This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar This book came recommended to me from various sources and it seemed like right up my alley: literary science fiction that defies tropes and conventions. Time travelers from two different factions alter timelines to lean reality towards their own end. Red’s faction is militaristic …
Tag: romance
Apr 26
Book Review: The Book of Lost and Found
The Book of Lost and Found by Lucy Foley I read this book based on the recommendation of someone I greatly admire, who, it seems, has vastly different tastes in literature than I do. Don’t let the name “Lucy Foley” fool you: this is not a dark and tense thriller. It’s so different from the …
Dec 20
Book Review: The Promise Girls
The Promise Girls by Marie Bostwick I’ve been reading so many psychological thriller books lately that when Audible recommended this to me, it took a while to realize that no one was going to disappear in a violent and mysterious manner and that there probably weren’t massive hidden mental health issues causing people to stab …
Apr 09
Book Review: The Hypnotist’s Love Story
The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty Liane Moriarty is one of those authors I turn to when I just want an enjoyable story, because her novels are consistently good. This is unlike her other novels in that it’s not exclusively about rich Australian housewives, though they’re all Australian and some of them have been …
Feb 27
Book Review: A Discovery of Witches
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness I’d heard about this book, and more to the point, seen in on the bookshelves of people who share my taste, so I was excited to get the audiobook from audible. It’s a huge tome, something like 27 hours to listen to, so it’s a time investment of …