Announcing the next Mark Reads project and the future of videos

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Mark Oshiro

Hello, lovely readers! Today is an important day because I have to make two BIG announcements. (And don’t worry, Mark Reads isn’t going anywhere; here’s to me making a post in 2029 celebrating the 20th anniversary of this place I LOVE REVIEWING BOOKS.) Continue reading →

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Mark Reads ‘The Obelisk Gate’: Chapter 3

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Mark Oshiro

In the third chapter of The Obelisk Gate, I would like to fight everything. And everyone. Forever. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Broken Earth. Continue reading →

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Mark Reads ‘The Obelisk Gate’: Chapter 2

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Mark Oshiro

In the second chapter of The Obelisk Gate, Alabaster requests something of Essun. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Broken Earth. Continue reading →

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Mark Reads ‘The Obelisk Gate’: Chapter 1

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Mark Oshiro

In the first chapter of The Obelisk Gate, I can’t. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Broken Earth.  Continue reading →

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Mark Reads ‘The Fifth Season’: Chapter 23

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Mark Oshiro

In the twenty-third and final chapter of The Fifth Season, there is no way I could have ever guessed the end of this book. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Broken Earth. Continue reading →

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Mark Reads ‘The Fifth Season’: Chapter 22

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Mark Oshiro

In the twenty-second and penultimate chapter of The Fifth Season, goddamn it. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Broken Earth. Continue reading →

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Mark Reads ‘The Fifth Season’: Chapter 21

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Mark Oshiro

In the twenty-first chapter of The Fifth Season, Jemisin hits me in the chest with multiple twists I never saw coming. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Broken Earth.  Continue reading →

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Mark Reads ‘The Broken Earth’: Chapter 20

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Mark Oshiro

In the twentieth chapter of The Fifth Season, Syenite asks for a change. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Broken Earth. Continue reading →

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Mark Reads ‘The Broken Earth’: Chapter 19 / Interlude

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Mark Oshiro

In the nineteenth chapter of The Fifth Season, MY EMOTIONS. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Broken Earth.  Continue reading →

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Mark Reads ‘The Fifth Season’: Chapter 18

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Mark Oshiro

In the eighteenth chapter of The Fifth Season, Essun is introduced to another impossibility. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read The Broken Earth.  Continue reading →

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Mark Reads ‘The Fifth Season’: Chapter 17

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Mark Oshiro

In the seventeenth chapter of The Fifth Season, I will never forget this moment. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to be utterly annihilated by The Broken Earth. Continue reading →

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