Summer Summary: August 2015

Wondering what this Summer Summary thing is all about? Here’s the context! In this Summer Summary, I’ll cover what I read and listened to in August of 2015. As with first three installments, rather than go in reading order, I’ll list the books in order from favorite to least favorite. Title links will take you to Goodreads, if you’d like …

Thoughts on “The Gracekeepers” by Kirsty Logan

The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan came to me through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program. About the Book: Sometime in the unspecified future, the seas of Earth have risen. Great cities are now completely under water, and all that remains of the land are tiny islands scattered throughout the vast oceans. Earth’s population has sorted itself into …

Thoughts on “The Martian Chronicles” by Ray Bradbury

The Martian Chronciles was recommended to me by a bookstore coworker several years ago, and it’s been sitting on my shelf ever since — a perfect candidate for the TBR Pile Challenge. I enjoyed Fahrenheit 451 when I listened to it a while back, so I was looking forward to wandering into Bradbury’s world again. About …

Thoughts on “The Eyre Affair” by Jasper Fforde

After years of hearing fellow book bloggers rave about The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde and the Thursday Next books that follow it, I finally read the thing! Yay! About the Book: The Eyre Affair is a little hard to describe. It’s set around 1985 in what mostly resembles Great Britain. Certain key events in our …

Thoughts on “Cel & Anna: A 22nd Century Love Story” by Lindsay Edmunds

Alright, guys. Remember when I said I was taking an indefinite break from reviewing? Well, I just read a book that made me change my mind. I came across Cel & Anna because the author, Lindsay Edmunds, is in my book group. It’s not the sort of book I usually pick up. But man, am I …