Date Read: February 8 Author: Esi Edugyan Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: 4/5 This was truly a magical historical fiction novel. George Washington Black is a young slave in Barbados, and his whole world is changed when his master’s brother takes an interest in him. From there, the novel travels around the globe from London toContinue reading “Washington Black”
Monthly Archives: February 2020
Tao Te Ching
Date Read: February 8 Author: Lao-Tzu Another book for my English class. I enjoyed Lao-Tzu more than Confucius, and was happy to realize that I recognized a few of the Chinese characters in the margins.
Ninth House
Date Read: February 8 Author: Leigh Bardugo Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 The first book in the Alex Stern series, Ninth House follows Alex, a girl who can see ghosts. The skill earns her a spot in a secret society at Yale, monitoring the other societies on campus. This is another book that kept me upContinue reading “Ninth House”
All Worlds are Real
Date Read: February 6 Author: Susan Palwick Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 I loved all of the short stories in the collection. Be happy for us. Think of us dancing. – All Worlds are Real
The Chessmen
Date Read: February 6 Author: Peter May Genre: Mystery Rating: 5/5 The third novel in The Lewis Trilogy, this is an excellent finale for the series. Peter May continues to craft mysteries that are impossible to figure out until the final chapter. Great fat raindrops spat on his windscreen like tears spilled for the dead.Continue reading “The Chessmen”
Mongrels
Date Read: February 5 Author: Stephen Graham Jones Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 An intriguing style of narration, and also an intriguing take on werewolves. Everything makes sense if you look at it long enough. – Mongrels
Where the Crawdads Sing
Date Read: February 4 Author: Delia Owens Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 This novel has such a secretive narrator that even the reader seems to never know the truth. I wasn’t aware that words could hold so much. I didn’t know a sentence could be so full. – Where the Crawdads Sing
The Lewis Man
Date Read: February 3 Author: Peter May Genre: Mystery Rating: 5/5 The Lewis Man is the sequel to The Blackhouse, and it also takes place on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. I actually liked this book better than the first book in the series. Peter May has a way of creating a mystery thatContinue reading “The Lewis Man”
The Analects of Confucius
Date Read: February 3 Author: Confucius This is another book that I read for English, and I enjoyed it more than Nichomachean Ethics.
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
Date Read: February 1 Author: John Crowley Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 This is a particularly interesting book because it is told from the point of view of a crow. It’s interesting to take a step back and think about how life would look like from the point of view of something that isn’t human, andContinue reading “Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr”
Zoey's Year in Books 2020 