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Jennifer

jennifilm@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 5 months ago

Poet, photographer, etc from Ōtautahi, Aotearoa.

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essa may ranapiri: ransack (Paperback, 2020, Victoria University Press)

Review of 'ransack' on 'Goodreads'

Absolutely gorgeous. I heard Essa’s interview on Standing Room Only and placed a hold at the library the next day. They have such an incredible way with words, so many lines in ransack felt like a punch directly to the heart in the best possible way. Really means a lot to read such gorgeous, specific, perfectly articulated poetry about non-binary identity.

reviewed Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

Yoon Ha Lee: Ninefox Gambit (2016)

Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle …

Review of 'Ninefox Gambit' on 'Goodreads'

This one took me a while to really get into it, but god I was so hooked by the end! Very excited to start the next. The interaction between Jedao & Cheris is just so so good.

Casey Plett: Little fish (2018)

Wendy Reimer is a thirty-year-old trans woman in Winnipeg who comes across evidence that her …

Review of 'Little fish' on 'Goodreads'

Oh, wow, this was such a pleasure. It was recommended to me and i added it my lists before realising Casey Plett also wrote A Safe Girl To Love, which I enjoyed a whole lot, so that was a nice surprise! Little Fish runs along similar themes with a similar style, and I really enjoyed it. The full length story fleshes things out in a really nice way after reading the short story collection, and damn, I'm just hit again by what a fantastic, unique experience reading works by trans women authors is. So many bits hit me right in the gut, in the best, most emotional way possible.

Connie Willis: Doomsday Book (1993, Bantam Books)

Somewhere in the future, ordinary history students must travel back in time as part of …

Review of 'Doomsday Book' on 'Goodreads'

Ohhhh my god this was SUCH a good read. It got recommended to me by narrative muse and I'm so glad it did...

The writing is just so enthralling and I got so attached to so many characters and the last portion left me in so many tears, I'm so emotional but so happy to have read this at the same time

reviewed Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver (Chameleon Moon, #1)

RoAnna Sylver: Chameleon Moon (Paperback, 2016, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform)

The city of Parole is burning. Like Venice slips into the sea, Parole crumbles into …

Review of 'Chameleon Moon' on 'Goodreads'

This was a bit of a slow burn for me but by the time I got halfway through I was definitely hooked! The last quarter was such a good ride & I'm v excited to read #2!