This was so good!
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Mostly (queer) fiction these days.
I read more when I was younger and most of the books here are still imports from several years ago (and many of those, especially the to-read shelf, were very random; the to-read shelf can basically be disregarded altogether). Younger-ish reads are still archived as handwritten lists in notebooks on my shelf.
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elevenses finished reading Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
elevenses started reading Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
elevenses finished reading Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
elevenses started reading Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
elevenses finished reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells
elevenses commented on The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
elevenses started reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells
elevenses wants to read The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
elevenses wants to read Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
elevenses wants to read Thing Explainer by R. Munroe
elevenses finished reading Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien
elevenses wants to read Miyazakiworld by Susan Jolliffe Napier
elevenses finished reading Corambis by Katherine Addison
Content warning (positive) comments on ending
What a delightful re-read! The book was exactly as I remembered, and also perfect to read alone rather than revisiting the series. It really wrapped things up so well, while leaving things open for the future of the characters. Definitely not a romance-ending; the sibling relationship really is the heart of the series and this book.
elevenses started reading Corambis by Katherine Addison
Content warning very mild spoilers for Melusine, The Virtue, The Mirador
I was wibbling about finally reading The Goblin Emperor, and after some discussion, decided to pull out this book again. Only a few pages of skimming in again, and I'm reminded of how much I like this author. However, I'm also reminded of how much I don't want to read the first three books in the series again (they are very good! but I like my stories mostly happy, not so varied) and rather coast by and enjoy the happiness of the series culmination (itself quite standalone in central plot, though of course there are also resolved throughlines). Maybe it's because I'm used to jumping into the middle of things, but even though I don't remember all the details, I pick up enough.
Anyway, plan to thoroughly enjoy this re-read (not even sure which one, perhaps the fifth or sixth?).