Date Read: May 27 Author: Lorraine Hansberry Genre: Drama Rating: 4/5 I first read A Raisin in the Sun my freshman year of high school, and this was the first time that I reread it. It’s just as amazing and thought-provoking as I remember it being, and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoysContinue reading “A Raisin in the Sun”
Monthly Archives: May 2020
The Mirage
Date Read: May 26 Author: Matt Ruff Genre: Fiction Rating: 3/5 In an alternate history, it’s Christian fundamentalists who hijack airplanes, leading to an entirely different, and yet oddly familiar, timeline.
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Date Read: May 25 Author: Kawai Strong Washburn Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 When Noa is a child in Hawaii, he falls into the water and is returned to his family by sharks. Noa and his brother and sister all end up on the mainland seeking their own paths, but the island is calling them. IContinue reading “Sharks in the Time of Saviors”
Justice Hall
Date Read: May 24 Author: Laurie R. King Genre: Mystery Rating: 3/5 While I generally love any book that involved Sherlock Holmes, I did not realize that this was the sixth book in the series. By the time I was a few pages in it felt as though I had started watching the second seasonContinue reading “Justice Hall”
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Date Read: May 23 Author: Alix E. Harrow Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 When January was nine years old, she found a Door. The first Door leads to a life of searching for more, but January is not the only one who knows about the Doors. A story about family, magic, and belonging, The Ten ThousandContinue reading “The Ten Thousand Doors of January”
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Date Read: May 23 Author: Holly Black Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Yesterday I read The Darkest Part of the Forest, and today I read another book by Holly Black. When the vampire infection spread out of control, entire cities were converted into prisons within the United States. Humans can enter, but few return once theyContinue reading “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown”
The Darkest Part of the Forest
Date Read: May 22 Author: Holly Black Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 In a town where faeries and humans exist side by side, a glass coffin in the woods holds a boy with horns on his head. For generations he has slept without waking, and, growing up, Ben and Hazel created stories about the fae princeContinue reading “The Darkest Part of the Forest”
The Splendid and the Vile
Date Read: May 20 Author: Erik Larson Genre: Nonfiction Rating: 4/5 Erik Larson writes about British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, starting with the day Churchill becomes Prime Minister and Hitler invades both Holland and Belgium. While there are many books about World War II, The Splendid and the Vile takes an in-depth look at ChurchillContinue reading “The Splendid and the Vile”
The Children of Men
Date Read: May 20 Author: P.D. James Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 4/5 When the human race becomes entirely infertile, Earth becomes a world without hope of a future. Theo, a historian and the cousin of the Warden of England, is contacted by a group of revolutionaries, and finds that he must examine his values andContinue reading “The Children of Men”
The Tenth Muse
Date Read: May 18 Author: Catherine Chung Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 Growing up, Katherine is entranced by the language of mathematics and constantly searching for answers about her family and her past. She is consumed by ambition and the search for love, and discovers that it might not be possible for a female mathematician toContinue reading “The Tenth Muse”
Zoey's Year in Books 2020 