Reading Wednesday 20/01
Jan. 20th, 2021 10:26 pmYay I got back into reading, and have actually finished two of the books I was given for gift season.
Recently readA deadly education by Naomi Novik. (c) Temeraire LLC 2020; pub 2020 Del Rey; ISBN 978-1-529-10085-3.
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cjwatson, and something I'd been excited to read anyway as several friends had enthused about it, especially ceb. I definitely appreciated A deadly education; it's atmospheric and exciting and a really good mix of originality with wielding genre conventions and tropes.
( detailed review )
Becoming Eve by Abby Chava Stein. (c) 2019 Abby Stein; Pub Seal Press 2019; ISBN 978-1-58005-916-9. Birthday present from my parents, since lots of people in our community are really excited about it. And I devoured it in a couple of days, it's an amazing piece of writing by an amazing person. The tagline says it all, really:
( detailed review; cis reader of a trans autobiography )
Recently read
This was a present from
cjwatson, and something I'd been excited to read anyway as several friends had enthused about it, especially ceb. I definitely appreciated A deadly education; it's atmospheric and exciting and a really good mix of originality with wielding genre conventions and tropes.( detailed review )
from Ultra-Orthodox rabbi to transgender woman.
( detailed review; cis reader of a trans autobiography )
