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Book Notes 9/19/2023

Posted to Book Notes on September 19, 2023 at 11:24 AM by Genesis Gaule

Blog Book Notes

9/19/2023

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Red Memory

by Tania Branigan

Call Number: 951.056092 BRANIGAN

This book uncovers forty years of silence through the stories of individuals who lived through the madness. Deftly exploring how this era defined a generation and continues to impact China today, Branigan asks: What happens to a society when you can no longer trust those closest to you? What happens to the present when the past is buried, exploited, or redrawn? And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over?


An Honest Man

by Michael Koryta

Call Number: KORYTA

After discovering seven men murdered aboard their yacht – including two Senate rivals – Israel Pike is regarded as a prime suspect. A troubled man infamous on Salvation Point Island for killing his own father a decade before, Israel has few options, no friends, and a life-threatening secret. Elsewhere on the island, 12-year-old Lyman Rankin seeks shelter from his alcoholic father in an abandoned house only to discover that he is not alone. A mysterious woman greets him with a hatchet and a promise: “Make a sound and I’ll kill you.”


To the End of the Earth

The US Army and the downfall of Japan, 1945
by John C. McManus

Call Number: MH 940.5426 MCMANUS

The dawn of 1945 finds a US Army at its peak in the Pacific. Allied victory over Japan is all but assured. The only question is how many more months—or years—of fight does the enemy have left.


More Perfect

by Temi Oh

Call Number: Science Fiction OH

Using the myth of Eurydice as a structure, this riveting science fiction novel is set in a near-future London where it has become popular for folks to have a small implant that allows one access to a more robust social media experience directly as an augmented reality. However, the British government has taken oversight of this access to an extreme, slowly tilting towards a dystopian overreach, all in the name of safety.


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