Read COME TUMBLING DOWN by Seanan McGuire if you love horrifying murder worlds, reanimation, lightning, body swapping, revenge, heros, actions having consequences, bone ponies, the last vestiges of sanity, cruel light, killing dark, deep sea terrors & endings.
@educaremom@ferngirl@bookstodon Just finished The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. It's a great story and celebration of the Black and Jewish diaspora in the US in the '30s. But it is the care and love of others and connections amongst communities and an author who doesn't dwell on the negative that are so uplifting. This smart writer weaves recognition of peoples living on stolen land as a condemnation of white privilege/settler colonialism that is the negative force in this book.
@micheleann@bookstodon I agree. I also feel that the development of the plot was a bit forced towards the end. It could well have been calmer and include a nice ending without the gliffhanger. If book is interesting, the next one will also be read with pleasure, without forcing.
Although in many ways I like these books, I don't like the elements familiar from the TV series, where the first chapter rushes into the action as a "sneak peek" and non ending "continues in the next episode".
I need some #help from my bookish friends here, particularly those in the #Chicago area. I'm trying to identify an independent #bookstore that, instead of providing gift receipts, uses a gold sticker over the price of the book. The issue is that the gold sticker doesn't tell the recipient of the book where it's from, and I'd rather not ask if I can avoid it.
The store in in a north suburb, and knowing the person who shops there, probably an affluent one.
I'm looking for some recommendations on podcasts about books, preferably fiction. It can either be deep-dives or quick reviews of new or favourite books.
Either in English (Australian), Dutch or German.
I really have no point of reference 🙂
@nevele@bookstodon two of my favorites are Our Opinions Are Correct (Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders diving into sci-fi and spec fic) and The Maris Review (Maris Kreizman is a fantastic interviewer).
@JoelBarr@Lsquare28@bookstodon I read the Foundation and Empire quartet when I was about 12. Loved them. Read them for what they are, not as a possible reality.
recommend me a book! i like fantasy, paranormal romance, sci-fi, queer fiction. i need 12 recommendations from other people for a 2024 reading challenge :blobcatblep:
@bookstodon Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern is probably my favorite book this year. It didn’t always make sense, but it also didn’t have to.
This book has some of the best setups and payoffs I have read in a very long time! Something innocuous mentioned in the first half can have a massive result in the second. 
@ClaymoreII
I agree about the coziness! That book was like a warm blanket. I think I'd like to read it again just to see if I can piece it together better the second time through. @bookstodon
Ran out of listening time for spotify audio books, so starting one on Audible called Pucking Wrong Number. Getting into audio books lately, which is surprising. Normally I read only kindle books. @bookstodon@readinglightsout@romancelandia#bookstodon#amreading
@alexisbushnell@bookstodon@readinglightsout@romancelandia It's a 15 hour a month limit. So I suppose you could listen to maybe 2 or 3 books at 3 or 4 hours, because they give you 15 hours of listening time for audio books a month.
Apologies for the problematic title of the latest book reviewed. It is not my book, and I'm sure the author was aware of the controversy. The story is very good regardless.
Gdy za parę tygodni będę podsumowywał mój czytelniczy rok 2023, to czuję, że "Płomień" będzie walczył tam o laury w dwóch kategoriach - fantastyki (lub science-fiction) i zakończenia. Nie dziwię się, że ta powieść dostała najważniejszą polską nagrodę fantastyczną w 2022 roku, bo jest naprawdę dobra, a autorka, niczym wytrawna bokserka, wyczekuje czytelnika, zasypując go różnymi pytaniami w finale. Nie powiem, musiałem się trochę otrząsnąć.