Literary 4/5
Because Kya, orphaned and abandoned, is shunned by polite society—having raised herself in the marshy backwoods—she is the prime suspect in a murder. This book is beautifully written with compelling characters, a gripping mystery and a twist ending, but it was far too slow-paced for my taste.
Almost finished a manuscript review. 50 pages to go, and the write up. Hope to finish this week.
Alternate History 4/5
Philip is a young Jewish boy growing up in pre-WWII America when Charles Lindbergh is elected president over Franklin D. Roosevelt, siding the US with Germany. This was a chilling portrait of antisemitism and life for Americans under dictatorship.
Made a start on my sister’s book, a biography of a famous Canadian mountain guide. Met with him (he’s 92 years old) and got a bit more material to include in the book.
Nonfiction 4-/5
Weaving together personal stories of his childhood, youth, and young adulthood with significant local and national events in the evolution of racism and this topic’s research and philosophy, Kendi shows compellingly how one cannot fight racism as a “non-racist;” one must be actively anti-racist. This was a truly eye-opening book.
