I couldn‘t really get into this book the first time I read it a few years ago but it really sank in in the best way on the reread

Had to do a double page spread for my favorite book!

This book was fantastic! The glamour and fear of the era were made magical, almost dreamlike.

This is an incredibly distressing book, but it absolutely drew me in!

I loved this book! It was not the kind of scary I was expecting but it really got under my skin!

A touching and powerful book! The various relationships between kids and adults were explored with honesty - a great read for middle grade readers and adults alike!

This book was haunting and beautifully dark, an enchanting read!

This book was fascinating and had beautiful prose. I‘ll definitely be reading more Sarah Gailey!

This book has so much heart! 💜

Fun and thoughtful! I loved all the characters.

I enjoyed the wild ride, not sure they stuck the landing but I‘d definitely read more if there‘s ever a sequel!

Overall, I was disappointed. I didn‘t find it particularly original as a lot of sci-fi has explored the interesting ideas in a more engaging way, plus he kept making a lot of statements as though they proved a foundational point and then treating them as assumptions going forward without exploring them satisfactorily. This book written in 2016 has quickly aged poorly on a few fronts.

Fantastic!

This book was an incredible thriller/mystery - an edge of your seat page turner!

First contact in an unexpected setting!

A great take on historical horror

Beautifully written!

This was a fun time! Scalzi‘s characters are always a fun source of banter. I love that this book doesn‘t try to take itself too seriously, but also has its own merits beyond just being a parody.

This was my first cozy mystery - it was cute but I‘m not really sold on the genre yet. I did love that the author included thematically appropriate knitting patterns at the end!

This book was physically intense and didn‘t let up! As one of my book club members said, “I‘ve never read a book where the main character was so defined by their anger”

The Overstory gives a powerful illustration of the importance of breaking out of our destructive systems as a culture. I only wish it had ended with some resources for readers who want to be involved - so here are a few I know of:
Who Gives a Crap (sustainable toilet paper company)
Forest Stewardship Council (oversight for sustainable paper products)
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (protecting rain forests)

Alright, I feel much more drawn into this world after reading this (The second in the Terra Incognita series)

There was a great depth to how each member of the family perceived what it meant to be Chinese in America, and how their personalities shaped their choices to create this intriguing family history.

I waffled on my rating for this one, but ultimately it‘s a pick because the parts I enjoyed, I really enjoyed - and I‘m planning to pick up the sequel (more the second half of the book than a sequel, really)

Loved this book about how the injustices of the past still haunt our present!

I had the enjoyable problem of wanting to quote almost every sentence from this book in my commonplace journal, but I somehow got it down to one page 🙂

This book is what I‘m all about! Great characters, alternate-historical setting, and a dark and tantalizing magic!

Your land has a story, and it‘s worth listening

A slow-burn social horror that immerses you in the feeling that *something is not right*

I love the direction Weird Fiction is taking these days! Fantastic! 🐙

I started a commonplace journal for quotes and doodles with a page for each book - here‘s page one!