elevenses finished reading Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Artificial Condition continues The Murderbot Diaries, a science fiction series that tackles questions of the …
Quite enjoyable! Not really much to say; looking forward to the next one.
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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 started reading Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Artificial Condition continues The Murderbot Diaries, a science fiction series that tackles questions of the …
Starting right after finishing the previous one 😂
elevenses finished reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells
All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series …
This was great! I especially liked listening to it (rather than reading it), and the narrator’s style; it really worked for the story.
elevenses commented on The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
This is the story of the seige of Troy from the perspective of Achilles best-friend …
This books seems really sad, so I don’t think I’ll read it.
elevenses started reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells
All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series …
I’ve heard that the audiobook is quite good so I’m trying this out audiobook-first. I don’t usually do that, so we’ll see how it goes!
elevenses wants to read The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
Mentioned by GabSmolders on Twitch. Can’t remember the description though. Randomly, I really like the word luminous. (Potential future word of the year?)
elevenses wants to read Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Mentioned by GabSmolders on Twitch
elevenses wants to read Thing Explainer by R. Munroe
Recommended by an acquaintance
elevenses finished reading Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien
This was a re-read; I think I’ve read it at least once before, many years ago.
elevenses wants to read Miyazakiworld by Susan Jolliffe Napier
"A thirtieth-century toxic jungle, a bathhouse for tired gods, a red-haired fish girl, and a …
I didn’t know about this book, but it sounds interesting…or (who am I kidding?) perhaps more like a book I’ll mention to others as a possible book of interest.
elevenses finished reading Corambis by Katherine Addison
Exiled from Melusine for the crime of heresy, the once powerful Cabaline wizard Felix Harrowgate …
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
Exiled from Melusine for the crime of heresy, the once powerful Cabaline wizard Felix Harrowgate …
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?).
elevenses wants to read Ghost Music by An Yu
From the author of the “original and electric” Braised Pork (Time), An Yu’s enchanting and …
This sounds really intriguing.
elevenses commented on The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
I paused reading this several years ago, because I was worried about the ending, and I never managed to pick it up again (even after asking someone else if [something] would happen). Still planning to finish it someday, but by this point I'll have to reread the entire series.
elevenses wants to read A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
Volume 1 of The Mirror Visitor Quartet
Winner of the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire
Where …
Read a very positive review, "classic".