Hübsche, melancholische Sommerlektüre. manches fand ich etwas doof (Stereotypen), das meiste ist aber so entrückt und schön beschrieben, dass ich gerne nochmehr über das Leben auf der Hofstelle gelesen hätte.
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he/him, cis. ~37 years. journalism, podcasts, writing. and also reading, of course.
I like sci-fi, plants, public transport, ttrpgs, lasagna, birds. Thinking a lot about the apocalypse, the climate, monsters and queerness.
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Review of 'Vorläufige Chronik des Himmels über Pildau' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
joël rated Lumberjanes Vol. 1: 4 stars
Lumberjanes Vol. 1 by ND Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Brooke Allen (Lumberjanes, #1)
FRIENDSHIP TO THE MAX!
At Miss Qiunzilla Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's camp for hard-core lady-types, things are not what they …
joël rated Water That Falls on You from Nowhere: 4 stars
joël rated Night's Slow Poison: 4 stars
Night's Slow Poison by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #0.5)
Tells a rich, claustrophobic story of a galactic voyage that forces one guardsmen to confront his uneasy family history through …
joël rated Hyperbole and a Half: 4 stars
joël reviewed Bilder Deiner Großen Liebe by Wolfgang Herrndorf
Ein Mädchen steht im Hof einer Anstalt. Das Tor geht auf, das Mädchen huscht hinaus …
Review of 'Bilder Deiner Großen Liebe' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
"Tschick" aus anderer Perspektive. Leider hat Herrndorf diesen Roman niemals fertigschreiben können, zum Glück hat er entschieden, dass er so erscheinen darf. Es großartiges Stück unvollendete Literatur.
joël rated Breakfast of Champions: 3 stars
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast Of Champions is vintage Vonnegut. One of his favorite characters, aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that …
joël rated Burning chrome: 3 stars
Burning chrome by William Gibson
Kiberpanko rinkinukas, prasideda Džoniu Mnemoniku...
joël reviewed Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch)
Seeking atonement for past crimes, Breq takes on a mission as captain of a troublesome …
Review of 'Ancillary Sword' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Worthy sequel to Ancillary Justice. The Radch-Universe just keeps expanding. The characters are believable, evolving. While the story arc is more or less in the background in this book and does not evolve as fast as I'd like, the visit to the tea growing system and it's mysteries was worth every page. I can't wait for the story to continue, even if I suspect it will break my heart, as did the last lines of this part.
joël rated Found: The Missing #1: 3 stars
Found: The Missing #1 by Margaret Peterson Haddix (The Missing (1))
Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was any big deal. Then he …
joël reviewed Rise of the Videogame Zinesters by Anna Anthropy
Review of 'Rise of the Videogame Zinesters' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A good summary of the things that are wrong with most video games and how this can be changed by making your own games with easy tools.
joël rated Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice: 4 stars
David M. Higgins: Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice (2022, Springer International Publishing AG)
Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice by David M. Higgins
NB! This is not Ancilliary Justice, but a crititical companion.
This book argues that Ann Leckie’s novel Ancillary Justice offers …
joël reviewed At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. …
Review of 'At the Mountains of Madness' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Lovecraft seems to put a big emphasis on the SCIENCE part of sci-fi. One could experience this as boring. I was a little bit annoyed at the narrator and his O THIS IS TOO HORRIBLE TO TELL YOU BUT NOW I'M TELLING YOU ANYWAY-Attitude.
I guess I'll have to live with the anticlimactic experience of not having a proper solution, because Lovecraft gives only bits and pieces.
joël rated Die Bücherdiebin: 2 stars
Die Bücherdiebin by Markus Zusak
Der 1939, Nazideutschland. Der Tod hat viel zu tun und eine Schwäche für Liesel Meminger Am Grab ihres kleinen Bruders …