Nine Pints
Rose George ☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5 Rose George notes in the acknowledgements of Nine Pints that a book about Blood evolved from a desire to write about periods in depth. This nugget
Dark Integers and other Stories
Greg Egan ☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/5 This recommendation for a top notch SciFi short story collection was anything but. After a promising introduction by the author, the entire collection was a let
Billion Dollar Whale
Tom Wright and Bradley Hope ☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5 Revolted and outraged are the feelings I’m left with after reading this well written book chronicling the brazen multi billion dollar heist better
Where’d you go, Bernadette
Maria Semple ☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5 I was looking for a fun book and this NPR recommendation was on the money—funny and quirky. The first thing you notice about the book is
Six months, three days, five others
Charlie Jane Anders ☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/5 I cannot recall where on the internet I stumbled upon this recommendation in my quest for a good collection of Sci-Fi shorts. And good it
Machines Like Me
Ian McEwan ☆☆☆☆☆ 3/5 I’ve read most books by Ian McEwan and loved all of them—until now. And what a fall from grace for someone who’s been on my favorites
Rules of Civility
Amor Towles ★★★★★ 3.5/5 I picked this up on the reputation Mr Towles built with his fantastic A Gentleman in Moscow, to keep me company during treatment. The book does
The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion ★★★★★ 3.5/5 Heart tugging and engrossing rom-com that lives up to its billing for the genre. The protagonist, Don, is a character very much in the mold of
A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles ★★★★★ 5/5 I stumbled upon this gem of a book in a summer reading list tweet from Bill Gates. In one word: elegant. Set in the Moscow of