This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. Annihilation: Book 1 of the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer (2014) An expedition of four unnamed female scientists ventures into the mysterious Area X, and bad things happen. I used to be a superfan of the TV show Lost until … Continue reading Favorite Books of the 2010s: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer
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I like to track my reading in multiple ways, for which I use the various OCD tracking tools on LibraryThing. One way is to track what I read during the year as compared to what others were reading during the same period (here's the list). It interests me to see what trends emerge. Here are … Continue reading Popular Books Read and Unread in 2015
Here are my five favorite reads of the year, a nice mix of old classics and new discoveries. Please post your favorite reads of the year in the comments. (These are books read during the past year and enjoyed, but not necessarily published in 2015.) Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (my essay on a kinder, gentler … Continue reading Top Five Reads of the Year
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer is everything I liked about Lost, but much better executed. An expedition of four unnamed female scientists ventures into the mysterious Area X, and bad things happen. Area X, like the island in Lost, is a weird, unsettling, indefinable place where disquieting things happen that cannot be explained. Those who venture into it are irrevocably … Continue reading Recommended Reading: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
