Shouty personToday’s book is a lighter one: Mediums & Murder by Elle Wren Burke.
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Today’s book is back on the non-fiction: Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch.
What are you reading?
Today I'm reading The Housemaid by Sarah A. Denzil.
Note: this is *not* the book of the same name by Freida McFadden. Nothing against that book (which I've not read) – it's just annoying that two popular books by the same name came out within 12 months.
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Image description: The Housemaid by Sarah A. Denzil
My next read was We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It was very short … thankfully.
It left me with a lot of opinions. TL;DR – if you want a feminism that includes only cis-het women who adhere to classic ideas of femininity, then this book is for you.
Full review here: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e0439747-31a5-4691-a76a-29f44d4087cf
Today’s read is Mal Goes to War by Edward Ashton.
This delightfully cosy sci-fi features a clueless but big-hearted AI; a snarky, sweary, sociopathic toddler; and a man who just wanted to watch some p0rn.
In need of a comfort read, I turned to my favourite cosy fantasy series. Campaigns & Curses is the eighth book in the Weary Dragon Inn series by S. Usher Evans.
The audiobook is read by Deborah Balm, who is proof of nominative determinacy. I would happily listen to her read an accounting textbook.
Today’s book is Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks.
While this book isn’t perfect, hook’s definition of feminism is one I can get behind.
Full review here: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6188c336-bc12-437c-9b80-5cb6be4fb5a3
Today’s book is Be the Sea by Clara Ward.
A gentle, affirming story. Found family and acceptance. Queer and neurodivergent. All the very best things a story can have.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d83d6ebe-b304-4a22-a63b-c2816960498d
Yesterday, I finished two books. The first was Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit.
One of the things that stuck with me was that the reason people oppose marriage equality is that they see marriage as a hierarchy. What if it gives women the idea that they’re entitled to be equals in marriage?
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/f503372c-5877-4db3-875c-16d47974305a?redirect=true
Yesterday's second book was Robots, Robots Everywhere by Adeena Mignogna.
Available direct from the author here: https://crazyrobot.myshopify.com/products/the-robot-galaxy-series-books-1-4-ebook
Yesterday’s book was Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne.
Warm, affirming, uplifting cosy(ish) fantasy in a similar vein as Legends & Lattes, the Weary Dragon Inn series, or Cursed Cocktails.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/f21316ff-9bcf-4b85-b806-533ab13396b6
Yesterday’s first book was Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba.
This book leaves me feeling hope that we as individuals can make a difference.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c32a5213-225f-4e30-84e4-f48ae461a9f1
Yesterday’s second book was Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Murderbot’s response to and interactions with Miki are everything.
Very short review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8392f07c-ffa1-40f4-b934-a900c7aa930e
Yesterday's book was This Girl's a Killer by Emma C. Wells.
What if Dexter … but feminist?
On the whole, it wasn't quite what I was expecting … but I find myself hoping there will be more in the series.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0e9013d8-01b1-4661-96ed-b80313398da6
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Image description: This Girl's a Killer by Emma C. Wells
Yesterday's book was I'm Tired of Racism: True Stories of Existing While Black by Sharon Hurley Hall.
Racism is exhausting. But it’s vital that we keep listening to these stories.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3d2ac2ba-ee67-490c-8bc0-399007624093
#BooksAndCoffee #bookstodon #antiracist
Image description: Tired of Racism: True Stories of Existing While Black by Sharon Hurley Hall.
Yesterday's book was Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson.
These short stories were weird and vivid. Often violent. Sometimes tender. Occasionally poignant.
Very short review here: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b597917d-c895-496b-b843-2f9a5ea4e955
Today's book is Geek Cutes by @xinefury.
These little tales were absolutely adorable. My favourites included:
•The second coming doesn’t turn out as expected✝️
•A space station worker is in the shower when the lights go out🚀
Yesterday’s book was The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.
Unstable countries around the world were in the predicaments they were precisely because American economists wilfully and systematically broke them.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b0735250-d78c-45d1-9045-951c74f09cc8
Yesterday’s book was Time of the Cat by Tansy Rayner Roberts.
I’m still not sure what the hell I just read, but it was sweet and cosy and adorable. More, please.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/bfe5c7f8-3f84-4ef1-9022-fbd69b216add
Yesterday’s first book was Elite Capture by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
One thing that stuck with me was the notion that ‘elite’ is not a static group; it’s very much situational. That’s important to remember.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6e322aff-9a28-4e9d-b1af-fc2095232089
Yesterday’s second book was How the Werewolf Stole Christmas by Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn
Get this festive novels direct from the author. https://payhip.com/b/WDwB
Yesterday’s third and final book (I don’t always read three books a day) was Alien Space Tentacle Porn by Peter Cawdron.
This book was a bit heteronormative / gender-normative for my liking, but you can’t go wrong with a bit of cosy ridiculous fluffy sci-fi.
Yesterday’s first book was Christmas 101 by LJ Breedlove.
Mac is a man with a traumatic past he’s working hard to overcome
Get it here: https://bf.ljbreedlove.com/czldfsnzq3
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Mac Davis is celebrating Christmas with his new girlfriend, and he's beginning to panic. "He'd written page one stories with less sweat. Hell, he'd taken Afghani villages with less sweat. Edit: Heck." (He's trying to clean up his language.) A Christmas short story in the Mac Davis series. (Follows book 2.)
Yesterday’s second book was Cracked Mirror by Christopher Brookmyre.
It’s really hard to know what to say about this one without spoilering everything. This book is classic Brookmyre.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8e44f99d-4a2d-4298-9674-4100cb032c63
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THE CRACKED MIRROR by CHRIS BROOKMYRE
Two detectives who should never have met. One case that can't exist...
Yesterday’s book was Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth.
You know who needs to read this book? Rachel Reeves, that’s who. Also, everyone.
PS: Join a union.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8b795be5-4cd4-4389-befa-77b675eccf94
Yesterday’s book was Murder in Christmas River by Meg Muldoon.
Fun cosy(ish) mystery with baked goods, an adorable dog, and a good cast of characters.
Very short review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a0120972-bf9d-4fbb-95d5-030764fded3c
Yesterday’s book was Make Bosses Pay by Eve Livingston.
This is a great resource, full of excellent ideas and examples – but it wasn’t quite what I was expecting.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e38b455f-99e6-4a48-a7dd-4273448f89fb
Yesterday’s book was Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera.
A more accurate title would be Listen for the Truth – because everyone in this town is lying about something.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7de80afb-9c6c-479e-ace9-e0337fb9e8ea
Yesterday’s first book was Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear.
Is it better to prioritise the collective at the expense of the individual or the individual at the expense of the collective?
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/25e28483-28c1-4daa-b35f-1aba2fdb689d
Friday’s first book was 13 Steps to Evil by Sacha Black.
Useful guide to crafting villains readers will love to hate … but beware of frequent gushing references to JKR.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/bb1b9768-3975-460e-b419-088aa14ce2b2
Friday’s second book was So This is Earth? by John Wilker.
This lighthearted book presents what I suspect is a realistic view of the human response to aliens.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/f898e6bc-72c5-4b23-add0-14c64cb74782
Sunday’s book was Both Not Half by Jassa Ahluwalia.
This book is about rejecting the binary – the idea that we must choose A or B, White or Brown, gay or straight, male or female, etc.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/77139b8b-98d6-4d0e-8bfc-d5a0c18abb4e
Time for my final two books of 2024… Tuesday's first book was The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong.
Soooooo dark and yet so full of hope and acceptance.
Very short review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7f4e0253-1851-41b9-9b21-b03b07830edb
My final book of 2024 was Sword & Thistle by S.L. Rowland.
Much like the previous novel, this one is warm, accepting, and hopeful. But this one was also surprising.
Full review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/826fd109-c1c9-40fb-b5aa-36acdecc5ac8
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Image description: Sword & Thistle by S.L. Rowland
Lies Van Rompaey@clacksee @bookstodon Sounds great to close the reading year.
@liesvanrompaey I’ll get through another 9, maybe 10 before year-end.
Herefordrob@clacksee @bookstodon
Absolutely needs to be on national curriculum, as Kate says in the book that is part of the system keeping the elite in place.
It is changing we are developing a #parallelpolis https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut
Absolutely needs to be on national curriculum, as Kate says in the book that is part of the system keeping the elite in place.
It is changing we are developing a #parallelpolis https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut