Date Read: July 24 Author: Amanda Joy Genre: Fantasy Rating: 4/5 Princess Eva’s magick is that of blood and marrow, a magick that has not been seen for centuries. Eva struggles to find her place in her kingdom, while she also prepares to fight her older sister for the throne.
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Binti
Date Read: July 23 Author: Nnedi Okorafor Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 4/5 Binti is the first of her people to be accepted into Oomza University, considered the finest university in the galaxy. But her ship is attacked on the way there, and soon Binti finds herself fighting to survive. Binti is a good quick read,Continue reading “Binti”
The Lost Man
Date Read: July 21 Author: Jane Harper Genre: Mystery Rating: 5/5 Set in the middle of the Australian outback, where many live over six hours from the nearest town, a family suffers a tragedy and finds that they may not know each other as well as they thought… and their isolation means that there aren’tContinue reading “The Lost Man”
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Date Read: July 21 Author: Becky Chambers Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet orbits an alien star. Humanity might have been accepted into the galactic community, but the culture on board the Exodus Fleet remains foreign to most of the community. A disaster rocks the fleet,Continue reading “Record of a Spaceborn Few”
A Closed and Common Orbit
Date Read: July 21 Author: Becky Chambers Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 Locelace might have started out as an AI on a ship, but when she wakes up in a new body she has to learn a whole new woay of living. Along the way she becomes friends with Pepper, an engineer dedicated to helpingContinue reading “A Closed and Common Orbit”
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Date Read: July 20 Author: Becky Chambers Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 Rosemary joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer in order to get away from everything she’s ever known on Mars. She doesn’t count on fitting in more than she expected, or on the crew being offered the job of a lifetime. The LongContinue reading “The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet”
The Road
Date Read: July 19 Author: Cormac McCarthy Genre: Fiction Rating: 2/5 A father and his son walk alone through burned America, making their way through post-apocalyptic environments and monsters. From all of the prizes this book has won I had high expectations, but I hated the writing style and had trouble getting invested at all.Continue reading “The Road”
Lost Gods
Date Read: July 19 Author: Micah Yongo Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Neythan has been raised to be a member of a brotherhood of assassins alongside four others his age. When Neythan is framed for murdering his best friend, he finds himself on the run from the very people he was raised with. Can Neythan findContinue reading “Lost Gods”
Finna
Date Read: July 18 Author: Nino Cipri Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 When a wormhole opens up in an IKEA-like store and an elderly customer wanders through, it’s up to two minimum-wage workers to go into the multiverse and find her. In infinite dimensions, all things are possible. Getting lost for lack of a betterContinue reading “Finna”
Riverland
Date Read: July 18 Author: Fran Wilde Genre: Fantasy Rating: 4/5 When the delicate balance in their family begins to fall apart, sisters Eleanor and Mike hide under Eleanor’s bed. One night, the space under the bed opens and takes them to a land of rivers, full of dreams and nightmares.
Zoey's Year in Books 2020 