Local Club Reads 2024 Public

Created by Elise

All in the name, books read in book clubs I attend. Not in any particular order, and unfortunately some of these I wasn't able to get through - or to- myself.

  1. This Is How You Lose the Time War by ,

    4 stars

    Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …

  2. The Cartographers by 

    3 stars

    What is the purpose of a map?

    Nell Young’s whole life and greatest passion is cartography. Her father, Dr. Daniel …

  3. In the Lives of Puppets by 

    3 stars

    In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni …

  4. Black Sun by  (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

    4 stars

    A god will return When the earth and sky converge Under the black sun

    In the holy city of Tova, …

    Elise says:

    Probably my second favorite. Brilliant fantasy, but I can't overstate- Time War was earth-shattering. If I hadn't read a life changing book like that this year, this would probably be my favorite of the bunch.

  5. The Memory Police by , ,

    4 stars

    **2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

    A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance, from the acclaimed author of …

    Elise says:

    Very moody, surreal, atmospheric. The kind of dystopia that leaves you with more questions than answers.

  6. World of Wonders by ,

    No rating

    A collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.

    As …

  7. How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnamable Disaster by 

    No rating

    A dark and tender debut set against a writhing backdrop of postapocalyptic New York City. Acid rainstorms have transformed New …

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