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I am a blind technologist, humanist, a voracious devourer of books, speaker, writer, and a thinker, who finds himself championing #accessibility for fun and necessity. I'm currently exploring the complex world of AR and VR worlds to find best ways to achieve full accessibility for disabled people.

Oh and give me your fun book recommendations: be it nonfiction, science fiction and fantasy, romance, mystery, and more.

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sarahmatthews , to bookstodon
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The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene, 1943, is a disorienting story of espionage during WW2, with a little romance thrown in and a great storyline about memory loss and trying to recover but also kind of enjoying the simple life where you’re sheltered from the horrors of the outside world. I’ve written some more thoughts on it here @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e3a7bc1d-866f-4091-93ee-e7270f209e9a

ppatel ,
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@sarahmatthews Graham Greene is such an unappreciated writer. @bookstodon

weirdwriter , to bookstodon

I’m listening to a unique kind of writing style. It actually really works for this medium because the narrated podcast I’m listening to has episodes/chapters that are like 10 minutes long or 20 minutes long at the most. It’s called The Cara Files. The writer tells a lot instead of shows, but I do not think this is a bad thing. I honestly like this way of telling rather than showing. It doesn’t drag out the story unnecessarily, and I think this is why some books really drag on for me is because there is too much showing and not enough telling. @bookstodon

ppatel ,
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@weirdwriter @bookstodon There are some places where telling definitely works. In Cory Doctorow's Martie Hench books, Doctorow definitely shows how telling works well.

KaraLG84 , to bookstodon
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What I love about rick Riordan's novels is the thing of setting ancient myths in modern times. what I don't like about them is the sheer amount of teenaged angst and people not communicating with each other.
So, I'd love to read something like that, but for adults. Any recommendations welcome.
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ppatel ,
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@KaraLG84 @bookstodon Here are a couple of recs you might enjoy.

"Goddess Test" series by Aimée Carter

"Olympus Bound" series by Jordanna Max Brodsky

"Covenant" series by Jennifer L. Armentrout

The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller

Circe
by Madeline Miller

The last two are my particular favorites. I can't guarantee that there is no angst. Not as much as the PJ series.

ppatel ,
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@SallyStrange @KaraLG84 @bookstodon Yes. forgot to mention that the last two aren't set in modern times. But I figure Kara would enjoy them nonetheless.

ppatel ,
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@SallyStrange @KaraLG84 @bookstodon And, then,there's the Dark Olympus series by Katee Robert. I don't believe it's finished yet. At least,I haven't read all of the books in the series. Quite good but not for those who don't enjoy sexual content or romance in their books.

sarahmatthews , to bookstodon
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🙌Great to see the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction longlist announcement! The one I’m most likely to read is Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein, Here’s the full list @bookstodon | “From gripping memoirs and polemic narratives, to groundbreaking investigative journalism and revisionist history, these 16 titles will change the way you view the non-fiction section of the bookshop.
Whether you are a seasoned non-fiction reader or considering trying for the first time, with this list you have at your fingertips a breadth of titles that reflects the quality and ambition of non-fiction writing by women around the globe that spark curiosity and might just change the world.”

https://womensprize.com/announcing-the-2024-womens-prize-for-non-fiction-longlist/

ppatel ,
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@sarahmatthews @bookstodon That Naomi client book is excellent.

sarahmatthews , to bookstodon
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I’ve just finished The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard, 1990, a truly memorable family saga set just before the Second World War and I’m so glad it’s the first of a series of 5 books! Some more thoughts on it here @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4f0860f2-821a-49e5-8741-38eb3ff6e80c

ppatel ,
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@sarahmatthews @lynnskyi @bookstodon I just started the series based on your recommendation. Love it so far couple of chapters into the first book.

sarahmatthews , (edited ) to bookstodon
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Really enjoyed this book review by Jen Campbell,written as a London walk @bookstodon | “Seven years ago, Jeanette Winterson published her book Christmas Days, a delightful ghost-hug of a book, part memoir, part fiction… A few years, later her novel Frankissstein was stitched together: a play on Mary Shelley’s novel, exploring technology, gender, and AI. Her new book, Night Side of the River, appears to be the spectral child of both”
https://www.toa.st/blogs/magazine/jen-campbell-book-club-jeanette-winterson-night-side-of-the-river

ppatel ,
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@sarahmatthews @bookstodon I can't wait to get into her latest. I love her writing.

ppatel , to random
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Whatch ya all reading? Need good recs. Really, Really good ones.

ppatel OP ,
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@golgaloth @bookstodon These are excellent suggestions. Thank you. I've read Ryka Aoki's books but not the others.

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