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Broad range of tastes, but I love reading books by Olga Tokarczuk, Corey Doctorow, Ursula Kröber Le Guin, Peter Watts, Haruki Murakami ... the list would go on forever 😅
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eyelit wants to read Dazzling by Chikodili Emelumadu
eyelit wants to read The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen …
eyelit finished reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
Sooo good. Love, started again immediately.
eyelit wants to read SuperCollider for the Creative Musician by Eli Fieldsteel
eyelit finished reading Sacred Geometry by Miranda Lundy (Wooden Books)
Sacred Geometry by Miranda Lundy (Wooden Books)
eyelit reviewed Empusion by Olga Tokarczuk
September 1913, Görbersdorf in Niederschlesien. Inmitten von Bergen steht seit einem halben Jahrhundert das erste …
A twist on Manns Zauberberg, with it's own character.
5 stars
The setting, the men and manliness and the development of the main character, are the elements which invoke the Zauberberg by Thomas Mann. The mysticism, foreboding, science and philosophy are the elements I came to associate with works by Olga Tokarczuk. It is astonishing how the hints given try to lead the reader to conclusions, only to reveal a twist later on. Even to a reader comming prepared and even when you think you have revealed a ruse, another trap will get you. This makes the read very interesting. Overall, it was a great read. It was the first book by the author I ever read and it made me instantly want to read more by her.
eyelit finished reading Empusion by Olga Tokarczuk
September 1913, Görbersdorf in Niederschlesien. Inmitten von Bergen steht seit einem halben Jahrhundert das erste …
Great read, the main character is quite likeable with the naivety. The story is littered with signs of foreboding, like the chairs, which are hinting at violence, just to turn out to be a device of protection instead. It contains many twists like that. Of course, it is also a great homage to Tomas Mann's Zauberberg. But where Zauberberg ends in war, making all the learning and developping futile, Empusion ends after a complete transformation on a very positive note.
eyelit wants to read Die Jakobsbücher by Olga Tokarczuk
Die Jakobsbücher by Olga Tokarczuk
The Books of Jacob (Polish: Księgi Jakubowe) is an epic historical novel by Olga Tokarczuk, published by Wydawnictwo Literackie in …
eyelit finished reading Gesang der Fledermäuse by Olga Tokarczuk
Übersetzt von Doreen Daume.
Ein Dorf an der polnisch-tschechischen Grenze. Im Sommer tummeln sich hier …
Love it. The genre defying style and all the elements come well together. Also saw the British theater play production, which was very good.
eyelit wants to read Beyond the rift by Peter Watts
Beyond the rift by Peter Watts
Combining complex science with skillfully executed prose, these edgy, award-winning tales explore the shifting border between the known and the …
eyelit wants to read The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts
The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts
"How do you stage a mutiny when you're only awake one day in a million? How do you conspire when …
eyelit finished reading Blindsight by Peter Watts
Blindsight by Peter Watts
Two months since the stars fell...
Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched around the Earth like a luminous …
eyelit finished reading The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #2)
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #2)
In The Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion-in just four centuries' time. The …