Tag: 2010s
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge (2017) When Marina’s husband, Charles, checks out of the mental hospital after having a breakdown and disappears with only his clothes left behind at the shore of a lake, she retraces his footsteps in…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: American War by Omar El Akkad
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. American War by Omar El Akkad (2017) There are two things that books can do that as a reader I live for: one is to create a world that I can completely inhabit in my imagination, and the other is to…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: Strange Weather by Joe Hill
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. Strange Weather: Four Short Novels by Joe Hill (2017) I agree with what Hill writes in his afterword about short novels: I am drawn to them more and more, especially in the horror genre, as they seem to be just the…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. Borne by Jeff VanderMeer (2017) A fable disguised as a dystopia, set in a ruined City on an unnamed Earth, where Rachel scavenges for supplies to give her lover, Wick, who makes biotech to sell to other survivors. The City is…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: Ill Will by Dan Chaon
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. Ill Will by Dan Chaon (2017) My first impressions of this book were not great. It seemed like a hot mess, to be honest. Jumping around in time and in point of view, from third person to first, and sometimes even…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. Universal Harvester by John Darnielle (2017) If you are of a certain age, you likely remember the video store as a regular stop on the errands run. And if you grew up in a small American town, you may remember the…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott (2016) Sixteen-year-old Devon is an elite gymnast with a shot at the Olympics, and everyone and everything in her life revolves around that goal. When someone she knows is killed by a hit-and-run driver,…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters (2016) I highly enjoyed and appreciated this gripping book on three levels. First, it presents a fascinating what-if scenario. In this alternate America, instead of having a civil war, the states came to a compromise…
Shannon Turlington 