I’m a huge fan of time travel. In a lot of time travel stories you get a glimpse of a believable future, and a reminder (or a lesson) on times long past. In “Blackout” the future seems a lot like the past. The way the characters talk and act remind me more of the late [...]
84 This book had been languishing on my shelf for a while and someone from my bookclub choose it. No idea why I hadn’t read it before, just never got around to it I guess. There was a picture of a painting on the front which looked interesting but I hadn’t even read the description [...]
75 This was… gorgeous. I can’t really think of another word for it. Gorgeously written, gorgeously executed, gorgeously edited. This book grabbed and pulled me in and twisted me around and then spit me back out. It’s a pretty wrenching book, truth be told. The writing style is so amazingly soft and descriptive, you don’t [...]
40 The ending to a book can really ruin the story for me. I need things wrapped in a pretty little bow. This book had no bow. I realize the author left it open because there will obviously be a sequel to this book, but it feels like she met some pre-determined word count and [...]
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