Hello, Lauren - As always, thank you for the newsletters and my book recommendation for the virtual bookclub is the Newsflesh series by Mira Grant. The series has a virus outbreak, zombies, politics AND journalism all tied together! Best Regards, from a fellow Pancake Brain.
Now that Game of Thrones is gone (and the books may never be forthcoming), many people are looking for another fantasy series. I humbly suggest the Gentleman Bastards series by Scott Lynch. It involves a fully-realized world, terrific writing, enough plot twists and turns to keep you engaged, and some really great swashbuckling action. It's smart, funny, and you will love reading it. The Lies of Locke Lamora is book 1 and one of my favorite books I've read in the last 10 years.
Hi, Lauren! I love Pancake Brain and have a book club recommendation. I haven’t finished it yet, but Politics is for Power by Eitan Hersh has been excellent so far.
I just want to say, Happy Death Day and its sequel are among my favorite movies of the last few years. The former is more a comedy/love story with a few horror tropes thrown in, while the latter a sci-fi comedy that provides an explanation for what happened in the first.
A lot of horror fans complained about them because they’re not really scary (there are a very small number of intense scenes, however).
"The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris" by David McCullough is a great escape to worse times that somehow makes you feel better anyway. Beautifully written and researched. Of the Cholera outbreak in France in 1826 her writes,
“A young French woman, Amandine-Aurore-Lucie Dupin, who had just published her first novel, under the pen name George Sand lived directly across the Seine from the morgue on the Ile de la Cite and could see from her window the wagonloads of dead bodies being delivered. She and her friends had made a pact to meet at the Luxembourg Gardens every day at a certain time to be sure they were all still alive. Strangely enough though much of life in Paris went on as usual. People strolled the parks and boulevards and dined at the cafes as though they had not a worry.”
Hello, Lauren - As always, thank you for the newsletters and my book recommendation for the virtual bookclub is the Newsflesh series by Mira Grant. The series has a virus outbreak, zombies, politics AND journalism all tied together! Best Regards, from a fellow Pancake Brain.
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz should definitely be on your reading list, Lauren.
Loved your latest piece that puts it all into perspective. Thoughtful and beautifully written. Thanks.
Such a Fun Age by Kiely Reid deals was an interesting, yet easy read.
Now that Game of Thrones is gone (and the books may never be forthcoming), many people are looking for another fantasy series. I humbly suggest the Gentleman Bastards series by Scott Lynch. It involves a fully-realized world, terrific writing, enough plot twists and turns to keep you engaged, and some really great swashbuckling action. It's smart, funny, and you will love reading it. The Lies of Locke Lamora is book 1 and one of my favorite books I've read in the last 10 years.
Hi, Lauren! I love Pancake Brain and have a book club recommendation. I haven’t finished it yet, but Politics is for Power by Eitan Hersh has been excellent so far.
P.s. thanks for being you
I just want to say, Happy Death Day and its sequel are among my favorite movies of the last few years. The former is more a comedy/love story with a few horror tropes thrown in, while the latter a sci-fi comedy that provides an explanation for what happened in the first.
A lot of horror fans complained about them because they’re not really scary (there are a very small number of intense scenes, however).
"Figuring" by Maria Popova. It connects one with the universe.
Virtual book club, yaaaas!
"The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris" by David McCullough is a great escape to worse times that somehow makes you feel better anyway. Beautifully written and researched. Of the Cholera outbreak in France in 1826 her writes,
“A young French woman, Amandine-Aurore-Lucie Dupin, who had just published her first novel, under the pen name George Sand lived directly across the Seine from the morgue on the Ile de la Cite and could see from her window the wagonloads of dead bodies being delivered. She and her friends had made a pact to meet at the Luxembourg Gardens every day at a certain time to be sure they were all still alive. Strangely enough though much of life in Paris went on as usual. People strolled the parks and boulevards and dined at the cafes as though they had not a worry.”
Just read a review of "This Town Sleeps" by Dennis Staples and it's on my to-read list - sooner if I'm facing a quarantine situation (review here: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/03/09/ghosts-murder-forbidden-love-roam-northern-mn-in-ojibwe-writers-new-novel).