Thought Train to Pusan

I can’t remember where I heard about this book, but it was on my to-read list on my account with the library, and since it was there I figured why not! And this was an interesting experience of a book for sure. I was referring to it as back-half-Cloud-Altas but that’s not quite right… Midwinterblood is essentially a series of seven little vignettes or short stories that are all connected in some way, and all take place on the same small island with its many mysteries and magic. We begin with a journalist, Eric, coming to the island in search of the truth behind a rumor that the inhabitants of the island do not age. While here, however, Eric can’t help but feel something familiar about the place and its history; in particular, a young woman named Merle sparks something in him. However, we are soon thrust to a stage of the past that inevitably led to this future, if in a seemingly disconnected and mysterious way. As the novel goes on, you see more and more th...