Finished reading: Escape From Kathmandu by Kim Stanley Robinson 📚A very silly book but I’m a completionist for KSR. If you have visited Kathmandu, then the descriptions of the city feel very true. Brought back good memories of a 1981 trip for me.
Currently reading: Escape From Kathmandu by Kim Stanley Robinson 📚
Finished reading: Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez 📚A very fun summer read. A bit indulgent but in a direction that I have to appreciate. Also about artists, art history, and coming of age in the 2000s.
Currently reading: Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America by W. Caleb McDaniel 📚
Finished reading: This Other Eden by Paul Harding 📚An excellent novel. There is child abuse, which normally means I stop reading a novel, but I can see that it was integral to the story and the overall message of the book is both beautiful and sad. A beautiful island Maine setting in early 1900s.
Currently Reading: Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez 📚
Finished reading: Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway 📚A very fun sci-fi / detective noir read. Interesting world building, fun characters and a good story. Highly recommended.
Qui reading: How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry 📚good characters but ultimately too boring to finish.
Currently reading: Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway 📚
Finished reading: A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab 📚not as good as the other two in this trilogy but now I’m ready for book 4 which I hear is really fun.
Finished reading: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris 📚Such a beautiful graphic novel. Totally worth the $45 to own it. I expect to re-read it regularly.
Finished reading: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 📚Fun summer reading: faeries and Norway/Iceland in a somewhat academic environment.
Currently reading: The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan 📚Book Club book, due in a week so I’d better get cracking!
Currently reading: Strong Songs of the Dead by Th Metzger 📚a book of stories about my favorite hobby – Shape Note singing, also known as the Sacred Harp.
Currently reading: A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab 📚
Finished reading: A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab 📚Oh, it’s perfect summer reading. Magic, interesting characters, and great world-building. Book 2 in a series and I’m immediately moving on to Book 3.
Currently reading: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 📚
Hey y’all, this book is a masterpiece. If you have any interest in comics and graphic novels, buy it. It’s worth it. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris 📚
Currently reading: How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry 📚
Finished reading: James by Percival Everett 📚wonderful!! Huckleberry Finn from Jim’s (James’) point of view, with such insight into the power of words, writing, and appearances, and the stupidity of bigotry.
Currently reading: A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab 📚
Finished reading: A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab 📚good summer fantasy reading.
Finished reading: Last Lecture by Perfection Learning Corporation 📚Ugh. I mean, I’m sorry for the guy and his family that he died so young. But so much inflated self-importance.
Currently reading: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris 📚I’m only about 10 pages in but this graphic novel is AMAZING. So beautiful. I loved Book One so am looking forward to reading Book Two. I plan to read it very slowly, admiring every page.
Currently reading: A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab 📚