The Hungry Gods by Adrian TchaikovskyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars “Sometimes future demands sacrifice.” Having read a string of quite unsatisfying novellas recently, I was about to start doubting the ge…| books are life
Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de BodardMy rating: 2 of 5 starsThe idea of this world seemed interesting — who doesn’t like wormhole travel complications? Even if the premise of human naviga…| books are life
Yosemite: The Complete Guide: Yosemite National Park by James KaiserMy rating: 5 of 5 starsI read through this book twice. The first time when the only idea of Yosemite National Park I had was that…| books are life
Shark: The Illustrated Biography by Daniel AbelMy rating: 5 of 5 starsSharks. The teeth in that wide inviting grin. The speed. The sheer persistence of a very successful existence for roughly 450 m…| books are life
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia SamatarMy rating: 2 of 5 starsHoly symbolism. Holy heavy-handed symbolism. The problem when you make your characters so abstract and indistinct tha…| books are life
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyMy rating: 2 of 5 starsThis book, it seems to me, is unsure about what it wants to be. It’s trying to dip into several genres – romance and science fict…| books are life
