The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo Source: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Jun. 2021Publisher: TorDotCom (Macmillan)Length: 260 pages Genre: Historical speculative fictionTarget Age: Adult The Chosen and the Beautiful is one of those books that, the more I thought about it afterwards, the more I came to appreciate it. At the end of 2021, I found myself frequently recommending this title for folks’ 12 in 12 Challenge. In The Chosen and the Beautiful, Nghi Vo retells The […]

The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan Source: Hardcover/libraryPublished: Aug. 2019Publisher: Doubleday Books (PRH)Length: 272 pages Genre: Historical fictionTarget Age: Adult The curious story of an eccentric bachelor (Herbert Powyss) who wants to leave his mark on science and decides the best way to do that would be to conduct an experiment on isolation by hosting and observing another man (John Warlow) living in pampered isolation for seven years.. This quote from early on hints that […]