Secrets are at the center of much fiction and non-fiction writing. I write about the secrets of "Dune Messiah", "What My Mother and I Don't Talk About", "Babel", and Erin Hunter's "Eclipse".
Tag: books
Last week’s books: Isolation
I've been feeling more isolated lately, so I related to book characters that feel similarly. Featuring "Dune Messiah", "Babel, or the Necessity of Violence", "A Wrinkle in Time", and "What My Mother and I Don't Talk About"
Last week’s books: Timelines
I've been thinking how we are always in the middle of the stories of our lives, and I was sensitive to the (un)certainty of future in the books I read last week: "Ninth House", "Dune Messiah", and "We Spread".
Last week’s books: How we treat our bodies
Reflecting on how the books I read last week portrayed bodies and our relationship to them. Featuring "The Red", "All Her Little Secrets", "The Body Is Not an Apology", "Get a Life, Chloe Brown".
How I rate books
I explain how I choose ratings for books on goodreads.
Last week’s books: Art and Pain
Thinking how the books I read last week handled traumatic events and their aftermath. Featuring "Catch-22", "Only Child", "Self-portrait with Boy", and "The Great Alone".
Best books read in 2021
The books I enjoyed the most in 2021. Spoiler alert, many of them were queer-themed.
Last week’s books: Contribution
Last week I was thinking about valuable contributions we can make. Here's how that reflected on my reading of "Red Clocks", "Summer Sons", "Flowers for Algernon", and "But Some of Us Are Brave".
Last week’s books: Belonging
Last week I was thinking about belonging, and whether we get to choose where we belong. Here's how this theme was raised in "Swing Time", "Spirit Run: A 6000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land", "Red Clocks", and "Summer Sons".