Michael Gouker rated Parable of the Sower: 3 stars

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. …
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In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. …
Great characters. Drenched in reimagined history. A story of choices, where the main character does not always do what I hoped, but there never were good choices.
Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American Civil War, it tells the …
"In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow …
Mary L. Trump's memoir is a well-written family chronicle. She has lucid language and tells a credible story. We are about the same age so it's interesting for me to compare our experiences. I am not rich, but my life seems so much better.
In any case, Donald Trump is not the star of Mary Trump's story. That must piss him off. He is more like a troll that keeps showing up, each time a little more tawdry.
My one concern is the lingering doubt whether she would have remained quiet had she been paid off. My gut feeling is she would have just taken her place in line with the others as they marched across our democracy in their storm boots.
Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off …
Not much is known about Shakespeare, and Bryson delivers it to us with the awe of pure admiration. My favorite chapter was the discussion of other claimants of his work. Brilliantly sliced and ruthlessly diced.
Very good analysis of Shakespeare's plays that feels fresh. Garber knows the material well and gives many fresh insights on the work.
In this quintessential Shakespeare tragedy, a young prince's halting pursuit of revenge for the murder of his father unfolds in …