Books Read This Month 1. My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays and One Wondering Jew by Abigail Pogrebin 2. Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik (Temeraire #6) 3. Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik (Temeraire #7) 4. Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho 5. Blue Horses by Mary Oliver 6. The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro 7. Paper Brigade Vol. 3 (Jewish Book Council Literary Magazine) 8. The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders 9. A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren Favorite Book This Month The Le Guin is strong with this one. When Charlie Jane Anders said "I went through Le Guin's house and took everything that wasn't nailed down," at the Baltimore Book Festival, she wasn't kidding. Despite the obvious parallels to Le Guin though (frozen landscape, mirror societies), Anders also evokes Asimov, Butler, Bradbury, L'Engle and I'm sure at least a dozen other scifi writers and movies I've never even heard of. Anders' city(ies) sit neatly in the...
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