The Tempest’s Comments (group member since Apr 20, 2019)

The Tempest’s comments from the The Tempest Reading Challenge group.

There are a lot of informational book lists being published, many including radical books and essays that are available for free. What are you reading now to deepen your worldview? Feel free to use this space to discuss what has challenged you, what made something clearer for you, what you've been talking about with your close ones, etc!

All the Stars and Teeth, Adalyn Grace’s highly anticipated debut young adult novel, is an adventure story involving magic, mermaids, and roguish pirates helping a renegade princess as she tries to prove herself worthy of ruling her kingdom by saving it.

“She wants and she wants things loudly,” she said. “I wanted to make her be somebody who could be whoever she wanted.”

At the beginning of the writing process, that was really all Grace knew — nothing about the magic system, or the world she lived in. “I knew there was a girl and I knew the type of girl she was — morally gray, she wants things.”

Continue reading our interview with the author here: https://thetempest.co/2020/02/18/ente...

Is there a sci-fi or fantasy book that you're reading right now?

Sex After... by Iris Krasnow is one of the books selected for this year's reading challenge. "Krasnow is a defining voice of reason for anything in the periphery of relationships, communication, love, and womanhood. Each of her books revolves around personal growth in conjunction with intimate relationships. Sex After… offers a series of compelling, and reliable, insights about how to build an intimate relationship, whether that be romantically or with family and friends. The vitality of any relationship is dependent on love and commitment." Read more about her and her books here: https://thetempest.co/2020/05/20/life...

Have you read Sex After... or another one of Iris's books? If not, what are you excited to read for the self-help category of the challenge?

What a better time to delve into some amazing books than while in quarantine? Based off of your nominations, here's the list of books for this year's challenge, and some honorable mentions: https://thetempest.co/2020/05/06/ente...

Wondering where to get the books? Check out our bookshop, where you can get all the books on the list while supporting local bookstores. https://bookshop.org/shop/thetempest

Which book are you most excited to get into -- whether on this list or not?

We are extending the deadline to nominate books for this year's reading challenge, and you can vote here: https://thetempest.co/2020/04/15/ente...