What if literary fiction, thrillers, and fantasy had Olympic teams? Let’s award some global bookish medals.
Thursday Nerd Out: The Reading Olympics
Tag: Literary Fiction
Review: The Glowing Hours by Leila Siddiqui
A gothic step back in time to the summer that conceived Frankenstein, The Glowing Hours is eerie, immersive, and drenched in unsettling atmosphere.
Review: After Life by Gayle Forman
A thoughtful, emotionally precise novel that explores grief with honesty and restraint.
Review: The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
When girls start disappearing in her quiet Yorkshire town, twelve-year-old Miv decides the only way to stop her world from falling apart is to solve the murders herself, even if the biggest secret waiting to be uncovered is hiding in her own home.
Review: The Jaguar’s Roar by Micheliny Verunschk, Translated by Juliana Barbassa
A haunting blend of past and present where beauty and brutality coexist, and one girl’s story echoes through centuries.
Review: Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen
A sharp, moving look at memory, identity, and the people who remind us who we are when everything else starts to fade.
Review: Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards
Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards gives voice to the women who kept believing when belief itself was an act of defiance, finding holiness in truth rather than obedience.
Review: Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
A classic that dazzles on the sentence level but left me stranded in its slow, dreamlike haze.
Sunday Tarot
If my current read were a tarot card, which one would it be?
My Next Read: Look Homeward, Angel
Will be starting Look Homeward, Angel tomorrow after grabbing it from Hoopla at midnight. I’m excited to see what makes Wolfe’s writing so enduring.