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we are aphantastic and very slow readers, usually reading a bunch of books in parallel. we mostly read about anarchism, bread, neurodiversity, sci-fi, and cosy fantasy. our pronouns are it / they (plural). (Avatar: reading fox emoji, from Volpeon's Neofox emoji set)

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Mila Cotlenko: Maria Nikiforova: The Revolution Without Delay (Paperback, 2018, Roofdruk Editions) No rating

Without painting her as some Joan of Arc of Anarchy, this is the story of …

Finished the main part of the book. There's an appendix, which discusses how the book was created; maybe we'll read that also later.

commented on The long way to a small, angry planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)

Becky Chambers: The long way to a small, angry planet (Paperback, 2015, Hodder & Stoughton)

When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, …

it always takes some time for me to immerge in a book, but these days i had really a lot of fun reading, after finally having remembered the names of all the characters, being attuned to the (to me a bit uncommon) structure, etc.

my ebook reader says ~2h reading time left (i'm at 75% in the book). if i keep up the pace, i might finish reading it after (only) a few days. (i'm still a slow reader, even if i'm enjoying a book.)

i think i'll also consider reading some of the next books in this series, but also have a bunch of other books lined up.

If a tree falls in the forest, is there any timbre? According to the American National Standards Institute, the answer must be “no,” whether or not anyone is there to hear.

Tuning, timbre, spectrum, scale by  (Page 26)

Trying to come up with definition of "timbre" seems to be more difficult than expected..

Alex Zandra van Chestein: My Friends And I Were Granted Three Wishes By A Cat Goddess And I Swear I Got Distracted When My Turn Came Around (Paperback, 2017, Alex Zandra van Chestein) No rating

Gods aren’t exactly common, but there are a lot of them, it turns out. If …

Daniela Schreiter: Schattenspringer: Wie es ist, anders zu sein (2014, Panini Comics)

Daniela ist Autistin. Seit ihrer Diagnose wollte sie einen Comic darüber zeichnen, wie es ist, …

we're following Fuchskind a while on fedi already, so gotta read her visual books on growing up as Autistic child eventually :3

one of the few German authors on Autism that don't fall into the "Autism Mom" scheme, i.e. the books are actually from the perspective of the kids. Apparently the books can be quite helpful for the kids, relatives, and everyone else in the social circles :3

Uta Isaki: Is Love the Answer? (GraphicNovel, 2023, Kodansha Comics)

A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers …

lighthearted discussion of an inner coming out as aromantic and asexual

it's a pretty light-hearted read about a girl that thinks she's broken, but with the help of new friends realise she's actually aromantic and asexual!

read it a while ago, after it got recommended in a local aro/ace group (turned out a local library had a translation of this book, but we read it electronically in the English version).

there was a scene about "cheating" that we didn't like so much, but otherwise it was a nice read 💚🖤💜