Jules, reading started reading My enemy, my ally by Diane Duane (Star trek -- #18)
I finally found the first 2 books I was missing, so now I can start reading the Rihannsu series.
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Hi I'm Jules,
I read a lot of disability related more academic stuff, anarchism and whatever else looks interesting or helpful. And then mostly queer fantasy, science fiction / speculative fiction to relax.
I read mostly e-books for accessibility reasons. So if you're interested in a book on my lists, just send me a DM. I can point you to sources or just send it over.
I'm also @queering_space@weirder.earth
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Jules, reading started reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing …
Finally starting the series
Jules, reading started reading Regarding the pain of others by Susan Sontag
Twenty-five years after her classic On Photography, Susan Sontag returns to the subject of visual …
German version: Das Leiden anderer betrachten
Jules, reading wants to read Regarding the pain of others by Susan Sontag
Twenty-five years after her classic On Photography, Susan Sontag returns to the subject of visual …
Reading the German version though
Jules, reading reviewed The Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)
I can no longer do this, I quit
2 stars
Content warning pretty much destroying the book, I quit
I really tried to get to the end of this series, but especially being forced to read from Dara's perspective while he is constantly commiting brutal violent acts like it was nothing and justifying everything while feeling as he was the victim... it is just a really terrible reading experience and at this point, it's no longer worth it for me.
There is just so much stereotypical character and story development in the series, it's boring and disappointing. The interesting parts get lost in the annoying.
I liked the complexity of how the political landscape was introduced at first. Not just black and white, but complicated and messy as it is in real life. That's what war and hate does to people, for generations. But it is beyond messy and just devastating at this point and I really don't want to do this to myself any longer.
The author dragging the story unnecessarily doesn't make it any better. And I do enjoy taking time and painting colorful pictures but that's just not it. Maybe it wouldn't be so hard to endure if it was all more condensed, but it isn't.
I really tried hard to like this but... I just don't.
Jules, reading commented on The Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)
Content warning The empire of gold, vague spoilers but mostly complaining
Terribly annoyed by Dara. I just want to skip his chapters and get on with the story and see how it ends and be done with this already. I really don't enjoy reading this but I invested so much time already, I really want it to have a good ending. It gets better in parts, certainly better than the first book. But there is still so much annoying stereotypical stuff and I really, really don't want to read more from the perspective of a mass murdering person who sees himself as the victim in the story because he is merely a weapon to his masters. I don't get it, it's just bad.
I do want to know what's going to happen to the others though. And I'm always trying to see the good aspects of a book. But there is so much annoying stuff and really not enough queerness going on.
Jules, reading commented on Care Work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
"In their new, long-awaited collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime disability justice …
"Loree's care collective is not just a practical survival strategy to get her the care she needs; it's a site of community and political organizing, where many people learn about disability politics (both the theory and the nitty-gritty) in action for the first time. In one interview, she notes that upon moving to Toronto, her care collective became a more explicitly political space. "It was more like mobilizing a community. I was meeting new people, I was connecting with folks, and I started to see the ways that collective care functions as anti-ableism training for folks.", she said. People were becoming radicalized around care and disability through participating in the collective."
Jules, reading started reading City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
"Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty--an imaginative alchemy …
Starting early
Jules, reading wants to read City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
"Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty--an imaginative alchemy …
This will be my first #SFFBookClub read in June.
Jules, reading commented on Care Work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
"In their new, long-awaited collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime disability justice …
"that broke away from traditional formats of "access as service begrudgingly offered to disabled people by non-disabled people who feel grumpy about it" to "access as a collective joy and offering we can give to each other."
Jules, reading started reading Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks (The elemental logic saga)
The first in a four-book series. Epic fantasy, broadly explores colonization and its impacts, including …
Beginning to read the whole series again.
Jules, reading finished reading Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body …
Now waiting for the next book. Oh no I'm going to miss murderbot!
Jules, reading rated Fugitive Telemetry: 5 stars
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.
When …
Jules, reading wants to read Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body …
read all the muderbots
Jules, reading finished reading Artificial condition by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. …
So much relatable stuff in there. Something was missing but I can't put my finger on it.
I also learned, while reading this book, that murderbot is AssaSynth in the French translation and am now considering reading the next one in French. Just because of this glorious name.