Matt K commented on The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female …
You know what, you got me with that twist. Nice.
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Matt K wants to read The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration …
Ian sold me on it.
Matt K started reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female …
Well, the book club has spoken so I’m hopping on the train.
Matt K finished reading System Collapse by Martha Wells
System Collapse by Martha Wells
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation …
Matt K started reading System Collapse by Martha Wells
System Collapse by Martha Wells
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation …
Matt K finished reading Big Girl by Meg Elison
Big Girl by Meg Elison
These are stories that ambush the reader with Elison's signature style: a drolly disturbing admixture of dry irony and simmering …
Matt K reviewed Big Girl by Meg Elison
These are stories that ambush the reader with Elison's signature style: a drolly disturbing admixture …
Knife sharp cuts
4 stars
Big girl hurts a bit to read, but you’re going to looks so pretty when it’s done with you.
Matt K commented on The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of …
Just a constant pendulum between the profound and the banal. I don’t know if it’s just too vague about everything or if it’s a book that will blow the mind of a person who hasn’t done creative work before.
Matt K rated Invisible Cities: 5 stars
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but …
Matt K started reading Big Girl by Meg Elison
These are stories that ambush the reader with Elison's signature style: a drolly disturbing admixture …
From a story bundle. Razor sharp short stories.
Matt K commented on The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of …
Nothing is bad, but the language is very woo woo as he discusses creative inputs.
Matt K started reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of …
start reading this for book club
Matt K finished reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Once, she was …
Matt K reviewed Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing …
Two sides of a crisis
5 stars
There's so many good bits and little shiny details in this epic redemption journey. In the past, a simple occupation mission by an atrocious all-conquering invasion force goes awry with a mysterious conspiracy coming to a head. The protagonist is an AI ship consciousness multiply embodied in enslaved human soldiers. A crisis builds under the watchful eye of an empress that rules from within thousands of bodies.
In the present, the aftermath of the crisis is our protagonist singly embodied, troubled by the atrocities it committed and dedicated to a hopeless mission of vengeance.
There is a lot of dealing with a... not an untrustworthy narrator but an extremely neurodivergent naive narrator. Lots of fun gender issues and language issues that present as interesting puzzles for the reader.
Matt K reviewed Witch King by Martha Wells
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always …
Fantastic Voyage
5 stars
Witch King flips back and forth between two times. One is a mystery - who trapped us? What intrigue is afoot and how can we foil it. The other is a rising challenge, a hopeless rebellion against an overwhelming authority.
Both are told with strength and warmth- our protagonist is frankly a bit of a shit in the beginning, but we learn why and see where they are coming from and where they are supported more than they see.
It ends with the perfect ending for a mystery and the aftermath of a rebellion. The story is done.
I’d absolutely enjoy another book in this world but this stands well all by itself.