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 and decide what he wants from the future. The Children of Men is creative, and an excellent read.

We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life.

– 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 to have both. An amazing book, told in circles of both the present and future and eventually bringing together Katherine’s past and the math that she loves.

I’ve heard it said that you can judge a society by how it treats the lowest of its members. Let me say now, I’ve often been dismayed at how we treat our best.

– The Tenth Muse

The Nickel Boys

Date Read: May 17

Author: Colson Whitehead

Genre: Historical Fiction

Rating: 4/5

From the author of The Underground Railroad and Zone One comes the story of The Nickel Academy. When human remains are unearthed on the grounds of what used to be a boys’ reformatory, Elwood Curtis realizes that he must finally confront his past. Based on the story of a real reformatory in Florida, The Nickel Boys is a well-written novel that deals with the Jim Crow-era south.

If everyone looked the other way, then everybody was in on it. If he looked the other way, he was as implicated as the rest. That’s how he saw it, how he’d always seen things

– The Nickel Boys

The Last Battle

Date Read: May 17

Author: C.S. Lewis

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 5/5

Old friends and new friends appear in the final book of The Chronicles of Narnia, where they must fight a final battle against evil.

Other Books in the Series:

The Magician’s Nephew

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The Horse and His Boy

Prince Caspian

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Silver Chair

They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their mids, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out.

– The Last Battle

The Silver Chair

Date Read: May 16

Author: C.S. Lewis

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 5/5

Eustace returns to Narnia alongside Jill, a girl from his school, and soon they find themselves sent by Aslan to rescue Prince Rilian, the son of Caspian. Jill and Eustace go to parts of Narnia not explored in the previous books, and face the dangers of the Emerald Witch. Another excellent Narnia novel.

Other Books in the Series:

The Magician’s Nephew

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Horse and His Boy

Prince Caspian

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.

– The Silver Chair

Rival Magic

Date Read: May 16

Author: Deva Fagan

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 5/5

Antonia has always wanted to be a powerful wizard, and now she is the apprentice of a renowned sorcerer. When a scullery maid named Moppe turns out to be a magical prodigy, Antonia finds herself stuck saving the world with her rival. Creative and fast-paced, Rival Magic is a fun world full of adventure.

I felt the same click, as though the universe had suddenly shifted all around me, setting me in my proper place.

– Rival Magic

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Date Read: May 14

Author: C.S. Lewis

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 4/5

Edmund and Lucy return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace, and go on an adventure with Prince Caspian from island to island.

Other Books in the Series:

The Magician’s Nephew

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Horse and His Boy

Prince Caspian

Adventures are never fun while you’re having them.

– The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Prince Caspian

Date Read: May 14

Author: C.S. Lewis

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 4/5

Prince Caspian has never been one of my favorite Narnia novels. I’ve always felt that it’s slower than the other novels in the series, but I do like being introduced to Caspian, and I enjoy all of the books about Narnia.

Other Books in the Series:

The Magician’s Nephew

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Horse and His Boy

Things never happen the same way twice.

– Prince Caspian

Amatka

Date Read: May 13

Author: Karin Tidbeck

Genre: Science Fiction

Rating: 5/5

Everything must be named, or else it loses its shape. Every morning, Vanja names her clothes: shoes, pants, shirt. Buildings are labeled and named when citizens walk past. Yet when Vanja arrives in one of the other colonies of her planet, she discovers that there might be secrets she has never been told, waiting to be discovered. Amatka is a book that could easily be read in one sitting, and the world is well-developed in an effortless manner.

“Looking forward” meant that this was no longer an accepted topic of conversation.

– Amatka
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