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Beneath the Sugar Sky

by Seanan McGuire

Finished 2019-01-23
The Plot Against America

by Philip Roth

Finished 2019-01-23
Vita Nostra

by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko, Julia Meitov Hersey

Finished 2019-01-17
Glass Sword

by Victoria Aveyard

Finished 2019-01-09
The Shadow of What Was Lost

by James Islington

Finished 2019-01-05
The Power

by Naomi Alderman

Finished 2018-12-23

In just under the wire, probably my favorite read of the year. The framing at the beginning and end of the novel may be heavy-handed but I love it and it justifies itself with all the stuff in the middle. The characters are engaging, the world Alderman builds is fascinating, and the storyline pays off—it’s not just an interesting idea that fizzles out in the final pages. It never drags. It’s definitely dark in places, but it wasn’t totally depressing. I would highly recommend this book.
The Communist Manifesto

by Karl Marx

Finished 2018-12-21
Runaway

by Alice Munro

Finished 2018-12-15
The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

Finished 2018-12-08
Vox

by Christina Dalcher

Finished 2018-12-02

I listened to this on audible and it ended … very suddenly? I’m going to have to search out if I missed some … very crucial stuff. But I don’t feel like I did? I was really enjoying this, and then it just ended.
The Last Colony

by John Scalzi

Finished 2018-11-27
The Spy and the Traitor

by Ben Macintyre

Finished 2018-11-20
A Reaper at the Gates

by Sabaa Tahir

Finished 2018-11-13
The Grace of Kings

by Ken Liu

Finished 2018-11-04

I loved The Paper Menagerie—one of my favorite books in recent years. It was full of life and really fascinating ideas and characters. I didn’t feel the same about The Grace of Kings, which felt, for large swaths, like a summary. I only really settled into an understanding of the main characters and the thrust of the novel in probably the second half of the book, and even then many new chapters started by introducing characters, spending a while telling their back story, and then having them pop into the “present” timeline just to vanish for one reason or another. By the end of the book, it had established a rhythm and had focused more on the lives and stories of a few primary characters, and I enjoyed that. But I’m giving it a 3 because much of the book was spent summarizing great historical events and jumping around a bit confusingly in time, and not focusing on the human elements of the story.
The First Book of Swords

by Fred Saberhagen

Finished 2018-10-18

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Beneath the Sugar Sky

The Plot Against America

Vita Nostra

Glass Sword

The Shadow of What Was Lost

The Power

The Communist Manifesto

Runaway

The Handmaid's Tale

Vox

The Last Colony

The Spy and the Traitor

A Reaper at the Gates

The Grace of Kings

The First Book of Swords