The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1994) was all over the place. I’m usually not a fan of a story that is a collection of mini-stories with different characters in…
The Sirens of Titan
The Sirens of Titan is one of my favorite books. At least in the top three of my favorite Kurt Vonnegut books — up there with Player Piano and Cat’s…
Ready Player Two
Oh boy, it’s time we talk about Ready Player Two, the sequel book that nobody asked for. I really enjoyed Ready Player One, the movie was meh, but the book…
Tillie Walden: Are You Listening?
The artwork in Tillie Walden’s graphic novel Are you Listening is breathtakingly beautiful. The story accomplishes a lot for the short duration of the book. The story follows two young…
And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed is yet another excellent book by Khaled Hosseini, chronicling the story of an Afghan family. As a whole, it isn’t as cohesive or moving as Hosseini’s…
The Prince of Milk
It’s incredible how much the novel The Prince of Milk did: love, philosophy, sci-fi, nihilism, horror, thriller. The short chapters and intriguing plot made this a book I couldn’t put…
Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reasons Why was initially published as a novel by Jay Asher in 2007 and then later turned into a Netflix original series in 2017. This is a particularly hard…
Fahrenheit 451
“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life” How can a book like Fahrenheit 451 stay relevant after being published over sixty years ago? It is well known that…
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip Dick can definitely go down on the list of things you must read to be cultured. This was a short book; however,…