Here, the movers and shakers of global politics, religion, finances, art, science, and society are brought together in the wake of events of the last book to ensure the continuation of a global peace that is threatening, at last, to give way.
This is the continuation of Palmer’s “Terra Ignota” series, set in Earth’s far future. Note: We both also voted for Katherine Arden and The Bear and the Nightingale in the “Debut Goodreads Author” category.Īrdis: Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer. The Bear and the Nightingale is no sweet fairy tale, but a harrowing and otherworldly struggle that will ultimately determine the fate of not just Vasya but her entire family and their town. In a remote Russian winter home, a young girl (Vasya) struggles to balance the old traditions of home and hearth with the new intrusion of Christianity (and its believers who insist their ways must be followed). This is such an amazing modern introduction of classic fairy tales, where sprites and spirits and gods large and small inhabit the world we mortals think of as our own. I’m a fan of Neil Gaiman and Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, and this story reminded me a bit of their work.Īrdis: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. This beautiful story explores the roles available to women and the impact of Christianity on paganism. It’s book one of a fairy tale set in medieval Russia about a young girl who may be a witch.
Completely original.īyron: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. At various points, it is thought-provoking, funny, sad, and beautiful.
It is boldly experimental, with three main (ghost) narrators/characters and another 160 or so other characters who provide (usually brief) additional lines, descriptions, and commentary. It recently won the Man Booker Prize and is on the Carnegie Medal shortlist. It’s the best book that I’ve read this year (so far), with every word of this fairly short novel being precisely correct and beautiful.īyron: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. Ghosts in a graveyard narrate and comment upon the unprecedented event of a living person, Abraham Lincoln, visiting his son’s grave and holding his son’s body. It’s about a young couple that flees their unnamed war-torn nation through one of the magic doors that have been appearing all over the world.
Voting for the Goodreads Choice Awards is in full swing! Here is how we voted:īyron: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid.
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