There’s a list for everything, and for everything there’s a list. It’s that time of year when every publication known to man starts ranking this and that. We thought we should join in, because we love lists too. Maybe some of these won’t make any official ‘best of’ countdowns, but we at 80 Books loved … Continue reading 80 Books’ Favorite Reads of 2014
*This week, Around the World in 80 Books is traveling from outer space to the underground world of kink and BDSM. See what I did there?* If you’re new to Tiffany Reisz’s Original Sinners novels, you have to read The Red Years before you read The White Years. Start with The Siren and go from … Continue reading REVIEW: The King by Tiffany Reisz
My first review on this site is for an epic sci-fi novel that defies time and space, so our world view (Around the World in 80 Books) is about to get much broader. I’m speaking of the highly-regarded, critically-acclaimed space opera known as Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit Books, October 1, 2013) . I will be … Continue reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page .—Saint Augustine I’m sure St. Augustine was a brilliant man, worthy of his sainthood and a city in Florida bearing his name (can you tell we don’t know much about him?), but we can’t all afford jaunts across the globe. … Continue reading Books Are Mandatory (Wine Is Optional…Maybe)
