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Jed
First Look Club: Jed reviews Babel by R.F. Kuang
Posted on September 27, 2022| Posted in First Look Club, Book Collection
At its very core, Babel is a novel structured around semiotics. The best reason to read this book would be for the imaginative world-building, the fantastic intersection between translation and magic, and the deep dives into all sorts of language-related facts. Read Jed's review on the blog.
First Look Club: Jed reviews Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen
Counterfeit pulls off a very neat twist about two-thirds of the way in. It’s a story about friendship, family, criminal enterprises, and the Asian way of doing things. Read Jed's review on the blog.
First Look Club: Jed reviews This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Posted on April 21, 2022| Posted in First Look Club
This Time Tomorrow is already an easy recommendation for its interesting plot and effortlessly engaging prose. This time travel story is light on the science but heavy with heart. Read Jed's review on the blog.
First Look Club: Jed reviews The Anatomy of Anxiety by Ellen Vora
Posted on February 22, 2022| Posted in Book Reviews
The Anatomy of Anxiety is a very interesting book, because readers will most likely gravitate towards one of the two different parts as more insightful or more essential to them. Read the full review on the blog.
First Look Club: Jed reviews Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby
Posted on January 6, 2022| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
Shit Cassandra Saw is bursting with ideas and commentary about the female condition. As a collection of ideas and emotions and concepts, it’s an excellent book. Read Jed's review on the blog.
First Look: Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
Posted on August 11, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
Inhabiting her childhood perspective with exquisite lyric clarity and unforgettable charm and strength, Qian Julie Wang has penned an essential American story about a family fracturing under the weight of invisibility, and a girl coming of age in the shadows, who never stops seeking the light.
First Look Club: Jed reviews Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
Posted on August 11, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
Beautiful Country is the story of Qian Julie Wang’s childhood as an illegal immigrant in New York. It has a unique and inspiring story to tell, and it is—no weak pun intended—beautifully written. Read Jed's review on the blog.
First Look Club: Jed reviews Widespread Panic by James Ellroy
Posted on June 4, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
From the modern master of noir comes a novel based on the real-life Hollywood fixer Freddy Otash, the malevolent monarch of the 1950s L.A. underground, and his Tinseltown tabloid Confidential magazine. Read Jed's review on the blog.
First Look: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Posted on May 2, 2021| Posted in First Look Club
An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.
First Look Club: Jed reviews Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Posted on May 2, 2021| Posted in Book Reviews, First Look Club
An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going. Read Jed's review on the blog.
