In my new series, I let you know if the trashy romance novel is GOOD trash or BAD trash. And look. I liked KILLER BEAUTY a lot.
Book Review | Homo Deus
Homo Deus is a well-written, wide ranging masterpiece that will make you realize that you live in the future which the science fiction books of old predicted from the safety of the past. If nothing else, it will certainly make you think, and perhaps re-evaluate your own perspectives about the future and the present.
November TBR
To Kill a Kingdom, The Love Hypothesis, Punk 57, Black Sun, and more.
October Wrap Up | 6 Books
This was a month of nonfiction and heaviness, broken up only by Kerri Maniscalco's lovely sequel to Kingdom of the Wicked, Kingdom of the Cursed.
Book Review | Kingdom of the Cursed
Kingdom of the Cursed feels like a bridge. A flat bridge, beautiful but slightly unimpressive, that soars above all the interesting stuff really going on below. The reader can see the general outline of what it's going to look like, way down there below the bridge, but is not allowed to see it in full.
Book Review | Death Fugue
Banned in China for its political implications relating to Tiannamen Square, Death Fugue manages to encompass art, philosophy, and love in an eerie story that sucked me in like quicksand.
October TBR
Lolita, Punk 57, Black Sun, and more.
September Wrap Up | 4 Books
Despite reading far fewer books than usual, the books I picked up were HUGE! Plus I loved them. This was a very successful reading month!
Book Review | Shatter Me
The beginning of Shatter Me was an exquisite mix of beautiful, unique prose, complex character, and expert soft worldbuilding. But after that big bang beginning, it gets...soggier. I think if anything, I'm more disappointed by the lost potential than by the actual product. Because I really did enjoy myself in the reading...
September TBR
It would be a bald-faced lie to say I every completely follow my TBR. Here's hoping, because I have high hopes for all of these books. Do you plan on reading any of these? Drop a comment—I want to know what YOU'RE reading next!
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