Challenge Accepted by Celeste Barber
I just finished reading two memoirs by Australian comedians concurrently: Hannah Gadsby’s 'Ten Steps to Nanette’ and 'Challenge Accepted' by Celeste Barber. The parallels and differences between each were, in a word, fascinating, so that is why I am reviewing both together. Gadsby’s tone … [Read more]
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Project Hail Mary is a science fiction novel about, you guessed it, the end of the world. The novel begins with a man in a room, hooked up to a machine. He is disoriented and unaware of his own name. Through scientific discovery - trial and error - he discovers that he is on a spaceship and is the … [Read more]
The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047 by Lionel Shriver
The Mandibles are a complex family Perched at the top of the family tree is the obscenely wealthy aging patriarch and his second wife, who live a life of luxury in an assisted living home for the richest of the rich. They spend their days admiring their collection of first editions in their … [Read more]
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
In one word: Gutting I have something shocking to say. I hope you're sitting down. I'm behind in my book reviews. I KNOW, I KNOW. Utterly surprising, as um, it's become my habit, wherein I let a few books pile up, and then stress about being "behind" which I am using quotation marks to illustrate … [Read more]
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Under the Whispering Door isn't a sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea, even though the covers look so similar--and even though TJ Klune uses the word "cerulean" no less than three times throughout the book, which is three times more than I've ever seen it in any other book besides The House in … [Read more]
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
I love time travel. To me, nothing is better than a good time travel book. (I know I say this every time I review a book with time travel.) I have read and enjoyed Emma Straub's other books, so I was eagerly looking forward to this one. I was thrilled when I learned it would have time travel in it. … [Read more]
