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.
Finished the novel revisions and submitted Rivers of Ivy to my publisher. Yay!
We had a small family gathering for my sister, and her celebration of life won’t be until spring, so I’m not sure how busy I will be with family for a bit. It’s all very strange. However, I will be taking on a couple of editing clients, as well as finishing my sister’s book, while I wait for feedback from my publisher.
Science Fiction 3/5
A modern classic, this first book of the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy recounts the underpinnings of Earth’s first contact with inhabitants of a planet doomed by the Three Body Problem. A must-read for students of science fiction with compelling central ideas, but I found the plot slow and wandering.
