Read THE DEEP SKY by Yume Kitasei if you love locked room mysteries, space travel, climate change, artificial intelligence, duel narratives, competitive schools, class dynamics, reproductive justice, best friends, desperate decisions, virtual reality, mother-daughter relationships & birds.
“Work, karma is workship. Even when it seems terrible sometimes, there is no sin in doing your karma. Anyone doing his work with all his being is just an instrument. Therefore, his work is an act of complete Yoga, a union with oneself and the universe.”
Christ, imagine being so deranged that you'd post negative reviews of books of fellow new authors you perceived as rivals. Goodreads is turning into the YouTube of the literary world (no that's not a compliment).
‘It’s totally unhinged’: is the book world turning against Goodreads? | Books | The Guardian
I used to really like Goodreads, but that was many years ago.
I honestly find the reviews mostly useless, like a lot of crowd sourced reviews.
99% are "I like books about trains. This book is about trains. This is a good book" or "I didn't like this book, not enough trains" only some are in more elaborate language.
@joannaholman@timrichards@bookstodon That's pretty much how I use it, though if I happen to write a review of something (for my blog or the Sisters in Crime newsletter) I'll post it there as well.
I contributed my idea on my favourite crime book of 2023 for Sisters In Crime Australia's list. Check out what other crime fiction by women you might want to read this holiday season!
Just a thought--if you're going to recommend a book (which is great!), at least give us an idea of what it is about. Don't need a full paragraph summary, but a few words (even just a genre) can help tremendously. I don't care that you think "Olivia Thinkum" is the greatest book ever if I don't even know if it's a thriller, a mystery, a romance, a bildungsroman, etc., never mind a one sentence summary. Bonus - tell us why you love it.
"As soon as we die, we enter into fiction. Just ask two different family members to tell you about someone recently gone and you will see what I mean. Once we can no longer speak for ourselves, we are interpreted" (Hilary Mantel).
Same Page librairies only lend their audio books for 2 weeks, which is a bit tight for some longer ones.
I squeaked through "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett with about 2 minutes to spare before it was to expire, by listening at 1.25x speed.
I did enjoy it. Interesting storyline, I understand it's a favourite of Barack Obama. #EllieKPosts #IAmReading#libraries#audioBook#audioBooks @bookstodon
I’m reading Star Wars Ahsoka (trying to finish my books TBR this month) and I must say I really like her. It’s an interesting character and a nice addition to SW stellar crew. But I think it’s so upsetting all this discourse of “not being a Jedi” just because she doesn’t belong to the Jedi Temple Studio 54. So, to be a Jedi you must be a member of a country club and that’s it? #starwars#ahsoka#books#reading@bookstodon
As a reader, do you prefer when people give you random books as gifts, or do you prefer getting a gift card to a bookstore (so you can pick the book)? Just curious.