Housewife who reads and writes on the side.
In another life I got a BA in English Literature, which means I've read all the white men authors. I'm now making up for lost time by reading all the women authors and queer authors and authors of colour.
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41% complete! Miriam Robern has read 5 of 12 books.
Stef Riley worked hard to get into the Royal College of Saint Almsworth, so he …
I love this series and honestly have trouble remembering what's in Book One and what's in Book Two, it all squishes together in a big ball of awesomesauce.
Mark Vogel is like the older brother Stefan Riley never had, until one day he …
This feels like one of those jokes that went too far and then struck gold. It takes a very niche story trope—there's a secret conspiracy feminizing young men into girls!—and turns it on its ear—a trans girl discovers the conspiracy and accidentally-on-purpose gets herself "captured." But then it peoples this whacky story with a raft of deftly-drawn and inescapably human characters, a labyrinthine backstory, and a compelling day-to-day progression of multiple plotlines. And the end result is one of the most incisive examinations of dysphoria ever produced. I cannot recommend this book (and its sequels) highly enough!
How far would you go? Seven months ago, Lily started transitioning.
It had been a …
Storm takes this absolutely absurd premise and makes it work—the protagonist is believable, the plot development inevitable, the unfolding revelations and romance are beautiful. There is no small measure of humour, as well, and deep wells of compassion for all of us humans stuck in such an absurd world as this. A truly marvelous book.
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
I love novellas and I wish there were more of them in the world. This light read follows a "tea monk" on a spiritual journey where they meet a robot and they learn things. It's cozy, it's quaint, it's a joy to read.
Emily Wilson has a secret: she's a girl.
No one outside of her family knows. …
A lovely example of the genre "okay they're both in love but they're too stupid to realize it." Obliviousness is one of Storm's most finely-honed specialties, and she wields it like a painter a brush and a surgeon a scalpel. The characters are well put together, and I have an especial love for the protagonist's unquestioningly supportive family. I am confident I will go back and read this one again.
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always …
Auto-returned to the library. Back in the hold queue for me...
Eliot’s epic of 19th century provincial social life, set in a fictitious Midlands town in …
Can't believe this absolute unit of a book doesn't have many reviews. Tons of vibrant characters, loads of twisty plots, and all presented in incisive and delightful prose. It's MASSIVE and took me literal months to finish, but it's so worth it!
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
I'm still digesting this one, but I massively enjoyed reading it. The characterization and worldbuilding are top-notch and done with an exceedingly deft hand.
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
Really tight little book. I wish there were more novellas in the world.
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always …
Martha Wells has yet to disappoint, so I'm looking forward to this one! :)
