Big Reading Month for June
Hellur Luvlies! June is over and what a wonderful month it was. I read like I was preparing for a summer school contemporary lit course. Surprised by how many dark tales I managed to finish. Reading slow horror isn’t my jam… or is it now?
Anywho, here are my mini book reports for each title.
Enjoy!
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June Reading List – Reviews
LUVED
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (aka Blade Runner) by Philip K. Dick – One of the most beautiful films ever made was based off this book. Cudos to Ridley Scott for making a cult classic, sci-fi love story out of this novel, because it is definitely not. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is much darker and closer to Denis Villeneuve’s visual interpretation. The story looks at how Mars’ neo-slave colony failed and robots are trying to return back to earth. They keep putting out improved versions of robots that are harder to detect, and these robots have the worst parts of humanity in them. For humans left on earth, are left to die slowly from toxic dust and aim to strive to own and nurture real animals. Ohmygurd! It’s a great read that you can finish in an afternoon.
The Correspondent: A Novel by Virginia Evans – A story of a life told through letters and other correspondence. I laughed and bawled my eyes out. I cannot express how much I enjoyed this book.
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury – Bradbury chronicles the failure of future Mars colonies because humans be human-ing. It’s an earth positive tale of the future, where he basically says, ‘Get your act together cuz this is all we’ve got. Plus, we can’t bring our bad ways to other planets’.
YAY
A Murder of Crows: A completely gripping British cozy mystery by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett – lots of twists and turns with this ‘who-done-it’. I found myself shouting, ‘Just tell them the truth!!’ throughout this adventure. I will read more.
Assumption by Percival Everett – Ties in with HIW (below). A story about a law abiding law man who takes a wrong turn, but the reader is not sure when that happens exactly or if any of it’s true.
Half an Inch of Water: Stories by Percival Everett – Stories about sheriffs, snake bites, animals, heedless philandering spouses, hunting and more.
Heir of Fire: Throne of Glass, Book 3 by Sarah J. Maas – The journey of Celaena Sardothien continues as she discovers her full powers. A few new characters were introduced, which I found hard to keep track of.
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn – Oooohh this is for the young black girls who are left out of magical tales. It hits the ground running. The way Deonn weaves the history of the South, classism, and education is exciting. This is not an adult book though. It’s for the youts, but I can appreciate how exciting this would be for a young person reading this.
Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova – A dark story about grief and how it manifests desperation into a living form. It uses the classic Latin American magical realism that I adore. Oh, and this book is ‘People be ghey‘ personified.
The Good Eye by Jess Gibson – The pacing of the stories was perfection and Gibson brings you into the psyche of each character with ease. Every tale needs time to be digested.
The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell – I LURV the way Rundell tells a story. This is a continuation of world built in Impossible Creatures. We meet Anya, a brave girl who stands up to tyranny with the help of trustworthy Christopher. I didn’t think she could top book #1 in this series, but she might have…
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman – If you love the Thursday Murder Club series, you’ll enjoy this multi-generational tale of kooky characters pooling their resources together to solve murders.
NAY
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong – while I loved the time period this was set, Romeo and Juliet doesn’t need a retelling, especially when it involves monsters who kill.
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino – I get the feeling the author wanted this to be a Millenial point of reference, like Generation X by Douglas Coupland was but it misses the mark. It is a memoir or a gossip girl-style history book. idunno
RENEWED
Annihilation: The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 1 by Jeff VanderMeer
Herland By Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The City Changes Its Face by Eimear McBride
The Damage: A Novel by Caitlin Wahrer
The Great Mann: A Novel by Kyra Davis Lurie
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
DNF
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell – I did not DNF this because of the writing; I just wasn’t interested in the subject of John Donne.
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xoxo Luv Laney Luv
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