This one turned out to be a pretty special read for me this past week... My mind was focused on the Kincade fire here in Sonoma County and I didn't get a lot of time to read. And when I did sit down I had a hard time getting into anything I started. At one... Continue Reading →
The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes
Our mothers were pregnant African women thrown overboard while crossing the Atlantic Ocean on slave ships. We were born breathing water as we did in the womb. We built our home on the sea floor, unaware of the two-legged surface dwellers until their world came to destroy ours. With cannons, they searched for oil beneath... Continue Reading →
The Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah
Set in a dystopian underwater world about 100 years in the future, The Light at the Bottom of the World pits a talented young woman against the entirety of the British government. The seas rose and the people adapted. They waterproofed their dwellings and learned to travel in tunnels and submersibles. Yet, all these precautions... Continue Reading →
You Have Arrived At Your Destination by Amor Towles. Summer Frost by Blake Crouch.
You Have Arrived At Your Destination: A seasoned author takes on the high-stakes business of fertility... Sam chose to audit public utilities. He could have taken risks... like his father, who pissed away the family's money on a copper mine. Sam spent most of his college years helping his father through that financial ruin. Now... Continue Reading →
The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay. Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin.
This post continues my reading of the Amazon Forward series. The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay The first page of this story opens with a character alone in a room with no memory of the past... Uh, have we been here before? So, my mind starts to wander... Lab Experiment? Asylum? Medical Accident? Where is... Continue Reading →