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Sheila Jean@aliehsn.bsky.social |
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Bookworm. Loves a view. Reluctantly adulting. She/Her.
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Sheila Jean
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Completed a quick morning errand to pick up my preorder for The Drowning House by @cmpriest.bsky.social from my local indie bookstore. I think it's a wee bit early but...
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Currently reading, audio edition:
Daughter of the Empire by @refeist.bsky.social and @jannywurts.bsky.social
I read Magician as a Sword and Laser book club pick back in 2020 then added this to my TBR. Excited to finally see what's on the other side of the rift.
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Cutrently reading, ebook:
Finishing off my reads by finalists for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer,
Linghun by @aijiang.bsky.social
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Another catch-up post (audio): Finished three books from series that are finalist for the Hugo for Best Series. All are excellent.
OCTOBER DAYE (x2)
Sleep No More, #17
The Innocent Sleep, #18
by @seananmcguire.bsky.social
THE FINAL ARCHITECTURE
Shards of Earth, #1
by @aptshadow.bsky.social
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A bit behind. A couple more audio books completed:
Into the Riverlands by @nghivo.bsky.social, narrated by Cindy Kay --> filling in the gap in the series I made by reading Mammoths at the Gates first
Becoming Crone by Lydia M. Hawke, narrated by Carol Schneider --> 60 year old hero, yes please
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Currently reading, audio edition:
Victories Greater than Death by @charliejane.bsky.social, narrated by Hynden Walch
Another Hugo adjacent read. The 3rd book in this series is a finalist for the Loadestar Award for Best YA.
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Next read (print): Book 2 in His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
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Recently finished, audio edition:
Under the Smokestrewn Sky by A. Deborah Baker (aka @seananmcguire.bsky.social), narrated by Heath Miller
I've finally caught up on Up and Under. Still mazed that McGuire wrote the books that are referenced and quoted in Alchemical Journeys.
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*Hugs*
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Currently reading, audio edition:
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by @garthnix.bsky.social , narrated by Marisa Calin
This is a Hugo adjacent read. The sequel to this book, The Sinister Booksellers of Bath, is a finalist for the Loadstar Award for Best YA.
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Currently reading (print):
Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis
subterraneanpress.com/willis-ld/
Started reading this beautiful edition by @subpress.bsky.social.
[Alt: link preview shows the dust jacket art depicting a pale female figure surrounded by a ghostly/ snowy cemetery]
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Technically yes, but I almost never spend time checking Threads or Mastadon
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Currently reading (print):
Cinderwich by @cmpriest.bsky.social
Picked up my preorder earlier this week and now it's time to settle in.
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Currently reading, audio edition:
Tidal Creatures by @seananmcguire.bsky.social, narrated by Amber Benson
Middlegame was my second McGuire novel. (First was Sparrow Hill Road 🤷♀️)
The Alchemical Journeys books are awesome, and still my favorites 30+ books on (including Mira Grant).
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There are folding kayaks you could look into. Prices range from a few hundred to a couple thousand $.
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Currently reading, audio edition:
The Book That Broke the World by @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social, narrated by Jessica Whittaker
Finally making time to read this. I've had my Broken Binding copy since it came out but I listened to the first in the series so....
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Currently reading (ebook):
Those Beyond the Wall by @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social
I LOVED the Space Between Worlds and I'm excited to finish this new story in the same world.
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Finished my last Hugo Best Novel finalist on a road trip (audio edition). Stand-alone Scalzi books tend to be great for Spouse and I to listen to together:
Starter Villain by @scalzi.com, narrated by Wil Wheaton
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More Hugo reads, audio edition:
The Saint of Bright Doors by
@vajra.me, narrated by Sid Sagar
This book is a finalist for Best Novel. Already at 15% after the first day.
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Next "Hugo" read (ebook):
Liberty's Daughter by @naomikritzer.bsky.social
This is another finalist for the Loadstar Award for Best YA book. Looking forward something a bit more science-fictiony than the last couple reads.
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Just finished another finalist for the Loadstar Award for Best YA Book (ebook): Abeni's Song by P. Djèli Clark
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🤔
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Look who got Locus-fundraiser book mail!
Thank you, @sarahgailey.bsky.social
(The first two issues of my new subscription to @locusmag.bsky.social have already arrived in the mail, too!)
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🎉
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Hugo reading, audio edition:
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social
This book is a finalist for Best Novel. Currently almost 20% in and the cast is expanding. I think I'm going to like the poisoner.
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Finished another "Hugo" reading list book (ebook):
The Death I Gave Him by @emdashliu.bsky.social
Em X. Liu is nominated for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. I devoured this book in a day.
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Hugo reading continues, audio edition:
Translation Stat by @annleckie.com, narrated by Adjoa Andoh
The book is nominated for Best Novel, and the Imperial Radch series (of which this is the 5th novel published) is up for Best Series.
Excited to return to this world from a new POV.
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"Hugo" reading list continues with another Loadstar nominee (ebook):
Unraveller by @franceshardinge.bsky.social
Eight chapters in, and I'm hooked. So far it feels a bit like a fairy tale.
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Your loaf looks like it has a little door in the bottom.
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Book mail today from @subpress.bsky.social !
The Proper Thing and Other Stories by @seananmcguire.bsky.social
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Next "Hugo" read (audio) is: To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose, narrated by Charley Flyte The book is nominated for the Loadstar Award for Best YA Book, and Blackgoose is also nominated for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Just started. Currently enamored by baby dragon.
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My independent bookstore gave me a heads up that it was delayed about a week and a half ago and gave me the June 11 date.
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About to start the next month's Sword and Laser pick (audio): Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett, narrated by Ell Potter It's been recommended to me by friends as well and I'm looking forward to it.
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Started reading 2024 Hugo finalists with with the audio edition of:
A Marvellous Light, The Last Binding #1 by @freyamarske.bsky.social, narrated by David Thorpe
The Last Binding is a finalist for Best Series. A Power Unbound (2023) is the third book, but it seemed wise to start at the beginning.
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Bait?
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Currently reading, audio edition:
A Grave Robbery by @deannaraybourn.bsky.social, narrated by Angèle Masters
Time to listen to the latest Veronica Speedwell Mystery. I love this series 💖
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Currently reading (print):
The Bone Ships by @rjbarker.bsky.social
I don't really know what this is about yet (one chapter in), but the physical book seems to be telling me to expect enormous sea serpents.
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Currently reading, audio edition:
The Book of Love by @kellylink.bsky.social , narrated by January LaVoy
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The corgies 😆
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Currently reading (print): His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Somehow, I've not yet read any of the three books in this story. I also don't think I've seen any movie adaptations. I'll probably read something else in between each 'book' despite having the 1,100 page Everyman's Library omnibus.
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Starting another book from the physical TBR pile:
Dying with Her Cheer Pants On by @seananmcguire.bsky.social
It is bound in orange cloth with foil green text on the spine and lovely green endpapers. The naked book complements the dust jacket illustration, but also just feel very Seanan.
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While I'm very happy with myself for continuing to jot something down in the review section in Goodreads for the books I've read this year, this why you get "I'm currently reading" updates and not reviews:
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Currently reading, audio edition:
The Grace of Kings by @kyliu99.bsky.social, narrated by Michael Kramer
I finally decided to check out the Dandelion Dynasty. So far (17%), so good.
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Currently reading, print:
Threading the Labyrinth by @tiffaniangus.bsky.social
I haven't read a historical fiction/mystery-through-time-and-place book in a while. Currently on page 14 and think I'm going to enjoy this.
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Went to see this today. Left after intermission and walked around cold, sunny Boston before heading home. It was not really enjoyable, and the preacher just creeped me out. I still feel like a bad person for not staying until the end, but depression era story(?) with Bob Dylan music vs 🌞. 🌞.
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Currently reading (audio edition): The Good, the Bad and the History by Jodi Taylor, narrated by Zara Ramm Squeezing in some more St. Mary's before finishing the second book in "Cordelia's Honor."
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Sword and Laser's annual March Madness bracket selected Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold. Goodreads tells me I read Shards of Honor back in 2013. I even rated it with stars! (Thanks past me.) Anyway, I'm currently reading (audio editionl) to the Shards of Honor, to be followed by Barrayar.
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Currently reading (print):
Three Axes to Fall by @samsykesswears.bsky.social
Time to catch up with Sal the Cacaphony.
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Just read the beautifully written
The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by @indrapramitdas.bsky.social
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Currently reading:
On a Red Station, Drifting by @aliettedb.bsky.social
Found myself a copy of this beautiful little book. I'm enamored by the form factor, it's such a cute size.
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