Incredible exploration of addiction and recovery
Thrilling and heartbreaking in equal measures, I tore through all 600 pages
"The force behind the movement of time is a mourning that will not be comforted. That is why the first event is known to be an expulsion, and the last is hoped to be a reconciliation and return. So memory pulls us forward, so prophecy is only brilliant memory—there will be a garden where all of us as one will sleep in our mother Eve, hopped in her ribs and staved by her spine."
Sharp and horrifying while also incredibly humane and funny. I loved the original series on the Toast but this takes the concept of twisted fairy tales to a new and fascinating place.
One of the most wrenching books I've read this year. Lidia Yuknavitch is a new favorite.
Found this gem in my local used bookstore and really enjoying it so far. Steinbeck definitely did his research on Mexican history and culture, and the political themes resonate across the border with this gringa in the US
If you're looking for the right book to read in this new age of protest, I highly recommend Sunil Yapa's YOUR HEART IS A MUSCLE THE SIZE OF A FIST. It captures the beautiful, flawed people who try to take on injustice and the chaotic connective energy of a protest in a way that lets you feel what it's like to be in the middle of the action. Plus the author writes lovely notes when he signs your book!
First book of 2017; the introduction had me starry eyed on the subway.
When your friends have excellent taste in books 👌