
science fiction
Books I read in July 2022
A varied month: bisexuality, climate fiction, and essays.
Continue readingReview of The Actual Star
A mysterious cave in Belize is the heart of this novel. In 1012, the last monarchs of the ancient Maya are preparing for the sacrificial ball game. In 2012, Leah Oliveri travels to Belize to rediscover her roots. And in 3012, two competing factions of a religion born from climate chaos travel to Belize to see which of their visions should prevail.
Continue readingBooks I read in May 2022
I started a couple of books and didn’t finish them so I only finished two books in May.
Continue readingBooks I read in March 2022
This month I have read 100% books by women. Hurrah! Octavia Butler, Victoria Raschke, Patti Callahan Henry, A S Byatt, and Cornelia Funke.
Continue readingBooks I read in August 2021
I read the second and third books of Robert Sawyer’s WWW trilogy. Then I re-read his Neanderthal trilogy. Then I read a book that I picked up in Tobermory by a local Indigenous man.
Continue readingBooks I read in July 2021
I read Crosstalk by Connie Willis and then decided to re-read The Deptford Trilogy. Then I read a book on Indigenous stories, and then a book on walking in Paris, which I bought secondhand ages ago and only just got around to reading. And then I re-read Terry Pratchett’s last book, The Shepherd’s Crown.
Continue readingBooks I read in February 2021
I started a few books but haven’t finished them yet. I’ve started Terminal World by Alastair Macdonald and Queering Your Craft by Cassandra Snow.
Continue readingBooks I read in 2020
I planned to read more witchy books this year and I have done that. I also read a lot of SF, which I enjoy.
Continue readingBooks I read in November 2020
He, She, and It, by Marge Piercy (also known as Body of Glass). Outside the Charmed Circle, by Misha Magdalene. Powers That Be and Power Lines, by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Scarborough.
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