Curious, curiouser and curiousest?
Yesterday's reviews were of short and shorter stories, so perhaps it makes sense if today's are of curious and curiouser tales. Science fiction, historical fiction, or magical realism (or both/all three); whatever, these are three books that I've really enjoyed.
First, because cats are always curious, is Mollie Hunt's Cat Summer, a novel that combines ecological and social concerns... and cats. What makes us human, what makes cats feline, and what makes the planet survive all come together here - enjoy with some elegant complex four-star coffee.
Moving from future disaster to present humanity, Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie is a book I've long hoped to read, and I was thrilled to finally find a copy. A book that asks as many questions as it answers, and draws the reader along like music, it's a stark and beautiful read, dark, but always elegant - drink some elegant four-star coffee and keep the darker five-star brew nearby.
And in the past, there's The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, a novel of London's historical streets and Essex marshes, legends and science (which perhaps brings me full circle back the science and myth of Cat Summer). It's a haunting, tortuous tale, slowly told and rewarding to read. Enjoy with some more elegant four-star coffee.
Finally there's Indigo by Geraldine Solon, a novel that combines magical realism with a tale of faith and soulmates, exploring how love might last or change or be changed through the lives of a woman who remembers too much and a man who's forgotten her. Enjoy this one with some easy-drinking two-star coffee.
First, because cats are always curious, is Mollie Hunt's Cat Summer, a novel that combines ecological and social concerns... and cats. What makes us human, what makes cats feline, and what makes the planet survive all come together here - enjoy with some elegant complex four-star coffee.
Moving from future disaster to present humanity, Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie is a book I've long hoped to read, and I was thrilled to finally find a copy. A book that asks as many questions as it answers, and draws the reader along like music, it's a stark and beautiful read, dark, but always elegant - drink some elegant four-star coffee and keep the darker five-star brew nearby.
And in the past, there's The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, a novel of London's historical streets and Essex marshes, legends and science (which perhaps brings me full circle back the science and myth of Cat Summer). It's a haunting, tortuous tale, slowly told and rewarding to read. Enjoy with some more elegant four-star coffee.
Finally there's Indigo by Geraldine Solon, a novel that combines magical realism with a tale of faith and soulmates, exploring how love might last or change or be changed through the lives of a woman who remembers too much and a man who's forgotten her. Enjoy this one with some easy-drinking two-star coffee.
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