Brown tabby next to the book The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman.

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman. This Arthurian fantasy is so immersive Fidil tried to climb inside. At once aware of the history of Arthuriana, & magnificently new & strange, this book is a must read! #purrfectreads #fantasy

Tabby cat next to the book Patchwork by Maddie Ballard.

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Patchwork: A Sewist's Diary by Maddie Ballard. This memoir through a catalog of sewing projects by the author is warm & intimate, it feels like a lingering much needed conversation with a friend in hard times. #purrfectreads @tinhouse.bsky.social

Brown tabby cat next to the book Great Disasters by Grady Chambers.

Dr. Pullen and her TA Fidil recommend Great Disasters by Grady Chambers from @tinhouse.bsky.social. This novel of coming of age in early 2000s Chicago is at once tender towards its characters, and utterly afraid to show them at their best and worst, all in lucid and lovely prose. #purrfectreads

Dr. Pullen and her TA Fidil recommend The Secret Market of the Dead by Giovanni De Feo. This Italian fantasy is dark, lush and unforgettable. The coming of age story at its core gives it heart, its imagery gives it soul. I fell into this book & didn't want to come out. #purrfectreads

Tabby cat sleeping next to the book Archipelago by Natalie Bakopoulos.

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Archipelago by Natalie Bakopoulos from @tinhouse.bsky.social. This subtly eerie novel depicts a translator alienated from herself & her place through a bizarre act of translation. Unforgettable, lyrical & strange, an amazing book. #purrfectreads

Brown tabby cat next to the book Custodians of Wonder by Eliot Stein.

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Custodians of Wonder by Eliot Stein. This non-fiction book is a beautiful showcase of the human potential for innovation & beauty, following the author on several journeys to meet people who are keeping old traditions alive. Its fascinating! #purrfectreads

Brown tabby cat next to the book The Watermark by Sam Mills.

Dr. Pullen & Fidil recommend The Watermark by Sam Mills This metafictional fantasy is a delight, perfect for fans of Cloud Atlas & 19th century fiction. Follow the two characters as they flee a maniacal writer from story to story, falling in love with each other over and over again. #purrfectreads

Brown tabby cat next to the book Make Your Way Home by Carrie R. Moore.

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Make Your Way Home by Carrie R. Moore from @tinhouse.bsky.social. These short stories are at once heartbreaking and gorgeously written, deeply real and occasionally surreal in service of emotional truth. I devoured it. #purrfectreads #shortstories

Tabby cat next to the novel Dust by Alison Stine.

Dr. Pullen and her TA Fidil recommend Dust by
@alisonstine.bsky.social. A heartfelt and rigorously imagined clifi novel following a partially deaf teenager in near future CO. At once clear eyed about climate change's dangers and hopeful about human nature, this book will stun you! #purrfectreads

Brown tabby cat on a couch next to the novel Wanting by Claire Jia.

Dr. Pullen and her TA Fidil recommend Wanting by Claire Jia from @tinhouse.bsky.social . This novel thoughtfully and subtly follows transnational characters between America and China as they wrestle with identity, culture, and the way love (in many forms) shapes who they are. #purrfectreads

Brown tabby cat on the floor next to the novel There Are Reasons for This by Nini Berndt.

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend There are Reasons for This by Nini Berndt from @tinhouse.bsky.social. This near future sci-fi novel of slow motion climate apocalypse, set in Denver, is a tender and lyrical examination of loneliness and love, in many forms. #purrfectreads #amreading

Brown tabby cat sitting next to the book Prophet Song by Paul Lynch.

Dr. Pullen & her TA Fidil recommend Prophet Song by Paul Lynch. This novel's vision feels at once terribly present & prescient. The intimacy of the point of view and lyrical prose makes the political horrors of the novel feel all the more real. The Booker committee picked very well. #purrfectreads

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