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I primarily listen to audiobooks using Libby, and sometimes Audible. Feel free to ask me about how I have 15 cards on Libby.

Check out my book lists about things like Asian authors, or Autistic characters!

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Daniel H. Wilson: Hole in the sky (Hardcover, 2025, Doubleday)

On the Great Plains of Oklahoma, in the heart of the Cherokee Nation, a strange …

Pretty cool! I liked Mikayla's character. AI sucks, but i guess that's not the full story of what happened with her. Still not ideal to have an autistic savant character, but having a neurodivergent and fat Black woman represented, with excellent narration in the audiobook, made it my favorite of the perspectives to follow along with. it's a bit short, but i think that's okay. I like the incorporation of indigenous culture and sci-fi.

Myle Yan Tay: catskull (english language, Ethos Books) No rating

Ram has been ignored and dismissed his entire life. His parents patronise him, his older …

Great performance but I don’t want to keep listening with the disruptions from the artificially delayed releases and overall podcast ad kludge. Not super committed to the characters.

finished reading Mickey7 by Edward Ashton (Mickey7)

Edward Ashton, Simon Saito: Mickey7 (Paperback, 2023, Griffin)

Mickey hat einen einfachen Job. Er hilft einer Expeditionscrew, den Eisplaneten Niflheim zu kolonisieren, und …

Kind of Murderbot vibes in the writing style, entertaining but not my preferred kind of writing. Not interested in the sequel. Too much sex and not enough colonial critique.

Patricia Kaishian: Forest Euphoria (Hardcover, 2025, Spiegel & Grau LLC) No rating

Growing up, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian felt most at home in the swamps and culverts near …

The anecdotal style combined with history, with each chapter focused on a different organism, does remind me a bit of both “fearless, sleepless, deathless” and “world of wonders”. I do wish there were few more scientific citations made as FSD did but I don’t think it really matters. Also knowing Patty as a mycologist, I was surprised that the first fifth of the book focused more on animals.