A SPIRITUALIST’S WIFE STRUGGLES to come to terms with her husband’s new world of séances and “readings”—and fears he’ll find out some of her own secrets. Lush evocation of post-World War I Scotland and the frenzies of Jazz Age society. B PLUS
Everytime I read a Jane Austen, I think this is the best until I read the next one again.
Loved #Sense and sensibility.
They say Jane Austen has written books ahead of her time. But this book had some very old school plot as well. That said it was also very interesting and funny and all the other wonderful things that you would expect from an #JaneAusten book
A FAMILY’S DEEPEST SECRETS are brought to light in this ambitious, poetic memoir. In a mix of recollection and recreation, the author uses her uncle’s conviction for art forgery as the lens through which to examine a family in flight from truth. B PLUS
THE ASSASSINATION OF PATRICE LUMUMBA, first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, explored in this timely, fascinating, intensely researched work with emphasis on US Cold War strategy and the role of the CIA. A MINUS
LOVE, HEARTBREAK, AND LOSS are the cornerstones of this elegantly constructed novel that captures the power of connection and the pain of isolation. Sex is a constant presence in the book, but evocations of food and friendship hit even harder. A MINUS
Read THE MEMORY THIEVES (Conjureverse Book 2) by Dhonielle Clayton if you love New Orleans, secrets, rewriting history, perfume, pandemic narratives, elections, familial legacies & the passing down of knowledge, standing up to oppression, fear responses, uncovering the truth & masks.
SENSATIONAL WILD-WEST DETECTIVE yarn features the “Holmes On the Range” brothers—a pair of cowboys turned sleuths—guarding a fossil dig in Wyoming with trouble not far behind. Brilliant return of these colorful characters in a sharp, twisty plot. A MINUS
Read THE MARVELLERS by Dhonielle Clayton if you love magic schools, jollof rice, The Underworld, floating cities, best friends, diverse cultures, starlight, twilight, integration, mysteries, something new, feeling different, maps, spices, creepy dolls, and circuses.
Read HEARTSONG by TJ Klune if you love sad gay werewolves, finding your way home, eyeglasses, memories, trauma narratives, ace love interests, sitting beneath trees, the scent of lake water, traditions, loss narratives, crackers, and waves of blue.
NEAR-FUTURE NOIR THRILLER, set in a Pacific Northwest sodden with “broken weather,” combines lots of action and a colorful cast of characters for a highly entertaining read. B PLUS
Read OPEN THROAT by Henry Hoke if you love big cats, the big city, small towns, scarcity narratives, poetic prose, trying to understand people, queerness, crises, fear, hunger, loneliness, developing the language to describe your existence, the American hard rock band Slaughter, adaptation & longing.
NASA started in the Deep South. What Black mathematicians, engineers and
technicians endured was much more than what you saw in HIDDEN FIGURES.
Review of books that tell the story.
NASA started in the Deep South. What Black mathematicians, engineers and technicians endured was much more than what you saw in HIDDEN FIGURES. Review of books that tell the story.
This is the first book that i am reading of the "Fancy Nancy" series. Aaanndd Oooo laaa laaa such a lovely read with gorgeous illustrations. It is charming, endearing and delightful. There are abundant books for children, but the good ones are such a treasure, and this is one such. #books#bookreviews#illustrations#goodreads#happy#weekend#kids@bookstodon
AN UNFLINCHING GEN X COMING-OF-AGE novel captures the summer heat, grime, and energy of early 80s New York, as well as the complicated friendship between two interns at a prestige newspaper (back when print still ruled the media). B PLUS
Review - The Possibility of Life, by Jaime Green: this book looks to both science and science fiction for an idea of humanity's hopes, dreams and fears of what alien life might look like, how realistic that might be, and what it's based on. I found it enjoyable! Rating: 4/5 ("really liked it").
Captain Bill Hoffman is piloting a passenger jet on a flight from LA to New York when he receives a terrifying message. His family is being held hostage back in Los Angeles. If he does not crash the plane, they will be killed. If he tells anyone about the threat, they will be killed. The story moves quickly as Bill is forced to choose between the lives of 143 passengers or his wife and two children. Jo is the flight attendant who must deal with a life or death crisis, 35,000 feet in the air. Jo's nephew Theo, an FBI agent, the rest of the crew, and the passengers are all pushed beyond their limits.
Filled with details learned while working as a flight attendant, Falling is the author's first book. It is a roller-coaster of a ride filled with action and suspense.