Reflections on my reading choices
I DEVOURED this book in one day. This non-fiction book is so over the top that it almost seems improbable. The combination of mystery, ornithology, biology, and obsession is just wonderful. To protect them from Hitler’s bombers, the curators secreted Wallace’s and Darwin’s bird skins in unmarked lorries to manors and mansions throughout the English… Continue reading The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson
Important note: you might also see The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle as a title. The best way to encapsulate my feelings on this book would be...WOWZA. I know it's not an official word but it does exist in urban dictionary, so that's something right?! It can mean: a surprisingly amazing, oh my gosh, out… Continue reading The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Analysis of consequences. This Swedish crime novel hits all the right psychological thriller spots and fits into my ‘book that has been translated’ category. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first novel in the series and was published posthumously (which I find to be a really cool fact) in 2005. I think it’s… Continue reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Loved one. She has read these words many times in such books, even in very scientific books not seeking to comfort but to inform. Ann is always moved by the tender ambiguity. Loved one, the faceless, sexless, helpless focus of her heart: A loved one is the person you will lose. Each chapter of this novel… Continue reading Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
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