elevenses started reading Golden Terrace Vol. 1 by Cang Wu Bin Bai
It is year twenty-five of the Yuantai Era of the Great Zhou Empire. The renowned …
I've heard good things about this duology from at least two different people, so I'm excited!
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Mostly (queer &c) fiction these days. Mid-era is mostly random "to read" rubbish from other platforms that I haven't cleared out yet. Younger-ish reads are still archived as handwritten lists in notebooks on my shelf.
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elevenses started reading When Harry Met Harry by Sydney Smyth
Beautifully tender and unforgettably funny, prepare to fall in love with this modern-day nod to …
Started listening, we’ll see! The taxi ride to the airport in Singapore is fun; brings back memories. (But the worry about being late for a plane, which I wasn’t to be clear, not as much!)
elevenses started reading The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
An impulsive word can start a war. A timely word can stop one. A simple …
This was recced in several different places including an online convention in the same space as The Goblin Emperor (about “kind” people) so I’m hopeful! I have it on hardcover as well, but I’m listing the ebook here since I’m listening to it via TTS.
elevenses commented on Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell
Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all …
Admittedly I am having trouble with this one, and I’m not sure why. Maybe I’d have done better with reading it rather than listening? It’s not that the story isn’t engaging, because it is! Maybe I just need more spoilers (I find that conventional book blurbs are often worse than useless for me). Well, we’ll see. I finally caved though, and started re-listening to one of my favourite stories via TTS (for the third? time now) while doing chores, rather than this, so…
elevenses started reading Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell
Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all …
I read chapters 1-3 via ebook sometime last year, but I’m picking it back up as an audiobook so we’ll see how that goes. (I’m trying to find audiobooks to listen to, but I realize that I’m very picky.)
elevenses finished reading Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body …
This was a fun little adventure.
elevenses started reading Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body …
A little disappointed that this is the last book available for now.
elevenses finished reading Network Effect by Martha Wells
You know that feeling when you’re at work and you’ve had enough of people, and …
Just as delightful as the others!
elevenses started reading Network Effect by Martha Wells
You know that feeling when you’re at work and you’ve had enough of people, and …
I’m curious about what a full length one will be like.
elevenses finished reading Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So its decision to help the only human who ever …
Just as good as the others!
elevenses started reading Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So its decision to help the only human who ever …
Curious how this’ll go.
elevenses finished reading Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Sci-fi's favorite antisocial AI is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris …
This was so good!
elevenses started reading Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Sci-fi's favorite antisocial AI is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris …
What can I say? On to the next one.
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.
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 😂