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keira_reckons

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Mammal, Australian, prone to very open posting about my own feelings. Living on Wurundjeri country.

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One half of meetniq.org, friendli.io, redandblack.io

Into #vegan #baking, #painting, #lifedrawing, #dance, #kindness, #scifi, #mystery, #pottery and various social justice things.

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sunflower, to bookstodon
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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:

#reading #books #bookstodon @bookstodon

keira_reckons,
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@sunflower @bookstodon if you haven't already read it, I like all of Anne Leckie's SciFi. The first is "Ancillary Justice".

Sci fi, with elements of non human queer (?) romance by the third book.

DocCarms, to bookstodon
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There was a poll that stated—Rowling’s opening line in the HP series is one of best in the world. Someone posted about how there are a bunch of other opening statements that are better.

Here’s one of my personal favorites, from Gabriel Garcia Marquez (English translated):
“It is inevitable. The scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.”

What are some of your favorite opening lines in literature? 😊
@bookstodon

keira_reckons,
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@DocCarms @bookstodon it's on so many lists that it's nearly a cliche at this point, but "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice.

rabbit_fighter, to bookstodon
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@bookstodon I'm looking for book recommendations for an 11yo who reads at a much more advanced level. He likes sci-fi. He has read the Hitchhiker's Guide series and loved them. I think he would enjoy some more 'hard' sci-fi as well. He needs something challenging but without subject matter that is too mature. Thanks for any help!

keira_reckons,
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@rabbit_fighter @bookstodon Anne Leckie's Provenance might be a good fit. It's leaning towards YA, so has some teen angst in it that might be too mature for him, but it won't haunt him.

lunalein, to bookstodon
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@bookstodon folks, do you listen to audiobooks? If so:

  • Do you have favorite narrators? Or the opposite? Ever started or quit listening to something because of the voice?
  • if you’re talking about a book, do you say you’ve read it?

keira_reckons,
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@lunalein @bookstodon

I love audiobooks, although I can't read everything that way - if there's a lot of back and forth over time periods I love track.

I haven't heard enough to have favourite narrators, although I did love Lesley Manville's reading of Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club series.

I have come across narrators that turn me off though. The main one I've noticed so far is that I just don't want to hear Jane Austen read by Americans.

And yep, I definitely do refer to it as having "read" the book.

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@lunalein @bookstodon

Miracle babies (not just babies, but sudden, accidentally conceived babies to parents over 40), especially if they've been told they can't conceive, or never wanted kids before.

Romances where one party becomes an entirely different person for the other.

Woman protagonists who just keep getting kidnapped (looking at you Kathy Reichs - Tempe Brennan has had more concussions than an NRL player)

keira_reckons,
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@lunalein @bookstodon yeah. It's probably nice for people in real life, but the expectation/hope that trope sets up is not good.

keira_reckons,
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@lunalein @bookstodon yes exactly!

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