@rachelcleves and I contributed a three-favourite-book-list to Shepherd, an independent site for generating book recommendations.
Writing together as @RASinn, we chose three of our favorite co-reads this year that captured our shared experiences. Weirdly, none of them were #scifi.
The sad (to me!) demise of Twitter over the past year has made me interested to read about it in fiction and I’ve been hooked to an audiobook today called The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya, published in 2020. Set in the music industry, an unknown but enthusiastic YouTuber goes viral with a cover of a fairly well respected singer-songwriter’s song and they end up striking up a friendship as they both live in Toronto. As you can imagine from the title, an explosive subtweet goes viral (the type of tweet that then gets quoted in online news articles) and it all kicks off! ShortEnough to read in a day, I loved it! #bookstodon#AmReading@bookstodon
I'm definitely late to the party on this - and I haven't seen the TV show - but I have just sat and devoured this in pretty much one session after it being recommended by a student. "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus really is incredible. Amazing characters and such clever, clever writing about the roles and experiences of women in society. I loved every moment and I'm sad it's over. #Books#bookstodon#AmReading@bookstodon
The man who has not known fear, does not have to show he isn’t afraid.
I was one of those fortunate to be born into that condition, unlike Ta-Nehisi Coates.
That bravado and pomp is a product of fear, really took a better part of my life to grasp. Because when I finally knew fear it almost crushed me, and I marveled at those displaying power.
But no more. It always had an aura of problemacy, it’s self-feeding nature. It’s a trap.
I'm having a bit of a hard time with Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. I knew going in that some of the short stories were going to be a bit "out there." A few are quite good, but most I think are not really my taste. I'm about 60% of the way through and hope to have it done this weekend. Really, the sooner, the better.
I know Palahniuk has written a bunch of books. This is the first of his that I've picked up.
"Think of Davos, except they don't pretend they're helping people" - @scalzi making me feel like I am going to really enjoy Starter Villain 😊😸 #ebooks#AmReading@bookstodon
When the storm woke me up in the middle of the night I read this charming classic short story on the Scratch Books website, it’s about a clever and mischievous boy who outwits his aunt - 'The Lumber Room' by Saki #bookstodon#AmReading@bookstodon
My beloved vector shared a virus, as toddlers are wont to do. And I am not up to reading something new. I pulled #PatriciaMcKillip's Ombria in Shadow from the shelf and read it today.
No, it is not a favourite in her oeuvre, but it had some shivering resonances with our current events. A #fantasy tale about memory and perception, before and after, and how culture, society, identity, has complex interconnections between fable and fact.
About a woman in Sarajevo during the siege in 1992. Trapped in the city, with water, food, electricity and other supplies cut off. They are keeping their humanity through art, books, kindness (symbolised by bridges).
I found the best aspect of this book the historical setting.
While reading it, the news from Gaza/Israel created unexpected reflections. Of course these wars are very different, but the horribleness is similar.
Why do I love my #Kobo? Not just because I can read 1-handed, though that's critical. When I am on holiday far from home with long passages of passenger travel ahead, I have a diverse library at my fingertips, as my "currently reading" list @thestorygraph shows
Regency Romance, Golden Age style locked room mystery, indigenous Māori/Pasifika shorts, physics popsci and however one categorises @scalzi 😁#AmReading#ebooks@bookstodon#Aotearoa#Mystery#ScienceFiction#Science#Romance