{"id":23966,"date":"2025-10-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=23966"},"modified":"2025-11-23T10:48:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:48:49","slug":"reading-report-early-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=23966","title":{"rendered":"Reading Report: Early October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently finished reading The Ministry of Time<\/em> by Kaliane Bradley. The cover of the book has a seal touting it as a “Good Morning America Book Club Pick.” Big whoop-de-do. I read it simply because it sounded like my kind of book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I still hate writing plot synopses and haven’t learned how to do them properly<\/a>. Today I’m going to take life easy and refer you to the Wikipedia synopsis<\/a> for this book instead of me writing one. I figure I might as well, since I had to look the book up anyway (I couldn’t remember the name of the main character who narrates the story, and that’s because, as Wikipedia confirmed, she was never named. You’d think I would have realized that at some point while reading, but I was oblivious to the fact until I tried to recall her name. SMH.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Time <\/em>is a great book in many respects. I liked the subject, the main characters, the overall structure, and the writing. But somehow, though I enjoyed it, I did not love it. Strangely, I think the best parts were the chapters devoted to the doomed arctic expedition, not the sci-fi stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n