"You cannot kill what doessss not live..."
#LunchtimeReading : revisiting an old superfiend, with the 2000AD Judge Death Mega Special, with cover artwork (of course!) by the mighty Brian Bolland, nicely timed for the spooky season.
And yes, I have been reading this comic so long I remember Bolland drawing his anti-life character way back in his original appearance!
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📘 "The Cracks We Bear" by Catalina Infante, translated from Spanish into English by Michelle Mirabella
This title isn't out yet, but will be released in early November. I received a digital ARC for it (thanks!).
This book focuses on new motherhood, and the way it's naturally overwhelming and can make you reflect on your past with your own parents and their choices.
With a somewhat passive, unlikable character we reflect back on growing up in Chile after Pinochet with a distant, communist mother and a mostly absent father. Meanwhile, in the present, life as the protagonist knew it seems long gone while focusing on her new baby. The once clear lines of her own body and life have become blurry.
I liked this book well enough, but didn't become an enthusiastic fan. I think it's a case of 'it's not you, it's me'. The work is well-written, well-translated and overall a good read. It's simply not something that will stick with me for a long time. It didn't have me emotionally invested, it felt more like an interesting scenery passing by while looking out of window's train during a journey.
Saying that novels about parenthood are for parents only would be ridiculous, but I do think -with this book in particular- that there's more to be gained for readers with children. There's a certain atmosphere of claustrophobia of constantly giving care and feeling inept combined with love and fulfillment that might hit differently if you're familiar with that yourself (but take that as a simple assumption from a childfree person).
Continuing the Realm of The Elderling series, taking a bit of detour into Liveship Traders subserieis starting with Ship of Magic.
It feels like a fresh start, with new setting, characters, and multiple PoV. No more stuck inside Fitz' head, yay!
....until you realized so many characters driving you mad this time.
Overall I enjoy it as much as Farseer trilogy. Not many books exploring seafaring, reading journey on the ocean brings a fresh breeze.
It’s a remarkable dedication to form that what serves as his introduction is also a poem. 
Next time, Canto I.
I love when a book starts slow but gradually becomes absolutely unputdownable.
Mackenzi Lee's The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy is the most recent book to cast that spell on me. I picked it up mainly because my husband read and loved it, and now I can't put it down.
Been a bit overwhelmed lately, but in good news, I have a new story out!
"Shining Star" follows Belén, an aristocrat's daughter on a worldship, as she learns about the horrors from the Deep Belowdecks that saved her life.
Read "Shining Star" here: www.neondystopia.com?p=100043367
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Funded! The Kickstarter for Desolation: Keep Your Imaginary Friends Close has reached its funding goal. Still a couple of weeks left if you want to grab the first and second book at discount prices.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dharrigon/desolation-keep-your-imaginary-friends-close
Just finished When the Cranes Fly South.
After helping my father die from IPF and my father-in-law from Parkinson’s related junk, and now my mom slide downward through stroke and cognitive decline, this book was close to home, but in a good way.
Plus, I love #dogs.
Totally worth a read, IMHO.
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