sifuCJC wants to read Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
At sixty-three years old, million-dollar lottery winner PJ Halliday would be the luckiest man in …
And another librarian recommendation. Said it's funny and dark.
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I read only nonfiction for years. Now, I'm getting back into fiction. (he/him)
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sifuCJC wants to read The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
“Imagine, the letters one has sent out into the world, the letters received back in …
Another librarian recommendation.
sifuCJC wants to read Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson
Ever since her dad left them twenty years ago, it’s been just Madeline Hill and …
New Kevin Wilson
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@mollymay5000 So far very intriguing; some really different takes. I'll let you know how it feels (no spoilers!).
sifuCJC started reading City in Glass by Nghi Vo
A demon. An angel. A city.
The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city …
I'm trying to revive a story of mine with gods, so I've found some in the library to see what's out there. This one seems interesting, angels and demons though.
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Taylor Drew reviewed The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger
A narrative investigation into the new science of plant intelligence and sentience, from National Association …
An ode to our fellow living creatures
5 stars
I listened to the audiobook, which is narrated by the author, and it was just so good.
I loved the way the narrative played out as she described her talks with botanists around the world. She covered so much ground and made a potentially difficult topic super fun and engaging.
I really love how she mulled alongside the scientists she interviewed and it made me thing a lot about the plants that are around me and how they may feel in the environment.
Exactly the kind of approachable and fun writing I hope to see from journalists. I wonder what the author will take on next!
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enne📚 reviewed The Future of Work: Compulsory by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries #0.5)
The Future of Work: Compulsory
4 stars
I didn't realize this (very) short Murderbot story existed until very recently. It's a prequel to All Systems Red and can be read online in WIRED. It reads a bit like a microcosm of the entire series, a journey from apathy to protecting humans to musing about being protected itself, but in 1000 words rather than a handful of novellas and a novel.
It’s not like I haven’t thought about killing the humans since I hacked my governor module. But then I started exploring the company servers and discovered hundreds of hours of downloadable entertainment media, and I figured, what’s the hurry? I can always kill the humans after the next series ends.
I don't want to talk about the tv show too much, but it's hard not to think about what the books are doing differently. It's really interesting to me how much the opening line of this …
I didn't realize this (very) short Murderbot story existed until very recently. It's a prequel to All Systems Red and can be read online in WIRED. It reads a bit like a microcosm of the entire series, a journey from apathy to protecting humans to musing about being protected itself, but in 1000 words rather than a handful of novellas and a novel.
It’s not like I haven’t thought about killing the humans since I hacked my governor module. But then I started exploring the company servers and discovered hundreds of hours of downloadable entertainment media, and I figured, what’s the hurry? I can always kill the humans after the next series ends.
I don't want to talk about the tv show too much, but it's hard not to think about what the books are doing differently. It's really interesting to me how much the opening line of this prequel story but also the opening line of All Systems Red both having Murderbot ostensibly considering killing people. Honestly, this particular feeling lines up more closely with the opening of the first tv episode than I was willing to give it credit for at the time.
sifuCJC wants to read Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7.5)
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7.5)
Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile …
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Fionnáin quoted Through Vegetal Being by Michael Marder
Of course, the real tricksters are the firm believers in the received world of metaphysics. Their signature hoax, responsible for today's dominant worldview, is the act of transubstantiating all forms of life into lifeless property.
— Through Vegetal Being by Michael Marder, Luce Irigaray (Page 124)
From Marder's section, Chapter 3: A Culture Forgetful of Life
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth …
A life story told
4 stars
The book is about someone telling their life story, and that's exactly how it feels to read it. And it's an interesting one. Well done.
I'm glad it was recommended to me since I might not have been caught by the synopsis.
sifuCJC started reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth …
A recommendation.
sifuCJC reviewed Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
Blue Sisters tells the story of three exceptional - and exceptionally different - sisters as …
On family
4 stars
This was a nice portrayal of sisters and family and reconciliation.
sifuCJC started reading Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
Blue Sisters tells the story of three exceptional - and exceptionally different - sisters as they return to their family …
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Fionnáin quoted Plants by Numbers by Jane Prophet
This open access book takes a queer, feminist, and decolonial technoscience approach to the ecologies …
Vegetal writing takes place at the intersection of species with human privilege so profound and multilayered it is impossible to account for it fully, as in every written account humans speak for plants. If, as I do, one believes in the observer effect—that an observed system is disturbed by the act of observation whether the observation is by human or an instrument—then even phytographic experiences with no touch, where humans “only” observe, are impacted by the act of human observation, mediated or not, and observation is intersectional. Writing/drawing with Hong Kong plants, and observing them, is a process entangled with British colonialism very differently from the colonial entanglement when writing with the English oak.
— Plants by Numbers by Jane Prophet, Helen V. Pritchard (Page 171)
From the very compelling chapter 'Codely Phytographia: An Artist's Material History of Writing Code with Trees' by Jane Prophet (pp 163-180)
As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide …
Pleasant witchy story
4 stars
I'm glad I didn't see that this was classified as a romance. It was mostly a cozy story, which was what I was looking for. It was maybe 10 percent romance.
And the ending was way better than expected since in a cozy story, we just care about the journey. Quite enjoyable.