people like books rated Assembly: 4 stars
Assembly by Natasha Brown
Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of …
this was so good. thanks @bugs@wyrmsign.org for the rec.
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In 1916, Sven Ormson leaves a restless life in Stockholm to seek adventure in Svalbard, …
the crossroads of suffering and delight
5 stars
people like books reviewed The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from …
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4 stars
initially thought I wasn't gonna be able to get into this because the surveillance tech/private prison dystopia is barely altered from the one we're currently in, and that's not super appealing literary escape right now. But I got sucked in and enjoyed the read overall. My gripes are that I found some aspects of it really heavy-handed, and there were also a few lines of thought/plot points that were cracked open but never fleshed out, which in some ways made things feel more realistic and less tidy but was also kind of weird and disappointing.
initially thought I wasn't gonna be able to get into this because the surveillance tech/private prison dystopia is barely altered from the one we're currently in, and that's not super appealing literary escape right now. But I got sucked in and enjoyed the read overall. My gripes are that I found some aspects of it really heavy-handed, and there were also a few lines of thought/plot points that were cracked open but never fleshed out, which in some ways made things feel more realistic and less tidy but was also kind of weird and disappointing.
Written in 1973, a massive 50 kilometre long alien cylinder begins to pass through the …
great audiobook
5 stars
Totally engrossing, I loved it
people like books reviewed Long Distance by Aysegül Savas
Long Distance showcases Savas's devastating talent for the short story. Her shrewd encapsulations of contemporary …
Not bad just didn't really do it for me
3 stars
This book is a collection of about a dozen 10-page short stories so it seemed like a good candidate for trying to push through even though I wasn't super immediately compelled. Thinking maybe I should try to finish more books rather than immediately abandoning ones that I'm not totally in love with. There were a few moments/stories that I enjoyed but overall I found this collection pretty bland. At least I didn't waste too much time. If you're gonna write navel-gazey stories about women where basically nothing happens I want the writing to knock my socks off. Or maybe its better than I'm giving it credit for and my tastes are just changing.
This book is a collection of about a dozen 10-page short stories so it seemed like a good candidate for trying to push through even though I wasn't super immediately compelled. Thinking maybe I should try to finish more books rather than immediately abandoning ones that I'm not totally in love with. There were a few moments/stories that I enjoyed but overall I found this collection pretty bland. At least I didn't waste too much time. If you're gonna write navel-gazey stories about women where basically nothing happens I want the writing to knock my socks off. Or maybe its better than I'm giving it credit for and my tastes are just changing.
In December 2010, scientists discovered a fragment of a finger bone in the remote, isolated …
news is overwhelming so instead think about palaeontologists studying your bones 100 000 years in the future
4 stars
this was more dry/inside baseball than I was expecting but still an interesting and soothing bedtime read. pro: dunking on race science. con: glossing over the colonization of the americas (just as an example/metaphor) without mentioning that it sucked ass for a lot of people
people like books rated James: A Novel: 5 stars
James: A Novel by Percival Everett
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim’s point …
people like books reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity …
Like eating a whole bag of potato chips
3 stars
I had fun reading this and ripped through it, which is basically what I needed for post-holiday slump. Now I have a good reading habit and can read better stuff with more focus, yay. Fun story and enjoyed the science and comfortingly rhythmic problem-solving, and the alien stuff was cool. But ultimately I can't say I thought it was good.
I had fun reading this and ripped through it, which is basically what I needed for post-holiday slump. Now I have a good reading habit and can read better stuff with more focus, yay. Fun story and enjoyed the science and comfortingly rhythmic problem-solving, and the alien stuff was cool. But ultimately I can't say I thought it was good.
people like books rated Shadow Ticket: 4 stars
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon
Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal …
people like books rated On the Calculation of Volume (Book III): 5 stars
On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) by Solvej Balle, Sophia Hersi Smith, Jennifer Russell (On the Calculation of Volume, #3)
In the marvelous third installment of Balle’s “astonishing” (The Washington Post) septology, Tara’s November 18th transforms when she discovers that …
people like books started reading On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) by Solvej Balle (On the Calculation of Volume, #3)
In the marvelous third installment of Balle’s “astonishing” (The Washington Post) septology, Tara’s November 18th …
LFG
people like books commented on The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk
In September 1913, a young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for …
Recommended creepy/unsettling October reading, if you're into that
Recommended creepy/unsettling October reading, if you're into that
people like books rated The Empusium: 5 stars
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones
In September 1913, a young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen, a health resort in …
people like books reviewed What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate …
Interesting premise but just ok
3 stars
It was just really bland. Kind of poppy and readable in the way I needed to get out of a slump, and there were some elements of post-climate-disaster worldbuilding that were kinda cool. But I don't think I'd recommended it unless you enjoy British writers with their head up their own ass.
It was just really bland. Kind of poppy and readable in the way I needed to get out of a slump, and there were some elements of post-climate-disaster worldbuilding that were kinda cool. But I don't think I'd recommended it unless you enjoy British writers with their head up their own ass.
people like books finished reading Flesh: A Novel by David Szalay
Teenaged István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. Shy and …
Meh