May's pick is Octavia Butler's challenging, disturbing, uncomfortably memorable “Wild Seed.“
Honorable mentions to Shion Miura's “The Great Passage“ (a sort of romance for people turned on by dictionaries); Wilhelm Hauff's fairy tales; Nghi Vo's “Brides of High Hill“; and Charles de Fieux's bonkers fever-dream of a fantasy “Lamekis“. It was a good reading month.
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The day began as a beautiful and vivid dream. It was one of those rare days when the sun was out, and the light was soft and warm, Easter yellow. We were in the garden, just my mother and me; Mary had gone out with father, but my mother was eight months pregnant and tired, so I had stayed to keep her company.
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pickIncredible and realistic way of how human impact ends the ability for humanity to really survive. Fictional. Closer to trends in science than most novels. Bittersweet. Searching for who remains versus the recovery of a millennium without humans.
pickHalfway through, but thoroughly nejoying Le Guin‘s constant links between societal structure snd linguistics. A very simple one being the literal title of the book, the word for dream being the same as root, the ‘two meanings in one‘ concept she uses the highlight the fundamental differences between Terrans and Athsheans‘ perception of life. We both experience this in the narration whilst also experiencing Lyubov experience it with us.
I'm not a big sci-fi person but I am a big history person so this book really worked for me! Plus anything set around Oxford is a yes. #12booksof2025 @TheEllieMo
I read many 4 star books in April and I don't know that this was the best, but it is the one I've thought of most often since, and recommended to people.
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The Animorphs series in general has been a highlight for me this year - originally published in 1997, Little Me was too busy reading Baby Sitters Club books to even give these a second look 🤣 and I really missed out! Better late than never!
The storylines are often bonkers and the themes are BIG and often heavy but there‘s always some banter and great friends to soften the blow…
pickCute horror and snarky AI combine to create this weird, wild adventure. The book is funny and entertaining, and I can picture it as a movie. The spaceship itself is enlisted in the fight against evil monsters. Ya gotta love it!
On the third day of Christmas my favorite book of March was Parable of the Sower. The author's vision of the future 2025 made it difficult to read but the story remained compelling.
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