It’s time for the post-vacation reviews. I read (almost) 4 books and the details are getting a bit hazy a few days after my return. This was the first of the week and the least memorable for me. Darrow lives on Mars as a Red, the lowest in the intergalactic caste system. He’s a young married miner, special amongst his people, but oppressed by the powers that be. A tragedy propels him out of his subterranean bubble and into the world of the upper castes, […]
But then there was this robot-bunny…
My son (age 8) came into my room one night with a very serious expression after having finished this graphic novel. “This was kind of scary and kind of sad and…here.” He had that glazed look of someone who’s just torn through a whole book, captivated, and hasn’t quite woken from it yet. Obviously, I was delighted. So I read this, and then my daughter (age 11) read it. We were all similarly captivated, though clearly this is focused for children. When gauging if this […]
“be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world”
I’ve always been of the Reading Rainbow school of reading; “Take a look, it’s in a book.” Want to grow a garden? Better get the book. Feeling a little blue? Self-help book. World’s most strong-willed son? Book, book, book, (basically the whole parenting section). Whole country’s gone to hell, and I’m a white woman living in suburbia? What do I do? How do I make sense of this? I read. I ordered this on the day Philando Castile was killed with a baby in the […]
“If you loved…” works better in a bookstore
The owner of my local bookstore recommended this bestseller when she tried to show me something lighthearted and I said “I like dark books.” I got what I asked for! TifAni FaNelli, who goes by Ani in adulthood, has it all by appearances. A job in NYC in the magazine industry, a very wealthy and handsome fiance, a tiny physique, access to trendy clothes, and a bright future. We quickly learn that these appearances are HIGHLY orchestrated by our unreliable (and frankly, very unlikely) main […]