Date Read: July 18 Author: Jeannette Ng Genre: Fantasy Rating: 3/5 Catherin Helstone’s older brother, Reverend Laon Helstone, is a missionary in the land of the fae. When months go by without any correspondence from him, she goes after him to make sure that he is okay, but she finds more than she was lookingContinue reading “Under the Pendulum Sun”
Monthly Archives: July 2020
The Ghosts of Sherwood
Date Read: July 17 Author: Carrie Vaughn Genre: Fantasy Rating: 4/5 Two decades after defeating the Sheriff of Nottingham, Robin of Locksley and his wife, Marian, have three children. Life isn’t perfect, but it’s happy. When the children are stolen away by unknown strangers, Robin and Marian must rescue their children before it’s too late.Continue reading “The Ghosts of Sherwood”
Signal to Noise
Date Read: July 17 Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Genre: Fantasy Rating: 4/5 In 1988, Meche was best friends with a boy named Sebastian. They discovered the secrets of music and magic together until their friendship was torn apart. In 2009, Meche returns for her father’s funeral, and might get one last chance to see Sebastian again.Continue reading “Signal to Noise”
The Mercies
Date Read: July 16 Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave Genre: Historical Fiction Rating: 5/5 In Norway, on Christmas Eve, 1617, all the men of Vardø drown in a sudden storm. The women who are left behind try to make a new life for themselves, only to be interrupted by the arrival of Absalom Cornet from Scotland,Continue reading “The Mercies”
The Only Good Indians
Date Read: July 14 Author: Stephen Graham Jones Genre: Horror Rating: 5/5 Four American Indian men find themselves struggling for their lives after a hunting incident years earlier, in their youth. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough: it is creepy, well-written, and kept me up for a long time after I finished reading it.Continue reading “The Only Good Indians”
The Imitation Game
Date Read: July 14 Author: Jim Ottaviani Illustrator: Leland Purvis Genre: Comic Rating: 3/5 I didn’t realize that this was a comic when I checked it out digitally from the library. I’m sure that it’s an excellent comic and a good telling of Alan Turing’s story, but it was difficult to read on a kindle.
The Library of the Unwritten
Date Read: July 13 Author: A. J. Hackwith Genre: Fantasy Rating: 4/5 In Hell, the Unwritten Wing is a neutral area which houses all of the stories unwrittten and unfinished by authors both living and dead. Claire is the Head Librarian. It is her job to keep the stories from escaping or materializing as characters.Continue reading “The Library of the Unwritten”
Unorthodox
Date Read: July 12 Author: Deborah Feldman Genre: Autobiography Rating: 5/5 Born into the strictly religious sect of Hasidic Judaism, Deborah Feldman grew up surrounded by rules and customs from what she could wear to whom she was allowed to speak to. After marrying and giving birth to a son as a teenager, Deborah decidesContinue reading “Unorthodox”
The Trap
Date Read: July 11 Author: Melanie Raabe Genre: Thriller Original Language: German Rating: 2/5 I was really excited by the premise of this book: an author who witnessed her sister’s murder writes a book to trap the murderer. Once I started reading, I discovered the actual book’s writing to be clunky, and the interjections ofContinue reading “The Trap”
River of Teeth
Date Read: July 10 Author: Sarah Gailey Genre: Fantasy / Historical Fiction Rating: 4/5 In the early 20th century, the United States government briefly discussed a plan to import hippopotamuses into Louisiana as an alternative source of meat. The plan was turned down, but… what if it had succeeded? In River of Teeth, Sarah GaileyContinue reading “River of Teeth”
Zoey's Year in Books 2020 