I read so many books in 2021! While some failed to wow me, most ranged from pretty good to amazing. It was honestly a great year for books, in my opinion.
Tag: 2021 reads
Book Review: The Death of Jane Lawrence
One genre of horror that I usually do pretty well with is the gothic, and The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling is a recent release in a classic gothic mold. It has all of the requisite elements for a good gothic:
Book Review: The Wolf and The Woodsman by Ava Reid
This book has come across my social media timelines a few times so I decided to give it a chance, and honestly I don’t know what people saw in this book.
Book Review: Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace
As a geriatric millennial (she typed with tongue firmly in cheek), I immediately identify with any main character who is struggling in a gig economy.
Book Review: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
At its heart, Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune is a redemption story. And while I can’t say that the main character Wallace was unworthy of redemption, I started the book in serious doubts as to whether I wanted to spend hundreds of pages watching him earn that redemption.
Book Review: Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidé
I feel like this is a book that should be taught in creative writing workshops. It’s an example of how narrative doesn’t have to fit neatly into the dominant idea of “craft”, how prose can be as lyrical as poetry, how difficult stories can be told beautifully, so that they lodge hooks into your heart.
Book Bingo Blackout!
Earlier this month, I read the last of 24 books for Adult Summer Reading Book Bingo, hosted by Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts & Lectures.
Book Review: A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
Have you ever enjoyed reading a book, but doubted the entire time that you were reading it whether you actually liked it?
Book Review: Children of Blood and Bone
Ok, so I’m almost three years late to this party, but I just finished reading Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, making it the first book I finished reading in 2021!