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Book Review: Sinopticon, translated & edited by Xueting Christine Ni
Reading the book was time well spent, and I’d love it if Xueting were able to put out new Sinopticon volumes every few years.
Book Review: Technocapitalism by Loretta Napoleoni
DNF. May contain interesting insights, but I knew I would be too irritated to reach them.
Book Review: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Good right until the end, which I didn’t like.
Book Review: Jelly Roll Blues by Elijah Wald
A good book, but longer than needed.
Book Review: I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle
A good story told well.
Book Review: The Water Outlaws by SL Huang
DNF. This might make a fun TV show, but as a book it wasn’t working for me.
Book Review: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
Entertaining enough, and no regrets for the read, but overall meh.
Book Review: The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo
While I don’t feel it’s the strongest in the series, it’s still enjoyable.
Book Review: Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
I closed the book at the end and found that I’d enjoyed it.
Book Review: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
I’ll definitely be keeping Vo near the top of my list of ‘Must Read’ authors.
Book Review: You Can’t Market Manure at Lunchtime by Maisie Ganzler
An informative, useful, & inspiring book that ignores the teamwork & collaboration required to achieve the results.
Book Review: Kinning by Nisi Shawl
The story felt disjointed. Confused. Too many characters and voices and locations, all constantly and sometimes abruptly shifting.
Book Review: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty
This is the first book in what looks like it’ll be a five book series about Amina and her friends, and after finishing it I’m already looking forward to the ...
Book Review: On Parchment by Bruce Holsinger
A good book, but too dry and dense for my tastes.
Book Review: Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
The problem with the Singing Hills Cycle is that they’re all novellas, and therefore over too quickly.
Book Review: The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
Despite it being a (SFF) mystery, I ended up liking it.
Book Review: Dead Country by Max Gladstone
It was fine, but this first experience with the Craft Sequence universe didn’t convince me I need to run out and read the others any time soon.
Book Review: Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
It was a decent story, with familiar elements of coming-of-age and finding-oneself mixed in with action and adventure.
Book Review: Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
It’s not a bad book, and the story premise is interesting enough. It’s just that the thing was so s l o w.
Book Review: The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Easily one of the most facinating and compelling stories I’ve read in the past year.