Before I talk about the books I’m loving this month, I’ve decided to do a one-year-art-challenge culminating with a tiny art gallery of free tiny art at Nowhere so if you want to send me a tiny art piece (postcard sized or smaller, please) over the next year I’ll make sure it finds its way to a stranger who needs it. Here’s a link to details and an address.
And now…BOOKS.
Lots of great new releases this month that I enjoyed. First up is Colored Television by Danzy Senna, a dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex. Part satire, part thriller.
It had me on the edge of my seat and if you’re a member of the Fantastic Strangelings Book Club we’ll be mailing a gorgeous copy right to your door.
Also loved WILLIAM by Mason Coile…psychological horror meets cyber noir in this deliciously scary one-sitting read. You know what’s creepier than dolls? Dolls that are also robots who haunt you with AI. And if you’re a member of the Nightmares from Nowhere Book Club William is on his way. Not literally, thank god. Avoid having terrifying AI robots mailed directly to you, if possible.
And if you need more books to get you through September, here are a few new releases I enjoyed:
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk – The Nobelist’s latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas. Weird, but good.
What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley – I picked this one up because I liked the cover and then later found out it was the 11th in a series. I’m an idiot. But now I want to go read the other 10 Flavia de Luce books.
Bright I Burn by Molly Aitken – A reimagining of the life of Alice Kyteler, the first woman in Ireland to be condemned for witchcraft. Historical fiction continues to fascinate me and to remind me how much we suck sometimes.
The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods – Is it magic or murder? A historical fiction gothic mystery set at a home for unwed mothers in 1894 Minneapolis.
Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell – A speculative novel set in a world where white people no longer exist where a professor his estranged daughter travel across a truly “post-racial” America in search of answers.
Hard Copy by Fien Veldman – Look, I’ll be honest. With that title and the tagline of “GIRL MEETS PRINTER” I was expecting some weird smut like in that documentary where that lady has sex with the Eiffel Tower. (Have you seen that??) Anyway this was not that. But still interesting.
Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik – A great short story collection from Naomi Novik, who i love.
The Devil at his Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty by Valerie Bauerlein – This one actually came out last month but I couldn’t get a hand on a copy until now and I devoured it. A fantastic true-crime book.
And how about you? Any new books speaking to you or calling to you?
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