February Reading Wrap-Up
Posted Thursday, February 27, 2025
Poetry
Another Way to Split Water by Alycia Pirmohamed
Sunny Ways by Ryan Fitzpatrick
Air Salt by Ian Kinney
Fiction
The Paris Agent by Kelly Rimmer
Necessary People by Anna Pitoniak
Manga
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Vol. 2 by Naoko Takeuchi
A Selection from the Currently Reading List (My actual list is longer)
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer
The Incarnations by Susan Barker
March Mystery Madness Read
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Literary Fiction of the Week
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The story follows a couple who leave Nigeria behind during a time of military-rule. They arrive at London first. Years later, they find themselves in America, trying to live and thrive as immigrants, and their new identities as Black Americans.
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Wallace is attending a university in the Mid-West. He is Black and Queer, as well as from Alabama. The book shows a young person navigating post-secondary life in Contemporary United States.
A Shout in the Ruins by Kevin Power
A multi-generational saga that begins with Virginia during the American Civil War tracing the lives on the inhabitants of a plantation. A hundred years pass by into the 20th century.
Paranormal Fantasy of the Week
Angel’s Blood by Nalini Singh
The story follows vampire hunter Elena Deveraux from the first in an urban fantasy series the author first released in 2010. She is hired by the beautiful Archangel Raphael on a task she cannot fail.
Mass Market Paperback of the Week
Mallworld by Somtow Sucharitkul
In this world, a shopping mall is the size of the planet. There is a bit of the humor and wit from classic sci-fi imagining the world consumed with buying and selling, and all the goods that miraculously appear in the shops and stalls of the marketplace. The book was published in 1981.
Posted on Thursday, February 13, 2025
Starting this Week
Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer
Tycho arrives at a small village. He has left the demands of life at the castle for something quieter. He meets a handsome blacksmith whom he doesn’t expect to fall in love. This a return to the world of the Cursebreakers series.
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
Loose and wayward girls are sent to a home for unwed mothers. In this place, they endure hardship, but they also find a form of magic. This is the latest of books by the author in the horror genre.
Backlist Books of the Week
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A tale about vampires in Mexico City following along through a journey as a young woman who is more than she appears who navigates through the dark streets, and finds a normal guy.
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The start of the Raven Cycle that follows four boys in a private boarding school. Blue Sergeant lives in the town. Her mother is a clairvoyant. Blue is determined to stay away from the boys, but she is drawn to one in particular.
Non-Fiction Book of the Week
Finding Me by Viola Davis
The movie star recounts her days on Rhode Island and how she made her way to the stage and screen. An acclaimed actor, she looks back at the life she left behind in the old apartment building she grew up in.
Posted Friday, February 7, 2025
Starting This Week
The Paris Agent by Kelly Rimmer
It is 1970. Charlotte’s mother has passed away. Her father has decided to at last tell his story in the war. He begins to look back at his past, which leads Charlotte on the trail of two women spies.
The Incarnations by Susan Barker
Someone gets into the taxi in Beijing. The driver is a man with a wife and a child. This begins a haunting tale from a narrator who seems to know the driver far longer than anyone else would know, but the driver is unaware.
Continuing This Week
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
A man has died mysteriously. There is a duel between the police and the suspect to anticipate each others’ moves to reach the tense conclusion that has many shades of grey.
The Theory of Crows by David A. Robertson
A father and teenage daughter find themselves in a difficult point in their lives. While the father is distracted, the daughter is growing up and finding her place in the world. They take a trip to find the family trapline out on the land as a way to understand each other.
Non-fiction Book of the Week
Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Worlds by Malka Marom
A carefully put together book of text, images, and song lyrics with interviews the author conducted with Joni Mitchell over three sessions are transcribed to the page. Released in 2014.
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