Category: Book Recommendations
Book Review: Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
Dead Mountain is a true story about a group of students who went missing in February 1959 after going hiking in the treacherous Russian Ural Mountains. Donnie interviews people decades later and tries to solve their mysterious deaths and that means he has to take the same journey to figure out how the nine students died. …
Book Review: World Gone By
When Joe learns that a hit put on him from a stranger he doesn’t know, he becomes paranoid. He can’t sleep anymore and decides to find the person that is supposed to kill him before the date of his hit. That means Joe has to use everything at his disposal including his former crime partners to ensure his and his family’s safety. …
Book Review: Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates recounts anecdotes of growing up in the United States and how it is a different world for a black person. He fears for his son’s life and tries to give him advice that he has gained over the course of his life. Coates’ college friend was killed by police and tries to understand why and come to terms with it. …
Book Review: Sword of Destiny
The short stories start off with Geralt of Rivia being dragged into hunting a dragon even though it is against the Witcher’s code. What follows is a story about love and heartbreak. This is the most vulnerable you see the Witcher. He has been told he is incapable of emotions and he knows that but yet he still tries. …
The Poppy War: Book Summary
Rin is an orphan who is going to be wed off if she doesn’t ace her test and enter the prestigious Sinegard Academy. This sets off her trajectory and leads to her becoming a soldier for the Nikara Empire and the dark secrets of the country. Rin learns about her past and must decide what path to follow; peace or destruction? …
The Golem and the Jinni: Book Summary
In Little Syria, New York City, a jinni has been freed from a flask that he was trapped in for centuries. Ahmad tries to recover his memories as he walks around Manhattan at night. Also in the city, Schaalman has followed the golem and seeks immortality and will go to any lengths to accomplish that. …
The Tattooist of Auschwitz: Book Summary
Lale Sokolov is a prisoner when the novel starts. He is being taken to Auschwitz and we find out how he came to be arrested and transported. We follow him on his horrible journey and all he does to survive the concentration camp and the war. He is assigned to be a tattooist and we see him fight his oppressors as he is forced to work for them. …