A local bookseller sold their height's worth of copies of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley - they were so excited about it and I ended up loving it too!
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A local bookseller sold their height's worth of copies of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley - they were so excited about it and I ended up loving it too!
Nice! I'm hoping to get this as a gift to add to the personal collection, I enjoyed it that much
Cover image of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Catch-up #LibFaves25 in no particular order:
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THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by Stephen Graham Jones
I said no particular order, but this is my clear favorite from the year. I read it twice - book and audiobook. Floored by how each of the three narrative voices is so distinct, yet 100% SGJ.
Cover image of Tiff & Eve by Fran Sundblad
Catch-up #LibFaves25 in no particular order:
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TIFF & EVE by Fran Sundblad
This is the first printed volume of a lovely webcomic about the misadventures of two Twin Cities roommates. Hilarious and heartfelt, while also a love letter to the newspaper comic strip.
Cover image of The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon
Catch-up #LibFaves25 in no particular order:
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THE GALES OF NOVEMBER by John U. Bacon
I've lived all over the Midwest but am mostly Minnesotan, so crying to Gordon Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is an annual tradition. Page-turning and so emotional.
Cover image of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Catch-up #LibFaves25 in no particular order:
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ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS by Omar El Akkad
A true must read, and so glad it won the National Book Award.
Cover image of Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
Catch-up #LibFaves25 in no particular order:
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KATABASIS by R.F. Kuang
What's a descent into literal hell when you've come from academia? So sharp and clever!
Cover image of You Didn't Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip by Kelsey McKinney
Catch-up #LibFaves25 in no particular order:
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YOU DIDN'T HEAR THIS FROM ME by Kelsey McKinney
Fantastic nonfiction exploring gossip. I expected to learn a lot (which I did) but did not expect it to be so heartfelt. But why shouldn't this very human activity hit the heartstrings?
Cover image of To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage
Catch-up #LibFaves25 in no particular order:
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TO THE MOON AND BACK by Eliana Ramage
Swept away by this dazzling story of ambition and family.
Cover image of When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi
Catch-up #LibFaves25 in no particular order:
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WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE by John Scalzi
Silly premise, the moon has turned to cheese, treated absolutely seriously makes for a delicious read!
Cover image of The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founing by Joseph Ellis
Catch-up #LibFaves25 in no particular order:
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THE GREAT CONTRADICTION by Joseph Ellis
Looks at the true foundation of these United States: slavery and Indian removal. Appreciated the perspectives of founding-era voices. We don't "know better" now, people have always thought this was bad!
Cover image of The Hounding: a novel by Xenobe Purvis
Ack! Somehow it's already the last day of #LibFaves25 and I haven't shared anything! So many good reads this year, I'll try to play catch-up and share brief thoughts in no particular order:
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THE HOUNDING by Xenobe Purvis
Such a potent and timely parable. Not a word wasted.
Is this connected to the Barbosa from Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean at all? That had some speculative elements, but I would think that's more low fantasy than SF.
This page for IA shows what's funded, but I'm not finding any statements about the closure: statelibraryofiowa.gov/funding-gran...
I'm a librarian and I like using this site: www.litlovers.com
It has some good posts on leading discussion, some general Q's for discussing any book, and book-specific Q's too.
Good luck!
So so sorry. Here's my two pups.
Zola (l) & Daisy (r)! They're both 4 and are cutie patooties!