In this issue of ED newsletter, I discuss Mansfield Park which I /thought/ was published on August 1, 1814 but turns out it was published May 9, 1814. I'm prepared for next year! 😞
I’m reading The Will of the Many by James Islington; just finished chapter 37—I AM GAGGED. GAGGED I tell you. I did NOT see this coming. #bookstodon@bookstodon
#JustFinished Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May
This is an alt universe where magic is real and outlawed after the horrors of its use in World War I. Set on an island off of England where magic is woven into the fabric of its history, a young woman comes into her birthright, her power, and herself. Quite dark, and quite enjoyable.
Dead Poets Society meets The Ring? That's sort of the impression I'm getting two thirds of the way through The White Devil by Justin Evans. Christian Coulson, the audiobook narrator, deserves credit for effortlessly (I think) slipping back and forth between a variety of accents. I can't imagine that's easy to do.
I found Cixin Liu's 'Death's End' gripping, but also disappointing. It's full of brilliant SF inventiveness, but it's politically/philosophically simplistic, and it has a bizarrely essentialist approach to gender.
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QSFer Matt Converse has a new queer horror book out: I Bury Them Alive.
When Max throws an elaborate Halloween party with his eclectic friend group, no one could have imagined one of the guests might be a serial killer.
The Tombstone Killer doesn’t kill, or so he claims. He buries his victims and lets God decide their fate. Which leaves his hands clean, at least in his twisted mind...
#FridayReads (for later, when I am done with this article), rereading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie because I'm in the mood for it. Such a great book.
But for right now I'm taking a break from formatting and final copy-edits of this article to fix my dinner.
#MansfieldPark may be the least cheery work of #JaneAusten but it has still made me laugh out loud several times thanks to her keenly realistic observation and razor sharp understated cynical wit. This was the most recent example for me #AmReading@bookstodon #ebooks #books
@ronsboy67 I'm also currently reading Mansfield Park! Austen's wit is so keen in this one. I've been reader her books chronologically and this one contains the most sarcasm by far -- both in the narrative voice and in the voices of the characters. #AmReading#bookstodon#JaneAusten
@aram THIS! In an age where a "burn" is delivered with the subtlety of a blunderbuss, Austen's wit can truly be seen as rapier sharp, and delivered with surgical precision. Jaded, and cynical (as is understandable after 30+ years in that society ) but emphatically "funny 'cos it's true" material for sure.
It's my second favourite of hers now. A very different sort of pleasure to Persuasion, but one that clearly shows off her talent. #AmReading#bookstodon#JaneAusten @bookstodon
Eek, it's August already? Here are the books I read last month:
Echo of Worlds by M.R. Carey*
Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan*
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher*
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
Queen B by Juno Dawson
A psychological thriller with a hefty dose of more than willing suspension of disbelief, THE SAFE HOUSE is one of those bare knuckle roller-coaster rides of a reading experience that may lead to a loss of sleep and a strong desire to avoid anywhere in the bush during long hot summers.
... a debut series of linked short stories by NZ born, Japan resident author, Simon Rowe. Mami Suzuki is a hotel clerk, and a part-time private investigator, running her slowly building sideline around the day job, and her mother and young daughter at home.
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🔴 📖 Chapter 7 Constructing Early Anglo-Saxon Identity in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
“The combination of mythological arrival and conquest annals with the strategic inclusion of genealogies allow the annals as a whole to present all the kingdoms and sub-kingdoms of Britannia as important members of a larger family. They show the supremacy of the Germanic incomers over the native Britons, and they focus on the House of Wessex almost from the outset, showing the West Saxons to be the natural leaders of this group.”
Konshuh, C. (2020). Chapter 7 Constructing Early Anglo-Saxon Identity in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. In The Land of the English Kin, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004421899_009 [Accessed 01 August 2024]
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"
WaywardSky reviews Initiation and calls it "a shockingly GOOD book" with "a kind of acceptance that warmed me from the inside out" and a "genius" magic system as plot mechanic.
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.)