Book Review #44 is Lilian Faderman's Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America. This is a very detailed look at female relationships over the course of nearly 100 years. And again, I found Faderman's work helpful in understanding their story, too. ☕☕☕☕
Book Review #43 for 2024 is Lillian Faderman's The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle. I haven't read American social history in a while and decided I wanted to get a long view of the lgbtqi community in America. I found Faderman's work helpful in understanding their story. ☕☕☕☕ review
Book Review #42 for 2024 Duncan Campbell-Smith's Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution. Frank Whittle was, according to who you choose to side with, the creator of the jet engine.
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Book Review #41 for 2024 is Collin Dexter's The Jewel That Was Ours. Another cerebral work by Dexter as Morse and Lewis link together two murders with connections between America and England involving a jewel with a revengeful motive. I remember seeing this one in the TV series.
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Book Review #40 for 2024 is Kelly Oliver's Covert in Cairo. From the cold of the Big Apple to the heat of WW1 Egypt, Fiona and company follow Fredricks to Cairo. I think this has been the best one so far as the plot gets darker and more intense.
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Book review #39 for 2024 Kelly Oliver's Mystery in Manhattan. Fiona Figg travels to the US to catch her nemesis Fredrick Fredricks and arrest him. This continues to be a delightful series. ☕☕☕☕review
I couldn't believe my luck last week when a book I was eagerly anticipating, The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman, was available at my library two days after its release. I put it on hold on a whim... no way the library would get it so soon, and no way I'd be first in line.
I tried to like this ultra-violent superhero yarn that just happens to be co-written by Keanu Reeves, but despite its accomplished art, ‘BRZRKR’ disappoints on every other level.
New: Niranjan's queer dark fantasy romance (bi, non-binary): Memories of Forgotten Waves.
He can choose to forgive, but can he ever trust again?
Aderin is the prince of the merpeople, the pampered only son of his parents and a beacon of hope for all magical creatures of the sea. When a group of humans calling themselves the Brotherhood of...
For your enjoyment: Pride and Prejudice with Androids, an interactive read-write text adventure from the Library of Unwritten Books. In a future where automation provides for all, many live lives of leisure similar to the landed gentry. Play here: https://libraryofunwrittenbooks.org/?text=pride_and_prejudice.txt
FWIW, if you’re new to The Library of Unwritten Books, I suggest reading the Tips page before jumping in. See https://libraryofunwrittenbooks.org/tips/ Successful “game play” only happens if you embrace the role of reader-AUTHOR. ;)
If you’re a fan of podcasts, there are over dozen of them dedicated to #JaneAusten and the Brontes! If I’m missing any, let me know so I can update the list!
🔴 The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium by Anthony Kaldellis.
“He reprehends the terms ‘Byzantine’ and ‘Byzantium’ as the fraudulent legacy of 19th-century scholars determined to claim the heritage of Roman antiquity for (North-) Western Europe, dispossessing its rightful heirs and smearing them, perversely, with tropes of Oriental despotism invented by the Greeks of the classical age. Save in the book’s subtitle, a commercial concession, Kaldellis restricts the offending word to historiographical contexts.”
“…In both 1870 and 1910 most of the technical knowledge of the world is in French, English, Italian and German but look at what happens in Japan–basically no technical books in 1870 to on par with English in 1910. Moreover, no other country did this.”
Book Challenge: 20 Books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers, with alt text.
Book Challenge: 20 Books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers, with alt text.
#IndieInkAwards reviews for this year are coming in! I'll cross-post them here in replies to myself as they come in. Feel free to follow the hashtag to make sure you see them all! (These will be on other social media as well.)
First up, Tiny Elf Arcanist reviews A Necromancer Called Gam Gam and calls it "a moving exploration of grief and found family wrapped in beautiful prose"
OneReadingNurse posts her first Indie Ink Awards review, reviewing The Nameless Restaurant. She says "I’m definitely craving some expertly prepared golden fried rice" after reading, so be prepared for this book to make you hungry and thirsty!
Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. (And don't forget the alt text.)
Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. (And don't forget the alt text.)