Date Read: April 20 Author: Dante Alighieri Genre: Classics Another book for English class. Dante’s Divine Comedy continues, as Dante moves from Inferno to purgatory. While Inferno may be more widely known than Purgatorio, I still enjoyed reading Dante’s depiction of purgatory.
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Griffin and Sabine
Date Read: April 20 Author: Nick Bantock Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 Griffin and Sabine is a very short book, at only 46 pages long, but the story is intriguing, and it is told entirely through beautifully illustrated postcards and letters. The letters are impressive because each of them is separate from the book, able toContinue reading “Griffin and Sabine”
On the Road with the Archangel
Date Read: April 18 Author: Frederich Buechner Genre: Fiction Rating: 4/5 Two families are brought together when the angel Raphael comes to help them. Lots of adventure, problems, and angelic intervention.
The Plato Papers
Date Read: April 18 Author: Peter Ackroyd Genre: Fiction Rating: 4/5 In the future, orator Plato has been chosen to speak about the past. His topics include the comedian Sigmeund Freud, as well as Charles Dickens, the author of On the Origin of Species. A funny and strange book. I would rather despise the wholeContinue reading “The Plato Papers”
Riot Baby
Date Read: April 18 Author: Tochi Onyebuchi Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Ella and her younger brother, Kev, grow up surrounded by structural racism and violence. By the time Kev is eighteen he’s in prison, and Ella struggles to control and use her extraordinary powers. Riot Baby is extremely well-written, and definitely worth reading.
A Game of Fox and Squirrels
Date Read: April 17 Author: Jenn Reese Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 When eleven-year-old Sam and her sister Caitlin are sent to live with the aunt they’ve never met, all Sam wants to do is go home. Then she discovers “A Game of Fox and Squirrels,” a magical card game that becomes real when the foxContinue reading “A Game of Fox and Squirrels”
Powerless
Date Read: April 17 Author: Matthew Cody Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 Twelve-year-old Daniel is in a new town and at a new school, and he’s discovered that his new friends aren’t entirely normal. They’re superheroes, able to do everything from flying to controlling electricity. There’s just one downside: their powers, and memories of the powers,Continue reading “Powerless”
Tooth and Claw
Date Read: April 16 Author: Jo Walton Genre: Fantasy Rating: 3/5 A world of dragons, with some changes from human society, but largely based off of and reflecting human society. Even the conflict between the “old” religion and the “accepted” religion is unclear, and largely based off of the practice of confession and absolution. Overall,Continue reading “Tooth and Claw”
Inferno
Date Read: April 15 Author: Dante Alighieri Genre: Classics In the English class I am taking, we are reading the entirety of the Divine Comedy. I hadn’t ever read Inferno before, and the poetry was more beautiful than I expected. Overall, the Inferno was better than I expected it to be, and I am lookingContinue reading “Inferno”
Girls Save the World in This One
Date Read: April 14 Author: Ash Parsons Genre: Horror Rating: 5/5 When June gets dropped off at ZombieCon, she’s planning on a day of photo ops and panels of her favorite actors. Instead, she finds herself in the middle of an actual zombie apocalypse. This book actually came out today, and it was so goodContinue reading “Girls Save the World in This One”
Zoey's Year in Books 2020 