We are 100% behind the We Need Diverse Books campaign. The more sorts of lives, cultures and perspectives that we can experience through literature, the better. This month there were some particularly great releases by diverse authors, that you can read more about below. The scope and brilliance of The Incarnations is ineffable, but we will do...
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China Miéville's new book, Three Moments of an Explosion, is a mind bending adventure through language and illusion. If you aren't already a fan of China Miéville and his tales of the monstrous and strange, buckle your seat belts, because his ability to create a world, or change our own, through language is magnificent. I first...
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Alice in Wonderland is near and dear to many reader's hearts. A classic tale of adventure, magic, and madness, the original story has seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years, ever since Tim Burton's twisted movie edition hit screens big as small in 2010. Keep reading for some of our favorite trips into Wonderland....
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Asmodeus Saxon-Tang in Ben Tripp's The Fifth House of the Heart is my personal favorite vampire hunter of all time. A flamboyant antiques dealer- turned vampire hunter, Asmodeus, "Sax" to his friends, is getting older, slower, and more stubborn. Determined to end up as the winner of all bidding wars of which he deigns to take...
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Fellow readers, Kazuo Ishiguro has done it again. The Buried Giant is his first book in a decade, and its sweeping narrative is guaranteed to enchant. He brings the same literary mind that crafted Never Let Me Go into the genre of magical realism, using familiar tropes to synthesize a poignant commentary on love, death,...
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HEADSTRONG by Rachel Swaby starts with a fascinating (and slightly infuriating) anecdote. The opening line: This book about scientists began with Beef Stroganoff. According to the New York Times, Yvonne Brill made a mean one. Yvonne Brill was a rocket scientist, and a brilliant one - but the New York Times decided that her Beef...
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[dropcap2]I[/dropcap2] will begin this review with the unapologetic and unabashed admission that I am a die-hard Neil Gaiman fan. I cannot imagine a world in which I do not enjoy every word that Neil Gaiman has written. Gaiman, as the author of everything from children’s books to horror to graphic novels, is frequently lauded as...
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