And lo! The penultimate Read Harder book: number 13 – a book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse. Continue reading
Category Archives: Book reviews
Book review: Memoirs of Lenora Christina
How to describe these memoirs? They are alternatively absolutely hilarious and mind numbingly dull. She is obviously incredibly privileged and it comes across in really funny ways throughout the memoirs. Continue reading
Book review: Gideon the Ninth
It’s kind of like a murder mystery in a creepy old house, but instead of normal people it’s necromancers and sword fighters. And the house is staffed entirely by skeletons and isn’t so much haunted as infested with arcane constructs and stuff like that. Continue reading
Book review: Velocity Weapon
So, the plot is that it’s 1000 years in the future, humanity has discovered how to make gates to far flung stars. There’s an inter-system beef between the planet that controls the gate and one that has to pay the tariff of using the gate. There’s a battle and a cold war. In the middle of it, is the rumour of a weapon that can destroy a planet. ALL FINE. Continue reading
Book review: Convenience Store Woman
The plot revolves Keiko, who lives in Tokyo and works at a convenient store. I don’t want to label her as not neurotypical (as she doesn’t herself) but she clearly doesn’t fit the traditional role of a woman in that society. Continue reading
Book review: To be taught, if fortunate
The novella follows four astronauts who travel to distant planets. They manage to adapt to the potential new environment while in transit in a ‘torpor’. Sometimes they just have more protection against UV, sometimes more muscle mass, sometimes, they glitter. Continue reading
Book review: Who is Mary Sue?
I don’t think I know enough about poetry to have sensible opinions. But I was drawn to this collection for the Read Harder challenge because of the association with women and fandom in general. The collection defines the term, which is slight different than the context I know it from: “Coined by Paula Smith in … Continue reading
Book review: The True Queen
The story really centres on Muna and Sakti, who find themselves on Janda Baik (the island where Mak Genggang is from), but they don’t remember anything about themselves. Continue reading
Book review: A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
The main story is a forced together crew, through various circumstances, to hunt for a legendary ship, the Harrow. They’re being chased by a super powerful mage, for some mysterious reason, but connected to the legendary ship. As the story progresses, things become clearly and far more dangerous. Continue reading
Book review: The Calculating Stars
The Calculating Stars is an alternative history, where a meteor destroys Washington DC. But even more devastating, it looks to be an extinction event, leaving humanity not a huge amount of time to try and save themselves. Continue reading
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