannot recommend them highly enough - but this third book was my favorite. The Wayfarer's series presents the most humane version of a Universe in which humans have finally … [Read more]
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
I promise I didn't plan to Double Cannonball with this excellent book, which just so happens to be about books and writing books, and publishing books. It's just serendipity. I was so happy when I realized about fifty pages into this book that it was going to be another situation like with her … [Read more]
City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams
After carrying this book around from apartment to apartment for thirteen years, I finally made it beyond the first hundred pages and have finished the first book in the quartet. At this pace, I should be done in about 39 more years, so there's hope! I think this really is a case of a book needing to … [Read more]
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
This book is like a hug for your soul. And since I listened to the audio book, for the ears. I loved Thursday Murder Club, and when some trusted fellow readers told me the second one was even better, I was skeptical. But it’s so good! I love Joyce. I love Elizabeth. I love Ron and Ibrihim. Did I … [Read more]
The Four Feathers by AEW Mason
This 1902 novel about British soldiers in foreign lands is about as melodramatic and clearly pre-WWI as one could imagine. One way to look at this book, I guess the way it's intended, is that Harry Feversham, on the eve of sailing to Sudan in the 1880s to war, resigns his commission and returns … [Read more]
Despair by Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Look at the Harlequins! by Vladimir Nabokov
Despair - 4/5 Literature is full of doubles. Whether this means the concept of foil characters who are designed to offset the lead character by contrast like Tybalt to Romeo or Fortinbras to Hamlet, twins and twinning, chiastic structures, repetitions in actions and plot, cycles of violence etc, … [Read more]
