earthlightning rated The Ruin of Angels: 5 stars
This book was a punch in the gut. Gladstone continues to fearlessly and empathetically explore difficult subjects, and this one is a doozy.
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earthlightning rated Dead Country: 5 stars
Dead Country by Max Gladstone (The Craft Wars, #1)
Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down monsters, averted wars, and saved …
earthlightning finished reading Dead Country by Max Gladstone (The Craft Wars, #1)
Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down …
earthlightning finished reading The Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone (The Craft Sequence, #6)
Beautiful, thought-provoking, sincere. Also delightfully weird.
earthlightning rated Two Serpents Rise: 5 stars
Two Serpents Rise by Max Gladstone (The Craft Sequence, #2)
earthlightning rated Full Fathom Five: 5 stars
Full Fathom Five by Max Gladstone (The Craft Sequence, #3)
"On the island of Kavekana, Kai builds gods to order, then hands them to others to maintain. Her creations aren't …
earthlightning reviewed The Joy of Consent by Manon Garcia
Slow going, but good
4 stars
Worthwhile, if occasionally dry or dense.
Unless you're interested in the intellectual history of consent (which is, to be fair, fascinating), I recommend skipping to the last chapter, "Sex as a Conversation." It provides a solid framework to think about consent and good sex.
earthlightning rated The Joy of Consent: 4 stars
earthlightning finished reading The Joy of Consent by Manon Garcia
Worthwhile, if occasionally dry or dense.
Unless you're interested in the intellectual history of consent (which is, to be fair, fascinating), I recommend skipping to the last chapter, "Sex as a Conversation." It provides a solid framework to think about consent and good sex.
earthlightning rated State Tectonics: 5 stars
State Tectonics by Malka Older (The Centenal Cycle, #3)
earthlightning rated Null States: 5 stars
Null States by Malka Older (The Centenal Cycle, #2)
"After the last controversial global election, the global infomocracy that has ensured thirty years of world peace is fraying at …
earthlightning rated Infomocracy: 5 stars
Infomocracy by Malka Older (The Centenal Cycle, #1)
It's been twenty years and two election cycles since "Information," a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring …
earthlightning rated The Kiss Quotient: 4 stars
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
"A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in the world to predict what …
