This week’s topic from That Artsy Reader Girl is all about the animal companions, whether they’re loyal, cuddly, amusing or terrifying.
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Intermezzo by Sally Rooney – Book Review
I remain unconvinced that this tale of two grieving brothers and their messy relationships with women in their lives needed to be told over four hundred pages, but all in all I enjoyed Sally Rooney’s latest.
Orbital by Samantha Harvey – Book Review
I had an interesting experience with this unusual novel, showing that sometimes you need to be in a right frame of mind to appreciate a book.
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang – Book Review
This collection of impressively varied sci-fi short stories is dry, cerebral and at times challenging, but ultimately I found it rewarding and stimulating in the best way science fiction can be.
Top Ten Tuesday – Books with Springy Covers
We’re actually moving into autumn down here in the southern hemisphere, but that’s no reason not to have fun with the spring theme from That Artsy Reader Girl. I won’t lie, I still miss the proper European spring I grew up with, especially all the beautiful wildflowers.
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka – Book Review
Set in the 1980s Sri Lanka, this macabre and darkly humorous novel is equal parts murder mystery, ghost story and political satire, brimming with energy, bite and wit.
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee – Book Review
A supremely addictive and immersive family saga about four generations of Koreans in Japan, from the author of Free Food for Millionaires.
Dominion by Tom Holland – Book Review
An absorbing, ambitious and well-written journey through history of Christianity, its impact on the western culture, and its enduring influence in the modern world.
Solaris by Stanisław Lem – Book Review
This enigmatic classic of science fiction is a dark psychological drama with a very distinctive take on contact with extraterrestrial life.
Top Ten Tuesday – Skulls & Skeletons
Halloween is just around the corner, so it’s naturally this week’s theme from That Artsy Reader Girl.
I can safely say that, of all the spooky creatures and monsters, undead skeletons terrified me the most as a child. I have a vivid memory of hovering outside the biology classroom with a couple of other second graders, daring each other to look through the keyhole at the skeleton model. It was obviously fake and didn’t even have a skull, but it still sent us running away in terror. So, here are some book covers featuring skeletons, skulls and bones.
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