– It’s Worth It! It was a cold, snowy day when I finally cracked the spine of Mimi Matthews’ “A Holiday by Gaslight.” A legitimate…
Category: Fiction
Enola Holms The Graphic Novel: Book 1
– It’s Worth It! Christmas may be my favorite time of year not because of the family gatherings, or the displays of generosity but because…
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
– It Completes Me! Rereading doesn’t always have a happy ending. I have reread many books that just don’t hold up, or for whatever reason…
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
– It Completes Me! Short stories have been a relatively new addition to my reading landscape. “Stories of Your Life and Others” by Ted Chiang…
This is How You Lose the Time War
– It’s Okay There are books that even as you are reading them, you know that at a different time and in a different headspace,…
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
– It Completes Me! I first read N.K. Jemisin’s groundbreaking work a few years ago. I enjoyed it (see original review below) though I often…
Prayer for the Living by Ben Okri
– Worth It! I love a book that subverts my expectations and Ben Okri’s story collection, “Prayer for the Living” is one such book. This…
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
– It’s Okay I committed to The Scholomance Trilogy by Naomi Novik after “A Deadly Education” because I adored the world concept Novik created in…
The Devil and the Dark Water
The Devil and the Dark Water – Stuart Turton I am a lover of (almost) all mystery writing but I absolutely adore historical mysteries that…
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
– Worth It! I didn’t know it could happen, but I have become that person who picks up a book because of who wrote the…