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Joined 2 years, 11 months ago

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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commented on Group Living and Other Recipes by Lola Milholland

Lola Milholland: Group Living and Other Recipes (Hardcover, 2024, Spiegel & Grau LLC)

A spirited and timely exploration of group living that encourages readers to reconsider the meaning …

I don't remember the exact part so maybe I'll grab it later. there's a point where her mom declares that she didn't disinherit enough from her family! i really liked that.

stopped reading Lifehouse by Adam Greenfield

Adam Greenfield: Lifehouse (Paperback, Verso) No rating

We are living through a long emergency - a near-continuous train of pandemics, heatwaves, droughts, …

Didn't find it compelling enough at the start maybe will come back to it not really new concepts for me at the start at least

commented on Schone neue Welt by Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley: Schone neue Welt (Paperback, 2014, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, FISCHER Taschenbuch)

Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today …

I admit it's written in a fairly entertaining way but the story still sucks

commented on Schone neue Welt by Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley: Schone neue Welt (Paperback, 2014, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, FISCHER Taschenbuch)

Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today …

I don't really like this book. It feels like Translation State but maybe a little less juvenile and also just worse overall. I like the audiobook narrator though.

commented on Green mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars (2))

Kim Stanley Robinson: Green mars (Paperback, 1995, Bantam Books)

In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic …

As the series goes on, I'm able to follow what is happening less and less

commented on Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge

Yan Ge, Jeremy Tiang: Strange Beasts of China (Hardcover, 2021, Melville House)

In the fictional Chinese city of Yong’an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the …

My partner finally read it after I had mentioned it as a book I really liked. He agreed it's a little confusing but has some good spooky bits.

commented on The Infinite (The Outside #3) by Ada Hoffmann

Ada Hoffmann: The Infinite (The Outside #3) (2023)

I like how much backstory we get in the fallen and the infinite, it doesn't feel as harsh as some other books with flash backs and feels evenly distributed