I have no idea what has come over me this past month or so, but I somehow managed to procrastinate writing this post into oblivion, such that I’ll likely be writing another one of these next week, unless I fall into the mental trap again.

Enough dwelling on mistakes, let’s check out these books.

New Books

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova is the story of a mother who cuts out a piece of her deceased 11-year-old son’s lung and manages, against all sense, to nurture it into gaining sentience, creating a monster that resembles the boy that it came from. This is profoundly strange and I can’t wait to read it. This was an impulsive purchase online, which is rare for books for me, these days, but I have a feeling it won’t disappoint me.

All the Names by José Saramago is a novel I picked up rather inexpensively at a thrift store. I was mostly drawn in because I recognized the author’s name, though I haven’t read any of his books yet. I believe I have a different one on my TBR somewhere. At any rate, the advertised accolades plus the book’s exploration of death and the afterlife had me curious enough to pick it up.

On Book Banning by Ira Wells I picked up rather impulsively after my favourite local bookshop featured it on their Instagram. I’ve never heard of this author before, but it’s a topic I’m interested in and it expresses concern on the issue in a nuanced way, not skewing to one particular side of the political spectrum, so I’m hoping it gives an insightful look into this issue as it stands currently.

At the same bookshop, on a different day, I picked up The Thief of Always by Clive Barker. I’ve never read any Barker before, and the premise of this book reminded me a lot of Coraline, so I decided to jump at the happenstance that a specific one of his books inexplicably caught my interest. I quite like the design of the cover for it too.

Novel Discoveries

I’ve got to be honest, I am drawing an absolute blank as to why The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald is here. Even reading the summary, I cannot recall why I added it or what about it caught my interest. This is a fascinating position to be in. I guess that’s my reason to read it now.

A Frog in the Fall by Linnea Sterte is a graphic novel I want to read because it is about little frog people. To be specific, the art looks lovely and it looks to be more of an all-ages read of a frog fellow going on an adventure, so I think it will make for a relaxing and aesthetically pleasing read. It doesn’t seem to be widely distributed though, so picking it up will be a much more premeditated purchase, if I do end up doing so.

I found out about Curses by George Wylesol when looking into more of the author’s work after finishing 2120 and loving it so much. As it stands, I’m waiting for a copy of this to come into the library after my request for a copy was approved. So far, it seems I’m the reason this author’s work is entering my local library system; I hope more people read his books.

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Until next time, thank you for reading!