Finished reading: Bewilderment: A Novel by Richard Powers 📚

4/5, A moving tale of an astrobiologist who develops models about the potential for life o other planets trying to raise his 9-year old autistic son after his wife is killed in an accident. His desire to keep his son off psychoactive drugs leads them into an astounding journey of neurofeedback training.

Finished reading: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie 📚

3/5, A space ship’s AI, used to control thousands of soldiers and the activities of a large spacecraft, through an act of terror ends up controlling a single human body. That AI is determined to use its body to seek revenge.

Finished reading: The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang 📚

2/5, In 1937, Japan marched into Nanking, the capital of China and over the next six weeks slaughtered the civilian population of the city. This outlines the relatively untold story of the devastation.

Finished reading: Polostan by Neal Stephenson 📚

4/5, An intriguing first book of a series that tells an epic tale a young Russian/American girl’s journey to become an integral part of a pre-atomic Soviet Union, all while setting the scene for the potential for stories ahead.

Finished reading: The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley 📚

3/5, A small group of 30-somethings who went to school together, continue their tradition of spending New Year’s Eve together in a remote portion of the Scottish Highlands. By the turn of the new year one of them is dead and many stunning secrets revealed.

Finished reading: The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi 📚

3/5, Based in the not too distant future, when water has become the most important commodity, three people’s lives collide over the water rights of the Colorado River.

Finished reading: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys 📚

3/5, The stories of four refugees of WWII and their trek to the coast with the promise of escaping the war, ending with their dramatic departure over the Baltic.