also send me book recs!
honestly just all the books ive mentioned in our gc BUT for the sake of sleepover saturday i shall repeat some of them here
the sparrow by mary doria russell - sci fi. story about a jesuit mission to an alien planet that goes terribly wrong. rocked my world
the book thief by markus zusak - historical fiction (wwii). idk what i can say about the book thief that you wouldn't probably already know but this book makes me weep every time i reread it so jot that down ig
the anthropocene reviewed by john green - nonfiction. i'm tired of the internet clowning on john green he's a nice man and a good writer. this is a collection of essays rating various things humanity has created/experienced and i find it very heartwarming
god bless you mr rosewater by kurt vonnegut - fiction, satirical. my personal fave (and imo underrated) vonnegut. fairly short and lighthearted/optimistic to read, but really pokes at the trappings of real world class politics in a way that's both honest and refreshingly not a total drag
terra ignota by ada palmer - sci fi, series. this one is kind of dense ngl, it's about the events leading up to and following the first war humanity's seen in centuries, but i honestly think this is one of those stories kind of like homestuck or 17776 where a simple summary of the basic plot doesn't prepare you at all for the experience of reading it. i likened the experience of reading the first two books especially (too like the lightning & seven surrenders) to watching a chess game being played in the dark. make of this what you will. there's unexpectedly a lot of philosophy in this one (moral/ethical, theological, and gender)
ingredients: the strange chemistry of what we put in us and on us by george zaidan - nonfiction. i think people generally ought to know a bit more about everyday chemicals and this book explains that in a way that's really accessible even to people who don't usually like science
moby dick by herman melville - classic fiction. subscribe to whale weekly
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