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April Wrap-Up

Books Read This Month

  1. Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
  2. King Solomon's Table by Joan Nathan
  3. To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
  4. Life Will Be the Death of Me:...And You Too! by Chelsea Handler
  5. The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
  6. A Paris Affair by Tatiana de Rosnay
  7. The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab

Favorite Book This Month

Technically, it's a novella, but To Be Taught, If Fortunate is some of the best science fiction I've ever read. Taught exudes the same hopeful Federation spirit as Chambers' excellent but more fanciful Wayfarers' books. I can tell that, like me, Chambers grew up on Star Trek and is truly a literary heir to Roddenberry. In a time like this, I needed this hopeful comfort.Tightly focused on the science of space travel as well as planetary and evolutionary biology, it ultimately explores the larger question: should we explore the universe because we can? 

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Judy Krueger said…
I loved Summer Sisters when I read it years ago, though my reading group panned it terribly. Maybe they were just embarrassed?
I heard Cheryl Strayed talk to Judy Blume on her NYT podcast. It was great!
May 1, 2020 at 12:04 PM
Space Station Mir said…
I love everything Judy Blume writes and Summer Sisters was no exception. It certainly does cover a lot of embarrassingly honest territory (as Blume usually does) and it's not my favorite of hers, but well worth reading, I thought. I meant to listen to that podcast, I 'll have to get to it!
May 1, 2020 at 12:20 PM
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