This link opens in a pop-up window
8% complete! Chad Nelson has read 2 of 25 books.
Lena has always lived in the jungle with Mother. There they look after a holiday …
Heard about this on Little Atoms shows.acast.com/littleatoms/episodes/little-atoms-874-julianne-pachicos-jungle-house
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a 2022 novel by Gabrielle Zevin. Amazon named it …
I had lots of fun reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, like a great video game with an engaging story, but there were just a few, crucial moments in the book that left me unsatisfied.
One of it's central theme, about the eternal cycle of life giving us chances to start, fail, and start again, maybe to succeed this time, like someone playing a video game, is fun, and the parallels with players on a stage (hence the quote from Shakespeare as the title) and another layer of reflection on the other theme, the role games can play in our lives.
I liked the characters but sometimes found them inauthentic, acting in ways to make a point or progress the plot, and not necessarily true to who I thought they were. Ultimately, some key moments in the narrative fell flat, jarring me into disbelief, and breaking the spell. Still a …
I had lots of fun reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, like a great video game with an engaging story, but there were just a few, crucial moments in the book that left me unsatisfied.
One of it's central theme, about the eternal cycle of life giving us chances to start, fail, and start again, maybe to succeed this time, like someone playing a video game, is fun, and the parallels with players on a stage (hence the quote from Shakespeare as the title) and another layer of reflection on the other theme, the role games can play in our lives.
I liked the characters but sometimes found them inauthentic, acting in ways to make a point or progress the plot, and not necessarily true to who I thought they were. Ultimately, some key moments in the narrative fell flat, jarring me into disbelief, and breaking the spell. Still a good read, but missed a bit of it's lofty, and noble, target.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a 2022 novel by Gabrielle Zevin. Amazon named it the best book of 2022.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a 2022 novel by Gabrielle Zevin. Amazon named it the best book of 2022.
When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on …
Earth * Air * Water * Fire
These elements have sustained the peaceful people of …
How do you change the world? How do you break cycles of bitterness, revenge, and violence that drag all involved down into despair and misery, even when it temporary masquerades as "justice"?
Those questions are at the heart of this fantasy novel full of vibrant, fully realized queer characters. Each character brings their own history and personal struggles to those questions, with Marks' deft storytelling weaving them into a coherent and touching narrative.
Will definitely be reading the rest of this series asap.
Earth * Air * Water * Fire
These elements have sustained the peaceful people of Shaftal for generations, with their …
When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on …
On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles …
Part history of a calamitous fire, part true crime investigation, with sprinkles of snapshots into the life of current public library workers and those of the past.
I enjoyed this book, though not really for what it was supposed to be. I feel like the investigation into the cause of the fire fizzled out quickly, a sort of non-story with no satisfying conclusion.
But the snapshots of the lives of previous and current library staff was absolutely delightful. Some real strong characters in the libraries history who really shine in this book.
Overall, interesting and enjoyable.
On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was …
On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles …
“librarians should "read as a drunkard drinks or as a bird sings or a cat sleeps or a dog responds to an invitation to go walking, not from conscience or train-ing, but because they'd rather do it than anything else in the world."” — Althea Warren, LA Public Library Director, 1933
— The Library Book by Susan Orlean (Page 340)
This book has so many stories about weirdo library directors of the LA public library
On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was …
Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression …
Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is …
Cats drip over the fences and slither like syrup over the ground to look for fish heads.
— Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (Penguin twentieth-century classics) (Page 81)
Just a throwaway line, Steinbeck’s descriptive prose and figurative devices are just so evocative throughout this book.
Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression …
