Queer, friendly, wordy, neurodivergent. Vacillatingly voracious reader. General rule of avoiding books that are written by/for/about cishet white men, especially Americans.
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"The secret is, vampires are real and I am one. The secret is, I'm stealing from you what is most …
"Exciting new fiction from James McBride, the first since his National Book Award-winning novel The Good Lord Bird. The stories …
Reread after "H is for Hawk" discussed the author. Charming, sometimes funny, thoughtful, and full of pathos.
Reread after "H is for Hawk" discussed the author. Charming, sometimes funny, thoughtful, and full of pathos.
His extraordinary debut, Those Across the River, was hailed as “genre-bending Southern horror” (California Literary …
I've enjoyed both of the other books I've read by this author, but left this one sitting quite a while. I wasn't sure I'd dig it, what with the clearly heavy religious themes. The first page or two was quite Bible-like, and I struggled a bit, but I was soon immersed in the story and raced through. Like his other books, quite graphic and at times pretty unsettling, with deft writing, flawed and compelling characters, and touches of black humor. The religious aspect, while of course Catholic in name (it's Black Plague era France, after all) is treated with a lens that sort of blurs together the sardonic and the creepily supernatural, which was fine by me. There's some queer content (His books typically have a straight protagonist, usually male, but women and queer people exist and are fully realized characters). A good read.
I've enjoyed both of the other books I've read by this author, but left this one sitting quite a while. I wasn't sure I'd dig it, what with the clearly heavy religious themes. The first page or two was quite Bible-like, and I struggled a bit, but I was soon immersed in the story and raced through. Like his other books, quite graphic and at times pretty unsettling, with deft writing, flawed and compelling characters, and touches of black humor. The religious aspect, while of course Catholic in name (it's Black Plague era France, after all) is treated with a lens that sort of blurs together the sardonic and the creepily supernatural, which was fine by me. There's some queer content (His books typically have a straight protagonist, usually male, but women and queer people exist and are fully realized characters). A good read.
His extraordinary debut, Those Across the River, was hailed as “genre-bending Southern horror” (California Literary Review), “graceful [and] horrific” (Patricia …
An unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary life—one forged through a poverty-stricken childhood in “slummy, one-horse towns”; obsessive desire; bursts of …
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin …
An adventure across space and time awaits!
"A spellbinding masterpiece." -- Dav Pilkey, #1 …
I've never been much of a manga or anime person, but I adored the animated Unico films as a kid. It was such a delightful surprise to come across this book. The artwork was everything I could have asked for - delicate and evocative and ethereal and adorable. The story was harder for me to enjoy due to the many, many instances of cruelty to animals. I also really didn't appreciate that the only person of size depicted was an awful, mean woman who deliberately kidnapped and abandoned an animal. Very disappointing in a modern book.
Overall, it was nice to see Unico again, but it wasn't an unmitigated pleasure.
I've never been much of a manga or anime person, but I adored the animated Unico films as a kid. It was such a delightful surprise to come across this book. The artwork was everything I could have asked for - delicate and evocative and ethereal and adorable. The story was harder for me to enjoy due to the many, many instances of cruelty to animals. I also really didn't appreciate that the only person of size depicted was an awful, mean woman who deliberately kidnapped and abandoned an animal. Very disappointing in a modern book.
Overall, it was nice to see Unico again, but it wasn't an unmitigated pleasure.
The most interesting things in Maud Blyth's life have happened to her brother Robin, but …
Learn about the Mass Dragoning of 1955 in which 300,000 women spontaneously transform into dragons...and …
DNF. I was told women would be dragons. Women were... mostly oppressed and silenced. Relentlessly depressing when I thought it would be galvanizing.
Learn about the Mass Dragoning of 1955 in which 300,000 women spontaneously transform into dragons...and change the world.
Alex …
Set in an alternative Edwardian England, this is a comedy of manners, manor houses, and …
Charming. Everything i loved about classic English literature with a super queer relationship, and some acknowledgement of issues of race, class, ability, etc.
A grim and gothic new tale from author Alix E. Harrow about a small town haunted by secrets that can't …
From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award - …
In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. In a …