Arkady was my classmate at Viable Paradise, so I may have a slight bias, but this book was awesome. Fans of CJ Cherryh should check this out.
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Conni rated Because Internet : Understanding the New Rules of Language: 5 stars
Because Internet : Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch
A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language.
Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source …
Conni reviewed A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover …
Review of 'A Memory Called Empire' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Conni rated Tiamat's Wrath: 4 stars
Tiamat's Wrath by James S.A. Corey
Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the …
Conni reviewed The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley
From the perspective of those who live in Herot Hall, the suburb is a paradise. …
Review of 'The mere wife' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This book punched me in the heart. When I finished reading it, I gave it a day to digest, then read it again. It was amazing.
Conni rated Combat-ready kitchen: 5 stars
Anastacia Marx de Salcedo: Combat-ready kitchen (2015)
Combat-ready kitchen by Anastacia Marx de Salcedo
"Americans eat more processed foods than anyone else in the world. We also spend more on military research. These two …
Review of 'Our magnificent bastard tongue the untold history of English' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This was an entertaining read, aimed at the general public, about how English became the ridiculous language we speak today. It is not a scholarly text, but it was still informative. Because it isn't scholarly, many of his statements are uncited, so that was a little frustrating. I definitely enjoyed the book, though.
Conni rated Every Heart a Doorway: 5 stars
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children, #1)
Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of …
Conni rated Hild: A Novel: 4 stars
Conni rated Der neue Ahasver. Roman aus Jung- Berlin.: 3 stars
Conni reviewed Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle …
Review of 'Ninefox Gambit' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
It's hard for me to come up with words other than "OH MY GOD" and "THIS WAS AMAZING," but I'll give it a shot.
Cheris, an infantry soldier, finds herself entangled in a long and twisty plot involving a dead traitor whose consciousness is kept alive in a kind of suspended animation.
A lot of things in the book reminded me of CJ Cherryh - the programmed formation instinct in the Kel warrior class is like the azi in Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe and man'chi in the Foreigner universe. I don't know if Lee is also a fan of hers, but it wouldn't surprise me to find out.
Lee's blog profile lists the Vorkosigan series as a fannish interest, and I can see that influence, too.
If you like a lot of the books I like, you will probably like this book a lot.
Conni rated History of German: 5 stars
Conni rated Communicative Language Teaching in Action: 3 stars
Communicative Language Teaching in Action by Klaus Brandl
Communicative Language Teaching in Action: Putting Principles to Work is designed as a basic text that intends to demonstrate principles …
Nisi Shawl: Everfair (2016)
Everfair by Nisi Shawl
An "alternate history novel that explores the question of what might have come of Belgium's ... colonization of the Congo …
Conni rated Monstress, Vol. 1: 4 stars
Monstress, Vol. 1 by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda, Marjorie Liu (Monstress, #1)
"Set in an alternate world of art deco beauty and steampunk horror, Monstress tells the epic story of Maika Halfwolf, …