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reviewed The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin (The Great Cities, #2)

N. K. Jemisin: The World We Make (Hardcover, 2022, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

Mostly fun read

I did enjoy it, but she says it herself at the end that it was hard to finish because :waves arms around at current reality:

I get it though and felt it but yeah it's okay and it finishes everything up. I really tried not to be disappointed because it is still fun to read... mostly.

Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori: Earthlings (2020, Grove Press)

Natsuki isn't like the other girls. She has a wand and a transformation mirror. She …

Exponentially Weirder through the End

This is one of those "don't judge a book by its cover" reads. It's interesting and vivid. If you like weird, strange, and sometimes oddly hard reads, try it.

Sherronda J. Brown: Refusing Compulsory Sexuality (EBook, 2022, North Atlantic Books)

Everything you know about sex and asexuality is (probably) wrong.

The notion that everyone wants …

Call for Space for Aces

Navigating this is new to me, so it's great to read something advocating so fiercely for a while and complete space for aces of all types. Also wild to learn that Langston Hughes and Octavia Butler are mostly assumed to be gay despite avoiding that label and romance in their lives. In a more accepting world perhaps they would identify as ace or aro, but we should resist labeling them to suit our needs.