Chris Sotelo

My first sci-fi novel in years and does this author scratch an itch with The Deep Sky. From the implications of escapism, the passage of time and space itself to international relations and its effects on others. A very gripping novel for me, starting with a bang, ending with one and the suspense and mystery in the middle.

This is a book is in a Genere outside my wheelhouse, but I saw the movie and didn't totally hate it, so I picked this book up. Is it a barn burner, no, is it totally garbage, also no. It's a pleasant, okay read with character flaws common for their age.

This book takes you places, as it turns out the people we most want to meet are deep within ourselves. This book is hard to put down, keeping the pace up, while going back and forth in time. You will feel this book.

This collection of poems really brings to light all the small little slights of hands that we face everyday or the ways that other people see us and hurt us, our confidence and our happiness. Even for a guy there were some in here that really resonated with me, from weight to under appreciated moms of the world.

“what is your beauty secret? She answers: hot lemon water every morning. She does not answer: time.”

I read this book before his political foray, and this book made me realize, the apathy and doomerism so prevalent in Mexican politics is here in the U.S. too. I now understand why so many people don't vote. A life of no ambitions, past triumphs washed away, but also their leaders, who have forgotten of those who played a critical role in westward expansion.