A feeling of nausea, a dizzy spell, and Dana opens her eyes not in her house, but on a muddy riverbank in time to save a boy from drowning. She finds herself back home, but covered in mud. This begins a terrifying ordeal where Dana doesn't know when she'll be taken again back, only that there is a c...
I don't read a lot of sci-fi, but I'm trying to stretch myself this year. Kindred isn't as sci-fi as I expected, which possibly added to my enjoyment. I wasn't planning on starting the book until this month, but since it took me so long to read The Warmth of Other Suns I thought I should start early...
The things we take for grantedI first learned about Octavia Butler a few years ago when searching online for innovative novels and Kindred showed up on just about every list I came across. When I went to the bookstore, I had become so enthusiastic about her that I decided to buy not only this book b...
The things we take for grantedI first learned about Octavia Butler a few years ago when searching online for innovative novels and Kindred showed up on just about every list I came across. When I went to the bookstore, I had become so enthusiastic about her that I decided to buy not only this book b...
I know, it's about time right? It seemed like everyone was reading this a while back and I know that it isn't exactly a new book to begin with. I wanted to read it because of all the reviews and rave it was getting but had this gnawing fear that I would hate it. But then I listened to Bloodchild and...
If you like the idea of time travel but can't stomach Outlander, you should check this out. Interesting take on the 'what would I do' trope where a 20th century African American woman is jettisoned back to antebellum Maryland. Needless to say, issues of gender and race are front and center. Thi...
This is a short, intense book about a young woman who is drawn back in time from her comfortable life in 1970s California to a Maryland plantation in the early 19th century. It isn’t science fiction; Butler uses time travel to bring home a story about slavery and its brutality, and the way it deform...
I have been told that I should read Kindred for years by a lot of people. I honestly had no idea what it was about, and since my TBR pile is always insane I told myself I would get around to it when I had some time. I am glad that this year due to my reading lists that I was able to finally read thi...
There is a strange connection between Rufus and Dana. Whenever Rufus is in mortal danger he somehow calls Dana to him. This first time he was a young boy drowning in a river. Thanks to Dana’s quick thinking and some mouth-to-mouth she saved him. This “calling” happens throughout all of Rufus’ life.T...
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