Angie Kim understands pain. The pain of feeling disconnected, abandoned, disrespected, unseen, unloved. And the pain of losing the kind of life you once imagined for yourself. And she knows that people express those feelings differently and in doing so can be misread. Someone who is feeling isolated might come across as aloof. Someone who…
“I suddenly saw something I might haunt the stratosphere for, something for which I’d fall into the sea. Not fame or glory, or a sense of adventure, but a chance to discover the smallest breath in the deepest night and, in so doing, vanquish the void that lurked between human existence and all else in…
If you’re into Sci-Fi at all, this one’s a no brainer. In The Light Brigade author Kameron Hurley creates a sadly plausible future in which humans have completely messed up the earth’s environment, the only governments left are run by multinational corporations and everyone is indoctrinated into dedicating their lives to working or fighting for…well,…
Do you have a taste for the absurd? Do you appreciate a little Dadaism in your literature? Personally, I’m all about it and A.M. Homes delivers all of that and more in This Book Will Save Your Life a warm, inviting, often hilarious satire of L.A. living. In these cynical times, this book is a…
Last week I reviewed a very female-centric book, so it seems only fair that this week I highlight a very male-centric one. Peter Heller‘s The River is an adventure story that exudes a vibrant masculine energy. Our two strong, young heroes who are on a kayaking trip in a remote area are forced to flee…
It was when I reached this passage in Alix E. Harrow‘s book, The Ten Thousand Doors of January that I knew I was dealing with a master: Miss Adelaide Lee Larson was born in 1866 The world had just begun to whisper the word modern to itself, along with words like order and unfettered free…
