28 year-old white queer lady in San Francisco. Knitter, transit geek, and sometime editor and cyclist. Planting peas and potatoes to prefigure an anarchist future. I listen to a lot of nonfiction audiobooks.
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53% complete! bluestocking has read 16 of 30 books.
In 1886 New York, a respectable architect should have no connection to the gang that …
ah yes, just got to a part where one of the main characters was paid “the highest compliment a whore can pay—she had sex with him without compensation in her off hours.” :|
Gonna give this another couple chapters and then probably dump it. The writing is decent overall, I just don’t have fun reading books by this specific breed of old white guy
In 1886 New York, a respectable architect should have no connection to the gang that …
Content warning cw for mention of pedophilia
listen I'm 12 pages into the book and the author introduced what I'm guessing is a side/throw-away character just to make it clear he ~likes 'em young~ (specifying that he's interested in girls 15 and younger) which is uh,, certainly a choice, and then has the main character sort of brush this off as nothing and kind of roll his eyes when his wife is like "we are NOT hanging out with that dude" and note that he's tried to convince the wife the pedo guy is Actually Fine before???
I'm a sucker for heists and well-researched historical fiction, especially late Victorian era, so I'm letting this slide since it doesn't seem plot relevant or like it's going to come up again, but it's VERY weird to include at all! where was his editor!! I honestly am not sure if it being plot relevant would make it better or worse!
Although they've collected plenty of evidence tying the seven Yotsuba members to the newest Kira, Light, L and the rest …
Although they've collected plenty of evidence tying the seven Yotsuba members to the newest Kira, Light, L and the rest …
After a week locked up with no one but Ryuk for company, Light is ready to give up his Death …
After a week locked up with no one but Ryuk for company, Light is ready to give up his Death …
The Colour of Magic is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the …
one part was gnarly enough that I thought I might faint, definitely looking forward to the sequel
From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, …
This was a fun, fast read! Overall satisfying as someone who really loves fungal-based horror.
From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling …
From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling …
We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar …
We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the …
It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is …
I gave this a 2.5 on StoryGraph but I'm rounding down here because it really wasn't very good.
I think I've just read too many climate books the past few years, but this did nothing for me. Don't feel like I learned much about climate change or how to deal with it. If you're thinking about picking this up. The Heat Will Kill You First, The Treeline, A Poison Like No Other (which is technically about plastics but touches on how that relates to climate change), Kings of the Yukon, Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers, or even Islands of Abandonment or Saving Tarboo Creek all do a much better job of discussing climate change and its effects, often with more interesting and concrete science and research to back it all up, and compelling possible solutions.
