I cannot believe I haven't read anything by Baldwin until now. This was stunning. Difficult to read at times, but really truly spectacular.
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“Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the …
These Precious Days
4 stars
Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a …
Giovanni's room
5 stars
A.J. Fikry's life is not what he expected it to be. His wife has died, …
A.J. Fikry
3 stars
Surprisingly disappointed by this one. It was fine, just nothing special and the ending fully pissed me off. I wanted more about the bookstore and less...sentimentality, I guess.
Wine & Punishment
3 stars
Pretty silly cozy mystery, but what's not to enjoy about a book whose MC owns a literary themed pub?
Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and …
The Mountain in the Sea
3 stars
Another one I'm not sure what to say about, but this time for negative reasons. The premise is amazing, and I adore every scene with the octopuses themselves. But pretty much nothing else-plot, characters, dialogue, writing style-worked for me. However, it's a debut novel so perhaps the next one will be better.
Revenge Review
4 stars
I'm going to have to sit on this one for a while. I think it also could use a reread. Intriguing and disturbing.
Gossamerchild@bookwyrm.social reviewed Recursion
Memory makes reality.
That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he …
Review of 'Recursion' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
Interesting concepts about memory and time and how screwing around with both/either can have catastrophic consequences. I didn't think the world building or the characters were very well-developed, but it did make for an entertaining story.