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Rosewater

by Tade Thompson

Finished 2019-02-13
To Light a Candle

by Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory

Finished 2019-02-06

I enjoyed much of this book but the middle third of it falls into this really unsettling indoctrinating justification of genocide. Fantasy often walks a fine line with its many races and the wars between them but this one gets pretty brutal and doesn’t even examine that, basically at all. It’s taken as a given that the actual ethnic cleansing of a race of “tainted” elves from the lands is just and necessary, and it’s gross. It’s even weirder in a book that is otherwise so centered on kind of hippie principles—it even features the line “there’s no such thing as implied consent”, which, great! But that middle section … oof. I’m not sure I want to pick up the final book.
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 Stories

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 The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

by Ben Macintyre

Finished 2018-11-20
A Reaper at the Gates

by Sabaa Tahir

Finished 2018-11-13

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Rosewater

To Light a Candle

Beneath the Sugar Sky

The Plot Against America

Vita Nostra

Glass Sword

The Shadow of What Was Lost

The Power

The Communist Manifesto

Runaway Stories

The Handmaid's Tale

Vox

The Last Colony

The Spy and the Traitor The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

A Reaper at the Gates