Leah Bloom, Joanne McLernon, Catya Belfer -- and anyone else interested in ad hoc book club.
Although these come out in January (meaning it'd be February before we could really discuss them), here are a number of genre books that grabbed my attention and might make a good book to read:
Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely
Heartland by Ana Simo
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
The Infinite Future by Tim Wirkus
Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
As an aside, Nick Harkaway's books are a bit tricky to read (less so than Lincoln in the Bardo) but the payoff is usually very, very good. The Gone-Away World is flat-out amazing.
Also, two recommendations for books that are actually out:
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr by John Crowley -- Crowley is one of America's great magical realists and this looks to be pretty good.
Creatures of Will and Temper by Molly Tanzer -- I'm not a big fan of most Victorian Occult books, but I really liked the blurb for this one.
For all that I read extensively, I have never joined a book club...is it mostly just read-and-discuss?
ReplyDeleteSibyl L Mostly a few of us wanted to be able to talk about the same book when we go together at various holiday parties. So we pick a book, give a generous period of time for everyone to read it and then, ideally, we discuss in person though often we just talk about it here.
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