Great. Multiple interesting POV characters. Plausible extrapolation of current trends, but the timeline seems too far in the future. I hope things will be more different by the 2140s.
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I only track books that I read for pleasure, mostly SF/Fantasy. I've fallen out of the habit of actually writing reviews beyond giving a star rating. It would be nice to get back into that habit.
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Aneel reviewed Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Aneel rated Certain Dark Things: 3 stars

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
"Certain Dark Things combines elements of Latin American mythology with a literary voice that leads readers on an exhilarating and …
Aneel rated Mira's Last Dance: 3 stars

Mira's Last Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
In this sequel to the novella Penric's Mission, the injured Penric, a Temple sorcerer and learned divine, tries to guide …
Aneel rated The Anvil of the World: 4 stars
Aneel rated Penric's Mission: 3 stars
Aneel rated Life in code: 4 stars
Aneel rated The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Magic Carpet Books): 4 stars

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Magic Carpet Books) by Patricia A. McKillip
Young Sybel, the heiress of powerful wizards, needs the company of no-one outside her gates. In her exquisite stone mansion, …
Aneel rated Penric's Fox: 3 stars

Penric's Fox by Lois McMaster Bujold
Some eight months after the events of Penric and the Shaman, Learned Penric, sorcerer and scholar, travels to Easthome, the …
Aneel rated River of Teeth: 3 stars
Aneel reviewed Bitch Doctrine by Laurie Penny
"Smart and provocative, witty and uncompromising, this collection of Laurie Penny's celebrated essays establishes her …
Review of 'Bitch Doctrine' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Lots of good points. Hard to read as a book. I think it would have worked better for me if I'd read it as the original blog posts, articles, etc. I may have to try interleaving sections of collections like this with other things, so each short essay has time to marinate before the next topic switch.
Aneel reviewed Unexpected Stories by Octavia E. Butler
Aneel rated Men Explain Things to Me: 5 stars

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
"In her comic, scathing essay "Men Explain Things to Me," Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations …
Aneel rated All Systems Red: 4 stars

All Systems Red by Martha Wells
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
Aneel reviewed The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

The Scarlet Pimpernel (2005)
The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness …
Review of 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
It struck me as I finished that this book would be the opening chapter of a modern thriller. We expect so much more action packed into our fiction these days!
The serial-style writing, where each chapter reminded you of what had come before made it a good book to read as I was going to sleep. Missed a detail? No worries.