What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit.
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- DefinitelyNotAFae 47 minutes ago Link Finishing up The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane which is such a tonal shift back from my litrpg junk food that I've been having a bit of whiplash Just finished Cryoburn so there's only one... Finishing up The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane which is such a tonal shift back from my litrpg junk food that I've been having a bit of whiplash Just finished Cryoburn so there's only one Vorkosigan novel to go and then I'm done. Just finished Tonic Shop at the End of the World and book 4 of the Newt and Demon series, both litrpg alchemist stories 2 votes
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Finishing up The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane which is such a tonal shift back from my litrpg junk food that I've been having a bit of whiplash Just finished Cryoburn so there's only one...
Finishing up The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane which is such a tonal shift back from my litrpg junk food that I've been having a bit of whiplash
Just finished Cryoburn so there's only one Vorkosigan novel to go and then I'm done.
Just finished Tonic Shop at the End of the World and book 4 of the Newt and Demon series, both litrpg alchemist stories
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- [3] HelmetTesterTJ 56 minutes ago Link I'm bouncing back and forth between two authors: Chuck Tingle and Matt Dinniman. With Tingle, I finished Bury Your Gays, followed immediately by Camp Damascus, which are two that have "broader... I'm bouncing back and forth between two authors: Chuck Tingle and Matt Dinniman. With Tingle, I finished Bury Your Gays, followed immediately by Camp Damascus, which are two that have "broader appeal" than some of his other work (seriously just go and read some titles). I thought both books were fun, quick reads that gave cishet me a better understanding of representation and social pressure. BYG addresses profit motive vs. representation in media, and how "representation" can feel as crappy as non-representation when handled poorly. CD is a horror book about conversion therapy. I'm a science fiction and fantasy kid, and I'm only now realizing at 41 that I should have been delving into subsections of the horror genre my whole life. So while I'm also fitting in episodes from Tingle's podcast (Pounded In The Butt By My Own Podcast), I'm also listening to Kaiju: Battlefield Surgeon from Dinniman. I prefer to not give Audible money, so until they come to Libby, I'm not doing the DCC series. But my library had this one, and the internet said I'd like it, and stylistically it's proving to not be very different from Tingle (Pargin, too, who I quite like): using absurdity to safely approach topics that require reflection, without coming across as so earnest that it causes the reader to roll their eyes. It's a genre I like more and more: I call it Sincere Camp, but I think the label New Sincerity is winning out. The irony/cynicism combo is tiring, so I'm finding myself more and more drawn to authors/creators who use irony and absurdism to get super close to a topic rather than using the irony to maintain a detached distance. Anyhow, really enjoying Dinniman, loving Tingle, and still strongly recommend Pargin. The internet says I should read Scalzi and T. Kingfisher next, so let me know if that tracks. …
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