Elise commented on Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful …
Still amazing, but knock a point off for a bit of LA provincialism seeping in at the edges
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She/Her. 20s. Most of my reading is trying to keep up with my book club. On my own I like SF/F, trans lit and sapphic romance, as well as some non-fiction about topics I find fascinating, like dance music, videogames, psychoactive substances, computers and the occult. I also try to read theory, classics and more academic works, though I've struggled with that since I was younger. I track my manga reading seperately. My main fedi is currently @throatmuppet@xyzzy.link.
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Elise commented on Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful …
I can already tell this is going to be one of my favorites.
Elise started reading Undrowned by adrienne maree brown
Okay it's not as bad as I thought but that opening is ROUGH.
Elise stopped reading Undrowned by adrienne maree brown
Nvm this @$^% sucks @#&
Elise started reading Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful …
getting this in early. fingers crossed but I should be very busy practicing DJ business next month
Elise started reading Undrowned by adrienne maree brown
very slow, so far. gonna need to supplement this with a 'fun' read. luckily my other book club is providing me with just that
Elise wants to read This is London by Ben Judah
I read an article, and it's made out to be so racist it almost defies belief. I lind of want to read it just to see for myself www.the-londoner.co.uk/a-government-advisor-wrote-a-libel-against-london-why-did-we-believe-it/
Elise wants to read Rattling the Cages by Angela Y. Davis
The official story is that the United States has no political prisoners. The reality is …
heard an interview with eric king on a podcast. very interested in what he has to say in the long form.
Elise wants to read I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane
In a United States not so unlike our own, the Department of Balance has adopted …
Reccomended at book club
Elise wants to read Western Esotericism: A Guide for the Perplexed by Wouter Hanegraaff
Reccomended by the youtube channel Esoterica.
Elise finished reading Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood
Finished in a handful of sittings. Compelling read
Elise commented on Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood
Finding my reading much improved with an eBook- every chapter or so there's a vintage culltural reference and I'll have to highlight and look up names of golden age actresses.
Elise started reading Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood
I've read enough sci-fi I think I can stomach one more book set in NYC this year. This one's got lesbians and is a period piece also, which sweetens things for me.
Elise stopped reading State of Bass by Martin James
pausing reading of this until next month. December is going to have no time for me to read this.
Elise reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …
Self-indulgent, a bit short
3 stars
Could have used more of the bleak backstory hinted at throughout as a setup to contrast how sweet the rest of the story is. Definitely missing something to be a really great story, and I find it a bit puzzling that it's so influential, that I hear other books occassionally described as "Murderbot Diaries but XYZ". I enjoyed it, though. Something to be said for my queer life and relating to the feelings of a construct that needs to act just right for those considered more human, or be parted out. A bit Empty Spaces, perhaps? I think I'll read the next one.