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She/her. Avid reader, loves pie, wide variety of interests: #books #politics #art #photography #science learning about anything and everything. Oh, and Super Duper Gay! 🌈

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@bookstodon Read this today: THEY DON'T MAKE PLUS SIZE SPACE SUITS, by Ali Thompson. In the excellent introduction, she explains that she couldn't see herself reflected in Sci Fi stories, so she wrote some short sci fi stories which specifically address fatphobia in society.

I thought the writing was great, and although we are seeing gains in sci fi diversity in general, we cannot rest until everyone can see themselves in stories.

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@bookstodon I'm sure there are thousands of talented authors out there, whom most of us will never discover. But, what a gift when we do!

I was unfamiliar with Scott Nicolay's work, but almost every rating posted on his latest book: AND AT MY BACK I ALWAYS HEAR, are gushing reviews by fellow authors. He creates whole little worlds in each novella, sucking you in with intricate, engaing*, details without using more characters than he needs to.

I would call this "a book of novellas for people who think that they don't like short stories."

  • at one point, I looked up and realized that I'd missed dinner by hours, deep into the weird fiction of the author. And Honey, I NEVER miss a meal.

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@bookstodon Want to read more stories by kickass trans, non gender -conforming and non-binary authors? The anthology YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR BODY is a fantastic and unique lens on body horror by 30 different writers. 4 ½ ⭐
A portion of sales through Tenebrous Press go to the Trevor Project.

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What if, I don't know, we never used razor wire at all, let alone hide it in rivers?

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@bookstodon Just finished America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History, by Ariel Aberg Riger. Here is a an inclusive cultural history of the United States, enhanced by collages of photos and illustrations. I learned a lot more than I expected to. Highly recommend.

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@bookstodon Still thinking about a remarkable book, like nothing I've ever read: I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN, by Jacqueline Harpman. It's speculative and post-apocalyptic, but also eerily psychological, examining what makes us human, what we need to form an identity, and the importance of friendship and intimacy.

The author and her family escaped Belgium during WWII. The fact that she survived while so many other Jews perished in the camps, is significant and greatly informs the story.

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@bookstodon a great graphic novel I've read recently is IT'S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH, by Zoe Thorogood. CW: frank, honest discussion of depression and suicidal ideation. It is one of the most creative GN's I've ever seen, using structural and style changes to reflect mood.

The author depicts people not just as they are, but how they make her feel. She even depicts herself in her different emotional selves. It's just flat-out amazing work. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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@bookstodon I just finished reading a really good : THE DEEP SKY, by Yume Kitasei. Publishes on July 18, 2023. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

https://twitter.com/kimlockhartga/status/1679214476552294401

This cover depicts the background of a dark sky with distant stars like pinpricks. In the foreground and several looping pathways, in varying degrees of curvature, and exhibiting different colors and patterns. In the very center, we see the tailfeathers and little feet of a bird taking flight.
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    @bookstodon OPEN THROAT, by Henry Hoke, is a clever compact story, told entirely by a mountain lion living in the hills overlooking L.A. Themes include climate change, income inequality, selfishness, love, cruelty, and sacrifice, all seen more clearly through the animal's eyes. It is a short and worthwhile read.

    The image is a cleverly spare drawing of the face of a mountain lion. At the center of this drawing is the tiny profile of a young woman, one who figures prominently in the later part of the story, and who captures his imagination. The mountain lion's expression is hard to read. Mostly, he looks to be observant.
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    If you are passionate about what corporate/tech culture is doing to young people, how rent is out of control, and how late-stage capitalism ignores situations like the massive numbers of the shelterless, cold, and hungry in our big cities as if they didn't exist, then this book: RIPE by Sarah Rose Etter is dynamite, and will make you wanna explode with righteousness.

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    @bookstodon I just finished reading NINETEEN CLAWS AND A BLACK BIRD, by Augustina Bazterrica (author of TENDER IS THE FLESH) and amazingly, for horror stories, these were very dark, sometimes astonishingly funny, wry, sharp, surprising as all get-out, shocking, and just terrific. I was so stoked to witness such imagination on display. The writing blew me away. If you are a horror fan (and you know who you are), you might want to grab this one on June 20th when it comes out officially.

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    is a challenge to read more off your TBR.

    My list:

    Unfortunate Elements of my Anatomy, Hailey Piper
    Some of Us are Very Hungry Now, Andre Perry
    Someone Who Will Love you in all Your Damaged Glory, Raphael Bob-Waksberg
    The Zoo Where You're Fed to God, Michael Ventura
    Fifth Life of the Catwoman, Kathleen Dexter
    Delicate Edible Birds and Other Stories, Lauren Groff
    Men, Women, and Chainsaws, Stephen Graham Jones
    Where the Wild Ladies Are, Aoka Matsuda
    King Clown, Mark Lages
    Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, Kevin Wilson
    The Wild Impossibility, Cheryl A. Ossola
    The Complete Works of Marvin K. Mooney, Christopher Higgs
    Hurricane Season, Fernanda Melchor
    Baby Geisha, Trinie Dalton
    A Blue Sky, Natasha Jennings
    A Common Person and Other Stories, R. M. Kinder
    Beloved, Toni Morrison
    The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
    Night at the Fiestas, Kirstin Valdez Qualde
    Immobility, Brian Evenson

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    @bookstodon Often, lonnnnnnggg books get overlooked. (I am guilty of this myself.) So, Bibliophiles, tell us which HUGE tomes are worth the hefty page count.

    A few of my rec's:

    11/22/63, Stephen King
    1Q84, Haruki Murakami
    2666, Roberto Balaňo
    Gnomon, Nick Harkaway
    The Third Person, Emma Grove
    Wayward, Chuck Wendig

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