We escaped this 95+ degree weather to a river in the mountains. My Hoopla app did not work so audiobook it was!
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We escaped this 95+ degree weather to a river in the mountains. My Hoopla app did not work so audiobook it was!
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
This short dystopian novel has left me dumbfounded, centred around a young women who is initially imprisoned with 39 strangers, it raises more questions than answers. There were moments I had to ask myself whether I truly understood the book or was it actually as simple as the author's writing portrays it to be. It leaves one thinking what it means to be truly human, to be loved, and to be understood.
pickThe store‘s Fantasy/Sci-Fi Book Club read this and I loved it! It‘s a quietly unsettling book about a near future world where things are eliminated from society (the physical item and the memory of it) without notice. For example, one day birds are gone, or the concept of music. An aspiring writer, her mentor, and an elderly neighbor are the main characters. I found it lovely, haunting, contemplative… a great choice for a book club.
It feels like fall is in the air today. I'm really enjoying this story so far.
pickI've read three novels from Ishiguro now and each one (tagged, Remains of the Day, and The Buried Giant) have been so different that they don't even seem to me like they're from the same author. For this one, it seemed like he was doing a Margaret Atwood impression - not in a copycat way, just the themes and style of storytelling. And even though it's my least favorite of the three, that has more to do about the strength of the other two 👇
pickThe Red Rising series plays political and societal drama out in grand fashion. In “Golden Son”, we watch Darrow continue to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds in his surreptitious quest to sow civil war throughout the Empire. And as in all trilogies, this Second Act was filled with plot twists and misdirections that have echoes of the Red Wedding and leaves our Odysseus broken and batter by the end.
pickThe villian origin story of Coriolanus Snow adds nuance to his character, and now I want to read the entire series again. Ambitious, determined, and on the sociopathic side of the personality spectrum, he was always going to be ruthless in pursuit of power, but it is interesting to see how manipulative authority figures and events slowly mold him into the particular monster he becomes.
pickGreat sequel to 1st book! Loved it! Full review/rant over it via link
https://youtu.be/bhaJ57PFHJ0
panA book club pick that was undeniably strange. The writing was simple and easy to follow, but the story ultimately went nowhere—it just… ended. There was no real payoff, and the plot felt pointless. Ending with Iris waking from a coma or a psychotic break would have made far more sense. Instead, it felt like the author built an intriguing premise and then simply walked away from it. Book #70 in 2025 ⭐️
