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Tsundoku

lapis@bookwyrm.social

Joined 4 years, 4 months ago

Author, Voracious Reader, Crocheter of many things, Very Autistic

Languages: EN, ES (B1)

(Pronouns: they / them) Mainly reads: Young Adult (contemporary, sci-fi or fantasy), Japanese Literature, Romance, and Fantasy / Sci-fi for adults

lapiswrites.xyz - Official ™ Blog with pictures @lapis@booktoot.club - Book & Riverdale account @lapis@elekk.xyz - General Shitposting, sometimes game related

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Tsundoku's books

Currently Reading (View all 22)

2025 Reading Goal

67% complete! Tsundoku has read 35 of 52 books.

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E. M. Anderson: The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher (Hardcover, 2023, Hansen House, LLC) 5 stars

When you’re a geriatric armed with nothing but gumption and knitting needles, stopping a sorcerer …

A touching & emotionally realistic story, set in the modern world but with magic.

5 stars

I very much enjoyed this book, despite all the dark elements that the characters face. It is indeed funny, and the narrative phrasings made me laugh out loud more than once. It's also sad, even heart-wrenching at points. I personally really enjoyed seeing someone with a bad hip/other physical ailments that genuinely seems to affect them all the time, not just when it's convenient to the narrative. And when characters get injured, those injuries matter. And of course I appreciated that there's M/M and F/F relationships in the book, and was glad that if there was more than cuddling going on, it was off-screen and undescribed. She, and all the other characters we get to know well, have moments of strength, and moments of weakness when they rely on others to be strong for them.

I loved how she completed the quest, and I loved the glimpse into her life, …