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Janis finished reading This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone: This Is How You Lose the Time War (Hardcover, 2019, Simon and Schuster)

Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange …

Cool short novella told from two points of view as a series of correspondences. At it's core it's a sci-fi love story "I want to be a context for you" Neat stuff.

Janis rated Wind-up Bird Chronicle, The: 5 stars

Haruki Murakami: Wind-up Bird Chronicle, The (Paperback, 1998, Vintage)

Wind-up Bird Chronicle, The by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (ねじまき鳥クロニクル, Nejimakidori Kuronikuru) is a novel published in 1994–1995 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The American …

Janis finished reading Wind-up Bird Chronicle, The by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (ねじまき鳥クロニクル, Nejimakidori Kuronikuru) is a novel published in 1994–1995 by Japanese …

One of my favourite books of the year. Not sure exactly what I loved about it but Toru Okada's journey to find his wife's missing cat and then his wife pulled me in. Everything about this book is supremely weird and made me want to contemplate life at the bottom of a well. (in a good way)

Janis rated All the Light We Cannot See: 4 stars

Anthony Doerr: All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover, 2014, Scribner)

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and …

Janis finished reading The Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Lathe Of Heaven (Paperback, 2008, Scribner)

“The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award …

Read most of this on the plane to Rome. Finished it in Jardin Luxembourg sitting in a comfy chair under a tree on our last day in Paris. Such a great book for that location.

Janis rated The Lathe Of Heaven: 4 stars

The Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

“The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award for this story) George Orr …

Janis finished reading Motorcycles and Sweetgrass by Drew Hayden Taylor

Drew Hayden Taylor: Motorcycles and Sweetgrass (2021, Random House of Canada, Vintage Canada)

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A story of magic, family, a mysterious stranger . . . and a band of …

Things that struck me about this fun book: Great look at Anishinaabe humour. The satire is deep and subtle. The conversation between Nanabush and Jesus is worth the price alone.

Janis finished reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Erin Morgenstern: The Night Circus (Hardcover, 2011, Doubleday)

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday …

I wasn't as captivated as some are with this story. The narrative follows several handfuls of characters associated with Le Cirque des Rêves over several time frames.

Janis rated Moon of the Crusted Snow: 4 stars

Waubgeshig Rice: Moon of the Crusted Snow (Paperback, en-Latn-CA language, 2018, ECW Press)

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (The Whitesky Saga, #1)

A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. …

Janis finished reading A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C. A. Fletcher

C. A. Fletcher: A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World (Hardcover, 2019, Orbit)

My name's Griz. My childhood wasn't like yours. I've never had friends, and in my …

This book marked the beginning of my "fall of civilization autumn" - My plan to read some key post-apocalyptic / sci-fi literature.

This book was a fun and an easy read. I enjoyed the narration of Griz and their journey through a desolate and mostly empty world brought about by an epidemic and fertility crisis. After a stranger comes to visit Griz and his family's isolated island off the Scottish coast and takes off with his dog. Here begins the adventure as Griz sets off to get the dogs back.

There are characters met along the way. The dialogue with John Dark is a bit annoying. Otherwise the book has solid world-building and, for such a bleak story, is quite uplifting and hopeful.

Twist at the end is telegraphed in the author's prologue - when you point out that there is a secret that you don't want …

This book marked the beginning of my "fall of civilization autumn" - My plan to read some key post-apocalyptic / sci-fi literature.

This book was a fun and an easy read. I enjoyed the narration of Griz and their journey through a desolate and mostly empty world brought about by an epidemic and fertility crisis. After a stranger comes to visit Griz and his family's isolated island off the Scottish coast and takes off with his dog. Here begins the adventure as Griz sets off to get the dogs back.

There are characters met along the way. The dialogue with John Dark is a bit annoying. Otherwise the book has solid world-building and, for such a bleak story, is quite uplifting and hopeful.

Twist at the end is telegraphed in the author's prologue - when you point out that there is a secret that you don't want readers to spoil it kind of ruins the surprise.