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[–] misericordiae@literature.cafe 4 points 22 hours ago

I'm slowly but surely making my way through 1984. I think I'm not in the right mood for it to grab me better, but it's interesting so far.

Finished (since last thread):

Days by Moonlight by André Alexis (magically realistic literary fiction) | bingo: minority author, award

A grieving scientist agrees to join his parents' friend on a trip to research a missing poet.

I liked this a lot in the beginning, and found the writing style engaging. However, I could tell a lot of the Canadian references were going over my head, and the last third went off in a direction that killed a lot of my enthusiasm. It's not a bad book, and I might try something else by the author eventually, but I think someone who reads a lot of lit fic would appreciate it more.

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley (historical detective noir) | bingo: minority author HM, motion picture, award HM

A recently unemployed WWII vet takes on a shady request to find a missing girl.

It was cool to see noir from a Black perspective, but I didn't like it enough to want to read more of the series. Maybe I don't have the patience for noir tropes I thought I did.

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (historical gothic fantasy horror) | bingo: creature, short, lgbtqia+ (maybe), award, late to the party

A The Fall of the House of Usher retelling. An ex-soldier visits a friend, whose sister is gravely ill. On arrival, it quickly becomes clear that something is very wrong with, well, everything.

I was wary of trying another horror from T. Kingfisher after disliking The Hollow Places, but I really liked the cover, and it was short, so I gave it a shot. Turns out, this was great! Pleasantly disturbing and didn't overstay its welcome.