Explanation: I have compiled three lists this year. Today, I post the list of my favorite fiction reads of 2018. Next Monday, I will release my nonfiction list. And the following Monday, I will have my Science Fiction/ Fantasy list. I didn't have a set number in mind when I started making these lists. I... Continue Reading →
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (Mini Review)
Hope and fear. I believe I've discussed these emotions before in one of my reviews. Used in so much advertising, these two feelings are diametrically opposed to each other, yet can sway us stronger than any others. Leni's life had been dominated by her parents' hope that a change in setting or career could stifle... Continue Reading →
Friday Graphic Novel Double Feature. Akissi by Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin. Mighty Jack and the Goblin King by Ben Hatke
Akissi: Tales of Mischief What a joy... what a terror! Akissi is nothing but trouble for her parents' and her brother. A little girl of about seven-years-old in her West African town, she spends her days running errands for her mother, going to school, and playing with the other kids in the neighborhood. Over 150... Continue Reading →
Mirador de la Memoria by Ewa Miendlarzewska
Mirador de la Memoria is a life's reflection and a study into the possibilities of the advancements of neuroscience. Set in the near future, Dr Paulina Kochanowska has been put on house arrest with her personal robot Salvatore because of several experiments that push the limits of current science and have started to injure participants.... Continue Reading →
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Mini Review)
In my junior year of high school, I had study hall in the library for the last period of the day. Our guard/ minder wouldn't allow us to talk; so on most days, I got my homework done in the first fifteen minutes, and then just sat there. Until one day in late September, I... Continue Reading →