Only a few books to report on this month, but I’ve got a few in the works right now that I’m really enjoying. Stay tuned!
The Lost History of Dreams by Kris Waldherr • ⭐️⭐️⭐️
This one-sentence synopsis was all I read before diving into this book: “A post-mortem photographer unearths dark secrets of the past that may hold the key to his future, in this captivating debut novel in the gothic tradition of Wuthering Heights and The Thirteenth Tale.”
Sounds good right?
The book was fine. Not enough photography for my taste! And I spent a lot of time asking myself, wait, why should I care about this?
The Deep by Alma Katsu • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
OK, I think this book deserves exactly 3.5 stars—and that’s the general consensus on Goodreads as well.
The Deep is a satisfying retelling of the sinking of the Titanic. Can my ’90s kid brain ever get enough of it? It seems not!
But what I liked about this version was that it wasn’t just a straightforward fictional retelling focusing on the richest passengers (though, they do make appearances). Instead, The Deep follows a stewardess on the Titanic and the strange, occasionally spooky occurrences that seem to follow her on the ship (and later in life too).
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This February we got so much damn snow in Milwaukee. SO MUCH. So listening to this book about guests snowed in at a hotel in the Alps was a great match atmospherically.
I’ll tee you up and let you read the rest: An on-leave detective and her boyfriend takes a trip to visit her brother and his fiancée for an engagement party at this fancy new hotel. The luxury hotel once was a tuberculosis sanatorium, which gives it sort of an unsettling feel. And then there’s a murder. And then everyone gets snowed in. I don’t want to tell you any more!
I’ll say this: If you enjoyed The Hunting Party, you’ll really like The Sanatorium.
As always, you can follow along with my progress and see what I’ve read over on Goodreads!
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