Rich Horton Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Rich Horton

There is a sort of special pleasure in finding that one of your favorite writers loves one of your favorite books. Here is @haszombiesinit on the subject of Robertson Davies' glorious novel FIFTH BUSINESS (and, indeed, on the whole DEPTFORD TRILOGY): https://lithub.com/kelly-link-why-you-should-read-this-classic-trilogy/

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Here's a quick look at Kelly Robson's HIGH TIMES IN THE LOW PARLIAMENT. https://t.co/LCwTrXyUvm

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Here's a review of Alaya Dawn Johnson's powerful and wrenching novel TROUBLE THE SAINTS, the 2021 World Fantasy Award winner for Best Novel. https://t.co/gjq7gMT5sB

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Finally, a D. E. Stevenson book I can call a success! Here's a review of MISS BUNCLE'S BOOK, one of her earliest novels: https://t.co/7zvgYHGGgn

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Here's a review of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Clarke Award winning novel from 2015, CHILDREN OF TIME. https://t.co/4JKceGeTHR

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I've published a review of Jo Walton's excellent 2019 novel LENT, which I finally got to recently via the Audible version. https://rrhorton.blogspot.com/2021/04/review-lent-by-jo-walton.html

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As Hugo nomination time nears, I have started KLARA AND THE SUN, by Kazuo Ishiguro. So far, it is magnificent. (I'm a bit worried it may be leaning a bit too much into the easiest possible way to get reader sympathy, but we'll see how that plays out.)

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Here's my review of Alessandro Manzoni's great novel THE BETROTHED, considered Italy's "national novel". https://t.co/XgAc217tCM

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Here's my review of Annalee Newitz' fascinating new novel THE TERRAFORMERS. https://t.co/cqHKDrXTV8

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A review of Christopher Rowe's excellent novella "These Prisoning Hills", the third story set in the very weird future introduced in "The Voluntary State", one of the great stories of this new millennium. (First of a series of 2022 short fiction reviews.) https://t.co/6a96NCOlEc