Reading
I’ve been an avid reader since I was a kid. I mostly read fiction (speculative, literary, historical, and the odd mystery/thriller), but throw in the occasional non-fiction book. Sometimes I read in Spanish. This page brings together all my book-related content, for your browsing pleasure.
Subpages:
- My Book Reviews
- My “To Read” List
- Books read in: 2021–2022, 2020, 2019, 2015–2018, 2014 (whether or not they have reviews)
Currently Reading
La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
In mid-century Barcelona, a boy is entrusted to protect a book and becomes obsessed with its author.
Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine
Non-fiction. A guide to the research disproving the idea that men and woman are inherently different.
Books I’ve Read
At some point, I’d like to start making my own lists of recommended books, like “thoughtful science fiction” or “time travel thrillers”. Until that day, at the very least, you’re welcome to browse my individual book reviews! Here are some of my most recent ones:
The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson 22.10.22
: fantasy
In Granada in 1492, on the eve of its fall to Isabella and Ferdinand’s forces, a spirited concubine takes her best friend, a gay map-maker with an incredible power, and makes a daring bid for freedom.
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Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers 12.10.22
: science fiction : Part 3 of Wayfarers
Space opera with a big ensemble cast, about humans organised into a post-capitalist society on a spaceship forming part of the Exodus Fleet.
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Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 06.10.22
: noir historical
Mexico City, 1971. Maite’s neighbour goes missing, having entered the orbit of some radical students at the advent of Mexico’s Dirty War. Sick of feeding her cat, Maite goes to track her down, but she’s not the only one.
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Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler 29.09.22
: horror
Shori is a young vampire who awakens in a cave, badly injured and with amnesia. She finds out that her entire family has been murdered. With the help of some bonded humans called symbionts, she pursues justice in a vampire society she must learn about from scratch.
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A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine 04.09.21
: science fiction : Book 2 of Teixcalaan
Teixcalaan is threatened by an uncommunicative armada. Mahit Dzmare is brought in to help.
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