ALL BOOKS
Conclave - Robert Harris
April 2025
/10
April 2025
/10
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers
April 2025
9/10 :) Stellar writing, fun worldbuilding, endearing characters. It is a pretty fluffy space opera, and the focus is far more on the characters than the plot itself, but that absolutely feels right for what the book is going for. I do have a favorite character. Sissix has my whole heart. Sissix deserves the world. I really want to read the rest of the books in this series, I will be attempting to get my hands on them as soon as possible.
April 2025
9/10 :) Stellar writing, fun worldbuilding, endearing characters. It is a pretty fluffy space opera, and the focus is far more on the characters than the plot itself, but that absolutely feels right for what the book is going for. I do have a favorite character. Sissix has my whole heart. Sissix deserves the world. I really want to read the rest of the books in this series, I will be attempting to get my hands on them as soon as possible.
This Is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
April 2025
10/10. This is a re-read, the first time I read it was in November 2023. Both times I blew through it in about three days. Genuinely one of my favorite books and one of the only books ever. It's sweet and sad and very sincere. I'm also a total sucker for the format of sending letters back and forth.
April 2025
10/10. This is a re-read, the first time I read it was in November 2023. Both times I blew through it in about three days. Genuinely one of my favorite books and one of the only books ever. It's sweet and sad and very sincere. I'm also a total sucker for the format of sending letters back and forth.
Immodest Acts - Judith C. Brown
March-April 2025
3/10. The introduction of the book is a rather interesting look into how queer sexuality was seen and prosecuted in medieval Europe, but I really could have put it down after that. Absolutely a dry read, but I know that's my fault for picking up a academic work for fun lol.
March-April 2025
3/10. The introduction of the book is a rather interesting look into how queer sexuality was seen and prosecuted in medieval Europe, but I really could have put it down after that. Absolutely a dry read, but I know that's my fault for picking up a academic work for fun lol.
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking - Anya Von Bremzen
January-March 2025
10/10! What a book. Food is a such a human and intimate lens to talk about the USSR with, and the writing is engaging the whole way through. Hoping to make the borshch recipe :)
January-March 2025
10/10! What a book. Food is a such a human and intimate lens to talk about the USSR with, and the writing is engaging the whole way through. Hoping to make the borshch recipe :)
Someplace Generous - Various Authors
January 2025
7/10, I think. It's an anthology, and some stories really shined while others dragged the book down. A couple of my favorites were 'True to Your Heart' and 'The All-Night Deluxe Tea Room'. Overall a fun book! I want to read more romance.
January 2025
7/10, I think. It's an anthology, and some stories really shined while others dragged the book down. A couple of my favorites were 'True to Your Heart' and 'The All-Night Deluxe Tea Room'. Overall a fun book! I want to read more romance.
August Kitko and the Mechas from Space - Alex White
August-September 2024
8/10! A fun tropey sci-fi story. Enjoyed the musical-mech theming, and the characters are endearing. Part of me wishes it was a self contained story, but I still do want to read the next one in the series.
August-September 2024
8/10! A fun tropey sci-fi story. Enjoyed the musical-mech theming, and the characters are endearing. Part of me wishes it was a self contained story, but I still do want to read the next one in the series.
Gridlocked - Cody Goodfellow
August 2024
4/10 It's difficult to be too harsh about a small press
August 2024
4/10 It's difficult to be too harsh about a small press
A country of Ghosts - Margaret Killjoy
August 2024
7/10
August 2024
7/10
Faltas - Cecilia Gentili
June-July 2024
9/10 So heartfelt and
June-July 2024
9/10 So heartfelt and
Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel - Julian K. Jarboe
January 2024
7/10. Well worth reading, and while I didn't connect with everything, the stories were diverse enough in both length and topic that it wasn't really a problem. Thoroughly transgender book, both textually and spiritually. Favorite stories were 'As Tender Feet of Cretan Girls Danced Once Around an Altar of Love' and 'The Android That Designed Itself'.
January 2024
7/10. Well worth reading, and while I didn't connect with everything, the stories were diverse enough in both length and topic that it wasn't really a problem. Thoroughly transgender book, both textually and spiritually. Favorite stories were 'As Tender Feet of Cretan Girls Danced Once Around an Altar of Love' and 'The Android That Designed Itself'.
The Barrow Will Send What It May - Margaret Killjoy
November 2023
9/10
November 2023
9/10
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion - Margaret Killjoy
November 2023
10/10 :) My favorite thing I've read in a while.
November 2023
10/10 :) My favorite thing I've read in a while.