Michael Fiorello
@mjfiorello
happily married gay man, local Board of Education member, retired English teacher, former union leader, guncle 💙🏳️🌈🖖🏼🇵🇷💙
FANTASY BOOK (one gorgeous volume, several novels and short stories) The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin #booksky
A RECOMMENDATION FROM A WEBSITE Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon #booksly
HISTORICAL BOOK This Land is Their Land by David J. Silverman #booksky
Imagine his response to the Starbucks scribes, busy at their devices
READ ON VACATION The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune #booksky
NEW TO ME TROPE “Embodied geography”: Places generate avatars that personify their characteristics The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin #booksly
If Laplace hadn’t wanted us to read his name like “Lapland,” he might’ve had the decency to capitalize the P.
LEAST FAVORITE TROPE “The chosen one,” magic in the bloodline rather than learned and earned the Harry Potter series #booksky
A BOOK WITH A COLOR IN THE TITLE The Lilac People by Milo Todd #booksky
BANNED BOOK The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky #booksky
MAIN CHARACTER HAS YOUR NAME Michael Corleone in The Godfather by Mario Puzo #booksky
AUTHOR HAS YOUR NAME: Michael Chabon (The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay) #booksky
For no particular reason, I note that the Times published this article nine years after the death of Ed Koch.
RECOMMENDED BY A FRIEND The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster #booksky
A BOOK WITH A NAME IN THE TITLE Smiley’s People by John le Carré #booksky
A NEW TO YOU AUTHOR The Heroine’s Journey by Gail Carriger #booksly
START HERE: YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR I can never pick *a* favorite, but here’s one of my favorites. Ursula K. LeGuin and the book that introduced her to me, The Lathe of Heaven #booksky