I’m a nonbinary (they/them) musician and guitar teacher in Lexington, KY. I'm super into sci-fi and fantasy, but I dig just about any genre of fiction if it's well written (or if it's not but it's, like, got some cool ideas - looking firmly at you, Asimov).
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"Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The …
This had a slow start, but once it hooked me (I have decided, against all things decent, to allow this pun to remain) I absolutely had to finish it.
I’m actually only reading the Odyssey, as I read the Ennis Rees copy of the Illiad a few years ago, but it’s the Butcher & Lang translation.
"Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and …
I really enjoyed this. It was a weirdly perfect read for a couple days stuck home sick without much to do.
This is quite possibly my favorite work of Rushdie's, who is already one of my favorite writers. It is a stunningly beautiful story of an unlikely, forward-thinking city born of a demigod, and its ebbs and flows of greatness and terror along with her life. It was so emotionally engaging for me, and I found myself legitimately laughing out loud, furious, tearing up, existentially horrified and deeply uplifted throughout the book.
I almost want to start it over again immediately, but my giant reading list (and the other books I'm theoretically on but haven't progressed in) calls me forward.
This is quite possibly my favorite work of Rushdie's, who is already one of my favorite writers. It is a stunningly beautiful story of an unlikely, forward-thinking city born of a demigod, and its ebbs and flows of greatness and terror along with her life. It was so emotionally engaging for me, and I found myself legitimately laughing out loud, furious, tearing up, existentially horrified and deeply uplifted throughout the book.
I almost want to start it over again immediately, but my giant reading list (and the other books I'm theoretically on but haven't progressed in) calls me forward.
Talked about Rushdie today so I decided to start another one, and I'm overjoyed to see a new novel from this year! This seems absolutely wild from the start, I'm looking forward to this
Talked about Rushdie today so I decided to start another one, and I'm overjoyed to see a new novel from this year! This seems absolutely wild from the start, I'm looking forward to this
Rosh Hashana got me inspired to pick this one back up.
Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American Civil War, it tells the …
This may be my favorite book I’ve ever read. I have never had more of my youth directly captured and commented on by a stranger, and I really need time to process this. It felt like my life was shattered, and shards were taken and spread into a kaleidoscope what contained everything in a beautiful and warped way. I’ll write a proper review soon.
I enjoyed this more than Son of Shadows, but it still barely holds a candle to Daughter of the Forest. I enjoyed a lot about this book, but the pacing towards the second half was rough for me which made the climax dull, and generally I think Marillier’s magic works best when used sparingly. The first book had magic as a wholly inexplicable and wild thing, with storybook-like pacts and bargains that must be made to make or break it. Here it’s so clear, regular and codified that I was able to identify the spells with names from the D&D spellbook. That really lowered the impact for me.
The Daughter of Odren is a short story of betrayal and revenge set in the world of Earthsea, in which …
Young adult story about finding one's place in the world.
Mrs. Jane Tabby could not explain why all four of her children had wings. But it meant that her dreams …
Wishing to visit their mother, two winged cats leave their new country home to return to the city, where they …
The award-winning stories in this book range from the everyday to the outer limits of experience, where the quantum uncertainties …
