Chris rated Tale for the Time Being: 2 stars
Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there's only one escape from her aching loneliness and her classmates' bullying. But before …
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Chris rated The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: 4 stars
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (Harold Fry #1)
Recently retired, sweet, emotionally numb Harold Fry is jolted out of his passivity by a letter from Queenie Hennessy, an …
Chris rated The Greatcoat: 2 stars
Chris rated Iron Council: 3 stars
Iron Council by China Miéville
Following Perdido Street Station and The Scar, acclaimed author China Mieville returns with his hugely anticipated Del Rey hardcover debut. …
Just kids by Patti Smith
In this memoir, singer-songwriter Patti Smith shares tales of New York City : the denizens of Max's Kansas City, the …
Chris rated The Obelisk Gate: 4 stars
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #2)
The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night. Alabaster Tenring – madman, world-crusher, savior …
Chris rated Oryx and Crake [Hardcover] Atwood, Margaret,: 3 stars
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Oryx and Crake [Hardcover] Atwood, Margaret, by Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as …
Chris rated The Alchemist: 3 stars
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist details the journey of a young Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago. Santiago, believing a recurring dream to be …
Chris rated Maker of Swans: 4 stars
Chris rated Truths, half truths and little white lies: 3 stars
Truths, half truths and little white lies by Nick Frost
'No life can really be all black, right? Even during the darkest times, what got me through that bleakness was …
Chris rated Burial Rites: 4 stars
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal …
Chris rated Lost at sea: 3 stars
Lost at sea by Jon Ronson
Ronson investigates the strange things we are willing to believe in, from lifelike robots programmed with the personalities of our …
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Uprooted is a 2015 high fantasy novel written by Naomi Novik.The book is a standalone novel, like Spinning Silver, but …