"A charming and funny novella. Glass builds the characters of Jed and Simon up carefully, and takes great pains to let the reader understand the feelings involved and where they come from... a story of personal awakening that is surprisingly satisfying. 5 stars."
"Wonderful characters, explicit sex, an orgy, secrets and surprises, and a young man trying to find his magic. I can’t wait to pick up book three to follow Meran when he meets Falric, and discover what the gem is, to finally get some answers to the questions that were raised in book one. 4 stars."
I'm about to start The One Impossible Labyrinth by Matthew Reilly.
It's the seventh book in the series. It started out as an amusing romp, but I just want it over now as it has become more ridiculous with each book. After reading the first few books, I became too invested and had to finish it all...
I've finished: And Put Away Childish Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky
After reading a couple of mediocre things I didn't bother posting about, I was reminded how much fun reading a master like Tchaikovsky can be.
(He also turns out to be a really good narrator).
Tchaikovsky manages to mix our reality with fantasy and sci-fi in a seamless way.
The protagonist is both clueless and steeped in the mythos. A setup that allows Tchaikovsky to create a more detailed fantasy world and a deeper interaction between Harry and the alternate universe.
Oh wow someone is selling this clearly excellent guide to growing potatoes.
POTAATO
(wave it over the soil and coax the roots into existence. Then you have a plant. This plant will grow illogically. At some point it will send you an email. )
My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, & spectacular #horror#books far & wide.
💙📚 THE NIGHTMARE BOX is filled with rage & reflection. It contains horrors AND hope. It's incensing, but inspiring: Cynthia Gomez has masterfully blended the tragic truths of Reality w imagination to create powerful, unique stories that vibrate w urgency & the voices of all denied equity. (Cursed Morsels Press)
Why Alexander the Great really was better than the average imperialist conqueror
“Kousser brings us into the story in time for the infamous burning of Persepolis, jewel of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Alexander’s consolidation of power, conquest of Asia Minor and founding of Alexandria were all behind him at this point. When he burned Persepolis, he had just returned from Egypt, where he had proclaimed himself the son of a god.”
Just what I need - nearly 175 #books to add to my nearly endless Want to Read pile. Only a little bit of crossover and I've probably read less than 10% of them.
@smashedratonpress@bookstodon I've read 17, and I didn't love them all 😹 But many of them were way back in the day and I should try again—books like Dune and Dhalgren (used to love Delaney), and the classics like 1984 and Brave New World, which I read in high school. I've also started many of them. I really should try to finish The Fifth Season.
#NowReading2024 SIGN HERE! HANDWRITING IN THE AGE OF NEW MEDIA Edited by Sonja Neef, José van Dijck, & Eric Ketelaar via Amsterdam University Press brewed with Blackhole Coffee Roastery @bookstodon#Bookstodon#BookMastodon
“This work is the first major attempt since the 1970s to challenge the idea that the essential engine of medical (and scientific) change in seventeenth-century Britain emanated from puritanism. It seeks to reaffirm the crucial role of the period of the civil wars and their aftermath in providing the most congenial context for a re-evaluation of traditional attitudes to medicine.”