Queer, friendly, wordy, neurodivergent. Vacillatingly voracious reader. General rule of avoiding books that are written by/for/about cishet white men, especially Americans.
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There are only three real powers in the Spiral: the corporate power of the Trust versus the Union's labor's leverage. …
Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is …
When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced …
Did not expect bonus insight into the life of the author of "The Once and Future King." Now want to reread that with knowledge that the author was a closeted gay man.
One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he …
WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart.
Words are like a road map to …
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Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian. Not long ago there were …
Fingersmith is a 2002 historical crime novel set in Victorian-era Britain by Sarah Waters.
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, …
Not sure this just isn't for me, or if the audiobook isn't the right format. Having a hard time following the story, don't like any of the characters, find the writing clumsy (characters saying their own name? Others serving as exposition machines?), and there's explicit and persistent fatphobia. Hard to put my finger on exactly what I don't like about the female characters; it may just be that they're talking exclusively about men and bloodlines (aka childbearing) so far. It's looking like a DNF; I may give it another try, I may not.
"Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her …
They are a vicious international quartet of criminals known as "The Big Four". Number One …
Racist, derivative claptrap.
They are a vicious international quartet of criminals known as "The Big Four". Number One was a brilliant Chinese, the …
