aka @kingrat@sfba.social. I'm following a lot of bookwyrm accounts, since that seems to be the only way to get reviews from larger servers to this small server. Also, I will like & boost a lot of reviews that come across my feed. I will follow most bookwyrm accounts back if they review & comment. Social reading should be social.
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Success! Phil in SF has read 45 of 28 books.
Hope Jahren: Lab Girl (EBook, Knopf)
An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh …
give the eyes a blank screen to stare at and you get ballistic saccades.
— Crossed Genres Issue 21 by Crossed Genres (Crossed Genres 2.0, #21) (20%)
new vocabulary: saccade
A rapid movement of the eye between fixation points
(i had to reset my account on the Kobo, and i lost the record of new vocabulary. so i may end up duplicating old posts if i have forgotten a word.)
The new Kobo has a lot more room than the old Kobo, so I added all my old issues of magazines that I haven't gotten around to reading (Lightspeed, LCRW, Crossed Genres, etc.), and I'm going to try to get through a few of them now and then.
Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven’s freighter the Jonah breaks down …
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Lovely thriller that pulls no punches on the striking inequality and corruption in Pakistan while also navigating a story about a stolen mummy. Features a strong femme protagonist. Really enjoyed the descriptions of people & the city of Karachi. Made me want to visit Pakistan!
Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven’s freighter the Jonah breaks down …
Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband; a palatial house in the heart …
None of the characters were interesting by 23%.
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Don't ask questions or think to hard about things, just enjoy the ride. It's a fun and unique "magic is real" story with a good (and needed) twist about halfway through.
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'Vivid, enigmatic, enchanting' M. L. Rio 'Irresistible' Sunday Times
Some people think foxes go around …
A unique and well written revenge-ish story of a very unique life. Dealing with crushing sadness and how life is lived when you feel you have nothing to lose. Though the book is more heist-y than sad.
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In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia …
Fun story that moves at a good pace but gets a little out over it's skis at the end.
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Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too …
starting this immediately after Jitterbug Perfume gave me such tonal whiplash and my reaction within the first couple pages was “oh, this is Boy Fantasy.” I’ve read a lot of Boy Fantasy in my time, and it’s not a bad thing—just not something I would generally seek out myself. I ended up enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would in those first couple pages (and straight up just enjoying it, period), and I’m curious enough about where this series goes to have added the next book to my TBR.
With Trouble in Queenstown, Delia Pitts introduces private investigator Vandy Myrick in a powerful mystery that blends grief, class, race, …
What if the key to happiness, success, and love was as simple as two words? …
New book on the If Books Could Kill podcast!
Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless …
John Chenneville wakes up in a Union Army field hospital after being unconscious for months due to a serious head wound. He returns home only to find out his sister has been murdered while he was a soldier. The murderer appears to be a local deputy, so the sheriff doesn't seem inclined to do anything about it. John swears revenge, and thus begins a multi-state chase via foot, horseback, and boat. Along the way John meets a young female telegrapher but he is resolute on revenge instead of love.
The story is made by lots and lots of details about life on the post Civil War road that illustrate both his personality and what life was (presumably) like for an unattached veteran at the time. Additionally, the narration by Grover Gardner has just the right amount of gravelly old gentleman in it for the story.
