Samuel R. Delany's The Einstein Intersection won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1967 and was a finalist for the Hugo in 1968. What can I say, I didn't get it. I wanted to like it based on other reviews and feedback I've heard but it jumped around and I just couldn't follow. Maybe I'd have followed more reading it than listening to the audiobook, although I liked the … [Read more...] about The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
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25 Mini Book Reviews
I realized 2021 slipped by without me reviewing any of the books I read this year. So I'm going to do quick, mini, book reviews of everything I read this year. It will be in the order of when I finished the book. I will start with a few sentences about the plot and another paragraph about my thoughts. Enjoy my 25 Mini Book Reviews! 1. The Boy Between: A Mother and Son’s … [Read more...] about 25 Mini Book Reviews
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was our fifth book for Quill Quotes Book Club! Classics won the genre vote and Frankenstein was the clear winner for the book vote. We split the book in half and had two discussions. Everyone enjoyed the book more than they thought they would with the average rating being 4.5 stars! Book Stats Title: Frankenstein; Or, The Modern … [Read more...] about Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
I'm glad I read Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley! I almost didn't after Brave New World wasn't quite up to my expectations, see my review for it here. However, since Revisited is a nonfiction evaluation of the earlier novel rather than a sequel, I found it much more interesting. Unfortunately, it's also somewhat depressing/scary that many of the trends Huxley … [Read more...] about Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley has been on my reading list for a while among other dystopian sci-fi classics like 1984, Animal Farm, and Fahrenheit 451. Unfortunately, I enjoyed those others much more than Brave New World. As one of the first such stories published, I have to assume that Brave New World garners much of its literary success from being one of the first of its … [Read more...] about Brave New World by Aldous Huxley