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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography describing the early years of American writer and poet …
A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale has become one …
As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that …
I loved this.
I loved the "elder looking back on his life" set up. I loved the conflict that ended, honestly, catharticly. And I loved the very end.
It was a great book that I tore through in about 2 sittings.
As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that …
My current work read, I am hooked.
Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. …
A very very compelling read.
I loved the story, the characters, the setting. This truly does capture the strangely mystic nature of the flyover states in America.
I listened to a full cast audiobook version during my work commute, and I had moments of straight up yelling in anger or shouting in joy at the audio at the events. It's just a wonderful book.
My only gripe is some of the language used. In the first half of the book in particular, the author had a weird obsession with writing about women's nipples. Every single female character had their breasts and nipples described in a weird amount of detail.
Like, I know some of the characters are literally sex gods, and I understood them being described in Full Detail. But like, moon goddess in a nightgown? Didn't need to know about her nips.
Thankfully, after all the major players are …
A very very compelling read.
I loved the story, the characters, the setting. This truly does capture the strangely mystic nature of the flyover states in America.
I listened to a full cast audiobook version during my work commute, and I had moments of straight up yelling in anger or shouting in joy at the audio at the events. It's just a wonderful book.
My only gripe is some of the language used. In the first half of the book in particular, the author had a weird obsession with writing about women's nipples. Every single female character had their breasts and nipples described in a weird amount of detail.
Like, I know some of the characters are literally sex gods, and I understood them being described in Full Detail. But like, moon goddess in a nightgown? Didn't need to know about her nips.
Thankfully, after all the major players are introduced, that stops. But it did make me just stare at my car sometimes with a "why am I being told this'" while driving.
Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way …
Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. …
Listened to via a full cast audio book.
She Who Became the Sun reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding …
Absolutely phenomenal book.
If you love historical fiction, realistic historical queer portrayals, realistically morally grey characters, and a hint of supernatural weirdness, this is something to read.
She Who Became the Sun reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding …
Amazing.
Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. …
Only 2 more hours of my audiobook left :)
A novel of breathtaking sweep and emotional power that traces three hundred years in Ghana …
This book gripped me immediately. A wonderfully written dive into how the slave trade effected and shaped not just the Americas, but also the land the slaves came from. I was enamored in how each generation built on the tragedy and triumphs of the previous generations. I also honestly appreciated that the book wasn't the equivalent of trauma porn, with moments of joy and achievement throughout.
I remember I finished this book on my lunch break at work, and I literally gasped in joy at the ending, as I felt it was the best way that things could have ended.
This book brought me so much joy, as well as great insight into the Black experience through the years and how each historical era changed things.
I've been verbally recommending this book to everyone, and now I'll do it online too.