Date Read: February 18 Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 A book that I enjoyed. It’s written mainly from the perspective of a young Nigerian woman who moves to America for school, and eventually returns to Nigeria. There are many different ways to be poor in the world but increasingly there seems toContinue reading “Americanah”
Category Archives: 5 Stars
Eragon
Date Read: February 17 Author: Christopher Paolini Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 This was one of my favorite books when I was younger, and I still love the series. It’s amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this book survives, his idea lives. – Eragon
Dracul
Date Read: February 14 Authors: Dacre Stoker and JD Barker Genre: Horror Rating: 5/5 Dracul is inspired by notes written by Bram Stoker, and written by his great-grandnephew. An absolutely gripping novel that had me on the edge of my seat throughout the whole story. I have to admit, I have never read Dracula, butContinue reading “Dracul”
The Radium Girls
Date Read: February 12 Author: Kate Moore Genre: Nonfiction Rating: 5/5 Moore tells the forgotten story of the girls who painted radium dials in World War I, who were told that there was no danger in working with radium paint. A chilling example of how far companies have gone in order to preserve profit, evenContinue reading “The Radium Girls”
Ninth House
Date Read: February 8 Author: Leigh Bardugo Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 The first book in the Alex Stern series, Ninth House follows Alex, a girl who can see ghosts. The skill earns her a spot in a secret society at Yale, monitoring the other societies on campus. This is another book that kept me upContinue reading “Ninth House”
All Worlds are Real
Date Read: February 6 Author: Susan Palwick Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 I loved all of the short stories in the collection. Be happy for us. Think of us dancing. – All Worlds are Real
The Chessmen
Date Read: February 6 Author: Peter May Genre: Mystery Rating: 5/5 The third novel in The Lewis Trilogy, this is an excellent finale for the series. Peter May continues to craft mysteries that are impossible to figure out until the final chapter. Great fat raindrops spat on his windscreen like tears spilled for the dead.Continue reading “The Chessmen”
Mongrels
Date Read: February 5 Author: Stephen Graham Jones Genre: Fantasy Rating: 5/5 An intriguing style of narration, and also an intriguing take on werewolves. Everything makes sense if you look at it long enough. – Mongrels
Where the Crawdads Sing
Date Read: February 4 Author: Delia Owens Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 This novel has such a secretive narrator that even the reader seems to never know the truth. I wasn’t aware that words could hold so much. I didn’t know a sentence could be so full. – Where the Crawdads Sing
The Lewis Man
Date Read: February 3 Author: Peter May Genre: Mystery Rating: 5/5 The Lewis Man is the sequel to The Blackhouse, and it also takes place on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. I actually liked this book better than the first book in the series. Peter May has a way of creating a mystery thatContinue reading “The Lewis Man”
Zoey's Year in Books 2020 