Chapters 1 – 4 January Andrews is a chick lit writer whose father has recently passed, leaving her life in tatters. Her father’s funeral resulted in the discovery that he had been cheating on her mother. (Her mother knew, but January did not.) His mistress, Sonya, also gave January a letter from him and passed …
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke opens in a disorienting, alternate reality-type setting, with a main character who is submerged in waves in a grand house. The book then proceeds to unravel the mysteries behind this strange place over the next two hundred pages or so. If you’re into riddles and logic problems, you’ve probably come across …
Part 1: Piranesi The book is written in journal form, with dated entries. It opens with someone (Piranesi) wandering the halls and vestibules of an expansive location. When the tides comes in, the person is flung around and submerged in water, in fear of death. But then it subsides. The person is determined to explore …
One by One brings a group of people together and then has them slowly start to die off. They’re all with a company that makes a music app which allows users to listen to the music that other people are listening to. And they’re in the middle of an increasingly contentious debate about whether to …
Prologue The book opens with a list of the employees at a British music app startup called Snoop and a news article about tragedy at a ski resort. It describes a “house of horror” situation, leaving four dead and two injured. There has also been heavy snows and an avalanche (and subsequent power outage) in …
