Pixel commented on Translation State by Ann Leckie
The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will …
Actually getting quite into this
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I primarily listen to audiobooks using Libby, and sometimes Audible. Feel free to ask me about how I have 8 cards on Libby.
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Pixel wants to read Octavia's Brood by adrienne maree brown
Whenever we envision a world without war, without prisons, without capitalism, we are producing speculative …
Recommended by my coworker
Pixel commented on Good Enough Job by Simone Stolzoff
"Superb."—Oliver Burkeman
A challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our …
I was so hype when a quote from Charles Yu's "How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe" was featured before the start of one of the chapters. The book make a deep impression on me when I was in a state of depression in middle school. bookwyrm.social/book/17241/s/how-to-live-safely-in-a-science-fictional-universe
Pixel started reading Neuromancer by William Gibson
The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus- hallucination, the representation of …
I tried listening to this a while ago. I wanted to like it, but there were a lot of aspects to it steeped in cishteronomative whiteness that made me deeply uncomfortable.
Pixel started reading We Should Get Together by Kat Vellos
I don't entirely remember if I finished reading it, but it was interesting from the bits I did pick up on. It really had me thinking about what it means to keep someone as a friend for long term life transitions.
Pixel started reading Honeybee democracy by Thomas D. Seeley
picked it up after a friend recommended it. didn't listen to the whole thing super intently, but there were some cool facts about bees and how they organize that i'd never learned about before
Pixel started reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing …
not sure what people like about this book
Pixel started reading Translation State by Ann Leckie
The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will …
I tried to read the first book from the original series but I found it extremely dry. I'm trying to read this without the context of the original series but it's still a struggle for me. Something about this author's style doesn't quite click. I'm still going to give it a try in hopes that it'll motivate me more to be interested in the world of the original series.
Pixel started reading Good Enough Job by Simone Stolzoff
"Superb."—Oliver Burkeman
A challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our …
This was shared on the fedi a while back and I had it bookmarked. I'm almost done with this five hour audiobook, easy to get through in a few days. I was surprised with the writing, usually books like don't make me feel like I've learned anything new and just feel like a drag. Instead, "The Good Enough Job" takes an approach to critiquing capitalist-driven over productivity through personal stories that serve as case studies to unpack ideas like "the company is your family" or "your job should be your sole identity". It focuses on people in white-collar jobs that failed them and includes queer BIPOC narratives right off the bat.
Pixel finished reading The Golem of Brooklyn by Adam Mansbach
The dazzlingly imaginative, ferociously funny story of an art teacher, a bodega clerk, and a …
Recommended by a friend, it was a good balance of serious ethical discussions and absurd casual humor
Pixel stopped reading She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya
She of the Mountains is an illustrated novel by Vivek Shraya, the author of the …
Ultimately not a story I'm interested in, but some cool stuff
Pixel commented on She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya
She of the Mountains is an illustrated novel by Vivek Shraya, the author of the …
Not really my thing but I am curious to see it through, realistic depictions of internalized queer and trans identity conflict
Pixel commented on Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan
Mimi is a 'waste girl', a member of the lowest caste on Silicon Isle.
Located …
Really dark and dramatic
Pixel finished reading Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
A Newbery Honor Book A Walter Dean Myers Honor Book
From Christina Soontornvat, the visionary …
So fun! Good commentary on colonization for a fantasy YA novel, which I'm glad for!
Pixel started reading She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya
She of the Mountains is an illustrated novel by Vivek Shraya, the author of the …
I see this book in bookstores all the time and had it bookmarked. I didn't realize, but it's a queer trans story as well, and not a very long read! The author, Vivek Shraya, is a Indian Canadian trans woman. and multimedia artist. vivekshraya.com/projects/