Tender is the Flesh
His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he…
Wilder Girls
Summary Byatt, Hetty, and Reese all attend Raxter School for Girls on Raxter Island. They enjoyed their time there until a pandemic hit their island home. They are forced into quarantine and one by one, the Tox takes them. However, when one of their own goes missing, they are forced to face the reality of what is really happening and that they need to get out. My Thoughts I saw this book on bookstagram a while and I was CAPTIVATED by the cover. I read the summary of the book and thought it would be an interesting and entertaining read. It was very interesting and I was captivated, but it…
My First Reads
I’ve been a reader all my life. My mom and I didn’t get along for a long time during my teenage years and early 20s because of what teenage girls do. However, she is and will always be an amazing and spectacular mom because not only has she given me the gift of life and unconditional love, she gave me the gift of reading. I probably would not love reading as much as I do now if it wasn’t for my mom reading to me and making books a priority in my childhood. My mom read to me every single night and took me to the library all the time.…
