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A Slow Fire Burning

by Paula Hawkins

Finished 2022-01-05
The Bright Ages

by Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry

Finished 2021-12-31
A Desolation Called Peace

by Arkady Martine

Finished 2021-12-30
How to Write Best-Selling Fiction

by James Scott Bell

Finished 2021-12-28
The Emotional Craft of Fiction

by Donald Maass

Finished 2021-12-19
Local Woman Missing

by Mary Kubica

Finished 2021-12-18
Shards of Earth

by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Sophie Aldred

Finished 2021-12-14
A Line to Kill

by Anthony Horowitz

Finished 2021-11-28
An Illusion of Thieves

by Cate Glass

Finished 2021-11-18
Too Like the Lightning

by Ada Palmer

Finished 2021-10-28
Stories of Your Life and Others

by Ted Chiang

Finished 2021-09-25

When I was in high school, a catholic school, I asked my religion teacher (social justice, I think, which is interesting in retrospect because of how so many Christians currently treat the concept as demonic) a question about hell: “if Satan was cast out of heaven for wanting to be greater than God, why would he make Hell a horrible place—wouldn’t he want to make it the best place he could?” And the answer I got has stuck with me for twenty years, despite my agnosticism bordering on atheism: “God is the source of all goodness. No matter how good Satan would want to make Hell, Hell would remain a place out of God’s light and thus devoid of any goodness.” It’s compelling and, frankly, terrifying. And honestly I’ve never heard it discussed like that again, until one of the stories in this book. The story notes at the end also add some really interesting context to that story.

Arrival was one of my favorite movies in years, so I had to pick up this book, which features the short story it was based on. That story is very different in literary form, but just as good, and the other stories approach that same level of excellence. I especially love the last story, about a scientific advance that allows people not to see beauty and ugliness in faces. Really thought provoking. I’d definitely give it a go.

Highly recommend this collection to anyone and everyone.
The Glass Hotel

by Emily St. John Mandel

Finished 2021-09-12

I really liked Station Eleven . This one, I found interesting, but I’m not sure I got it. I feel like I might be too dumb to understand the subtext or the … point? of the story. Or even why it’s named The Glass Hotel .
The Space Between Worlds

by Micaiah Johnson

Finished 2021-08-27
The Empress of Salt and Fortune

by Nghi Vo

Finished 2021-08-06
A Dead Djinn in Cairo

by P. Djèlí Clark

Finished 2021-07-31

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A Slow Fire Burning

The Bright Ages

A Desolation Called Peace

How to Write Best-Selling Fiction

The Emotional Craft of Fiction

Local Woman Missing

Shards of Earth

A Line to Kill

An Illusion of Thieves

Too Like the Lightning

Stories of Your Life and Others

The Glass Hotel

The Space Between Worlds

The Empress of Salt and Fortune

A Dead Djinn in Cairo