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Much of my "reading" these days is actually audiobooks while walking.
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Elke Veraart is in prison. She used to be an eco-terrorist, hunting down poachers to …
I have not been reading fiction much (yay thesis reading), but I picked this up again today, and it is growing on me.
Abeni’s Song by award-winning author P. Djèlí Clark is the enchanting beginning of an epic …
Based on jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/girl-in-the-forest and Djinn books.
An impulsive word can start a war. A timely word can stop one. A simple …
Found via a (snarky) comparison with the "Goblin Emperor"
Based on a recommendation from @masu@icosahedron.website. Masu wrote:
"A dystopian story about survival, climate change, and humanity (and the lack of it) set in Jamaica in 2085"
A young Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy—and quickly finds herself at odds with …
What is Un Lun Dun?It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of …
For some reason I held off reading this for years, because it seemed too close to Gaiman's Neverwhere. But it really isn't, it's well worth reading if you like urban fantasy or books with spunky child protagonists. I particularly liked the way it turned certain fantasy tropes on their head. I can't quite decide the target age group, but it feels definitely less horror tinged than Neverwhere..
Tooth and Claw is a fantasy novel by Welsh-Canadian writer Jo Walton, published by Tor …
It's not bad. I can see that if I was looking for a Victorian Novel, it would even be good. But ooof, the biology is destiny is just too much at the moment, even in a fantasy setting.
Elke Veraart is in prison. She used to be an eco-terrorist, hunting down poachers to …
Free to download (DRM free) until July 31. Worth a shot.
Elke Veraart is in prison. She used to be an eco-terrorist, hunting down poachers to …
All of Masha du Toit's books are free to download (like legit, you scurvy pirate) until July 31
Born into post-apocalyptic Africa to a mother who was raped after the slaughter of her …
I read a bunch of books on a trip, but did not actually finish this audiobook. For some reason lately I don't listen to audiobooks much when traveling. Not sure if this is because I have more time, or because I have less inclination / ability to tune out my surroundings.
Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So …
"With the scope of Dune and the rousing action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy …
And yet, a bit further in to the book I find myself staying up later than I should to read. Not sure whether that just means both the book and I are imperfect, or what.
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange …
Have enjoyed some of (one of) the author's necromancer books.
"With the scope of Dune and the rousing action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy …
Just started, but finding it a bit ponderous so far. Not sure if that is me, the translation, or returning to "hard" sci-fi.
Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio …
This is at one level a YA supernatural mystery novel, and successful as such. Unlike many YA novels where the bulk of dramatic tension is provided by stupid and uncaring adults, here the love and support Elatsoe receives from her family and elders is a constant happy surprise. Unlike the relentlessly negative (and probably accurate!) media stories I usually read, this made being an indigenous child/teen seem like a wonderful experience I was missing out on.
