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Reading and watching roundup: Hugo novellas, Ms Marvel, Taskmaster NZ

hamsterwoman Jul 14, 2022 22:58

Thank you for all the good wishes on the previous post! <3 My grandfather's surgery was pushed back, so there are no new developments so far, but I appreciate the good thoughts.

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Meanwhile, I managed to continue to read a few things -- half of the Hugo-nominated novellas:

4. Adrian Tchaikovsky, Elder Race -- I've been meaning to check out ( Read more... )

a: alix e harrow, taskmaster, a: seanan mcguire, avengers, television, reading, a: adrian tchaikovsky

Hugo homework: short stories and novelettes, Tasmaster NZ

hamsterwoman Jul 01, 2022 09:35

Well, so, I'm going to manage at least one Hugo category in full, even if it's just short stories (ETA: and novelettes!)

"Proof by Induction", Jose Pablo Iriarte -- I enjoyed this one a lot. It happened to have hit a couple of things RTMI -- parents and children (over more than one generation), a story about math and academia (which I may not ( Read more... )

a: seanan mcguire, hugo homework, avengers, a: catherynne valente, a: alix e harrow, taskmaster, short stories, reading, television, a: sarah pinsker

Reading roundup: mostly Hugo novellas, plus 'Fire Saga' movie

hamsterwoman May 29, 2021 11:19

I finished up the Hugo nominated novellas, and finally got to a couple I liked from the crop.

15. Nino Cipri, Finna -- another Hugo-nominated novella, and ehh. I'd heard one of their short stories at a Worldcon reading [ LJ link] and I think may have read a couple more in Hugo semiprozine compilations, but anyway, I went in with a fairly positive ( Read more... )

a: nghi vo, movie, a: seanan mcguire, a: nino cipri, hugo homework, a: sarah gailey, #aesthetic, a: p.djeli clark, reading, a: kj charles

Reading and Hugo roundup and Buffy rewatch

hamsterwoman Jun 10, 2019 23:45

22. Robert Jackson Bennett, Foundryside -- I've wanted to read this one for a while, because both

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a: ursula leguin, movie, gn, a: nnedi okorafor, a: seanan mcguire, a: robert jackson bennet, hugo homework, buffy, a: tillie walden, a: p.djeli clark, podcast, a: kelly robson

Reading roundup: Hugos homework :)

hamsterwoman Apr 14, 2018 22:35

I decided to try to read through some of the Hugo-nominated graphic novels, since that's a thing I can really only read in paper copy, and by browsing the library's GN shelf ended up going down a rabbit hole, kind of:

10. Serenity: Better Days (Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews, art by Will Conrad) -- this was cute! It's set presumably between the ( Read more... )

gn, a: nnedi okorafor, a: seanan mcguire, a: john scalzi, firefly, a: sarah gailey, #2, a: brian vaughan, short stories, a: sam j miller, reading, a: ursula vernon

Reading roundup and books of 2017

hamsterwoman Dec 31, 2017 13:02

Happy soon-to-be New Year, folks! May all the good stuff from 2017 stay with us and all the not-so-good stuff stay safely behind as the calendar ticks over! <3 ( Read more... )

a: alex gabriel, a: seanan mcguire, year end meme, a: jonathan kellerman, #2, a: nina kossman, book meme, a: lois mcmaster bujold, #3, reading, a: elizabeth ann scarborough, #1, #4

Reading roundup, Babylon 5 favorite moments, and 'art'

hamsterwoman Dec 09, 2016 15:54

Dec 9: Top 3 Babylon 5 moments (for egelantier)

( Clips and rambles below )

a: seanan mcguire, a: vale aida, december year end meme, b5, december ramble meme, a: larry correia, a: kj charles, awesome friend ali

Reading roundup (Toby Daye, Gromyko, Ulysses pact) and Into the Woods movie

hamsterwoman May 01, 2015 11:23

Ulysses pact: 45% (p.290/563, so, halfway in terms of pagecount), in the second half of "Cyclops". Line marker: "Virag from Hungary! Ahasuerus I call him. Cursed by God."

( I liked this part! )

a: seanan mcguire, movies, october daye, russian, reading bingo, reading, a: olga gromyko, ulysses pact

Reading roundup of catching up

hamsterwoman Aug 29, 2012 19:34

This reading roundup is way, way overdue, but anyway.

24. Seanan McGuire, An Artificial Night -- ( Spoilers )

rachel morgan, a: seanan mcguire, a: kim harrison, ya, parody, october daye, tortall, a: tamora pierce, asoiaf, kidlit, a: patrick rothfuss, reading, kvothe, a: melissa marr, a: ursula vernon

Reading roundup

hamsterwoman Sep 03, 2010 12:57

44. Sarah Monette, The Virtu -- So. ( Spoilers )

dol, a: sarah monette, a: seanan mcguire, ya, a: kristin cashore, october daye, a: cassandra clare, reading, art