Month: April 2020

Wilder Girls ★★★★★ Rory Power A group of girls are trapped at an island boarding school as their bodies mutate and change underneath them. In trying to consider why this book worked so well for me, I keep coming back to this: This is one of the most chilling books I have ever read. (If you’re really… Continue reading Complicated Thoughts on Wilder Girls by Rory Power →

The Kind Worth Killing ★★★★★ Peter Swanson Two strangers meet on a plane. The man, Ted, begins talking about his cheating wife, Miranda. The woman, Lily, says she deserves it, and offers her help. And they build a plan to kill his wife. Ted, though, might get a bit more than he bargained for when… Continue reading Reasons to Read: The Kind Worth Killing →

Maurice ★★★★★ E.M. Forster The second dream is more difficult to convey. Nothing happened. He scarcely saw a face, scarcely heard a voice say, “That is your friend,” and then it was over, having filled him with beauty and taught him tenderness. He could die for such a friend, he would allow such a friend… Continue reading Reasons to Read: Maurice by E.M. Forster →

This Is How You Lose the Time War ★★★★★ Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone But when I think of you, I want to be alone together. I want to strive against and for. I want to live in contact. I want to be a context for you, and you for me. I love you, and… Continue reading Reasons to Read: This Is How You Lose the Time War →

The Likeness ★★★★★ Tana French This absolutely changed me as a person. We follow Cassie Maddox as she attempts to solve the murder of a woman using her stolen identity… and goes undercover as the woman herself. It’s been such a long time since I read a detective novel that had me so thoroughly engaged… Continue reading Reasons to Read: The Likeness by Tana French →

  The Power ★★☆☆☆ Naomi Alderman One morning, women all over the world begin developing a power: electricity, running through their fingers. The ensuing cataclysm, framed by documentation from the future, comes from four characters. There’s Roxy, 15-year-old white British daughter of a gangster; Tunde, a Nigerian journalist (the only man who narrates); Margot, an… Continue reading For Personal Reasons, I Will Be Crawling Into a Hole with My Disappointment Over The Power →

Magic for Liars ★★★★★ Sarah Gailey Magic for Liars follows private investigator Ivy Gamble as she investigates a death in the Osthorne Academy for Young Mages, the workplace of her sister and a location she has envied for years. While she’s living a life she thinks of as simple, her sister is a famous and talented teacher.… Continue reading Fantasy Tropes and Sibling Rivalry in Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey →

Code Name Verity ★★★☆☆ Elizabeth Wein When Caitlin from my local bookstore recommended Code Name Verity to me (in the category of ‘historical fiction + kinda gay), she told me that 1) I would be obsessed, and 2) I would want to reread this book as soon as I finished it. She was right about both.… Continue reading Reasons to Read: Code Name Verity →