Here at the Alibi , we actually make time to read. And then we tell you what we honestly think. You don’t find that kind of dedication everywhere, folks. Here are some of the books we’ve talked about lately.
Hiking Literary Hinterlands with Rennie Sparks
Alibi Managing/Music Editor Samantha Anne Carrillo imagines that Wilderness author and Handsome Family lyricist Rennie Sparks “sits at a bloodwood spinning wheel, weaving personal animus and entomological, historical and cultural facts with folk tales, myth and eldritch events.”See Rennie Sparks on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at Bookworks.Blog Entry
Space Opera Hits a High Note
Abaddon’s Gate begins with a teen who “builds himself a spaceship and attempts to slingshot himself into space and through an alien artifact known as the Ring,” says Jyllian Roach—and then it all starts to get very complex.See authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (writing as James. S.A. Corey) on Thursday, Aug. 22 at Alamosa Books.Blog Entry
Meet Your Neighbors
The Block Capitan’s Daughter “is often like Albuquerque itself: ringing with beautiful language, finding humor in dark places and, above all, honoring the multiple voices inhabiting any place,” according to Nora Hickey.Blog Entry
De Profundis and Back
Suzanne Buck describes Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness as “a terrifyingly real glimpse into a young woman’s struggle with a mysterious illness that threatens to obliterate her physical, mental and emotional health.”Blog Entry
