The Fifth Season: Reflection

I love being wrong about a book. Reading a book so completely outside your expectations is like going on an adventure in an unknown land. Piecing together clues and foreshadowing felt like charting a course on a map. Revelations near the end were landmarks, rewarding you for picking out the trail from the weeds. If…

Book of the Month: The Fifth Season

When I originally sat down to work on this project, I knew the first and most important thing for me to do was research books. Specifically, newer books, not just the classics and the rereads on my shelf. I’d already been reading outside my comfort zone in 2021 thanks to a commitment to stop being…