Look at me! Reading and all!

14. Emily Tesh, Silver in the Wood -- this was a charming novella from an author whose fic I like. I liked it a lot. It is ~Victorian-ish m/m, but the pairing/leads dynamic is not in the top 3 of the things I liked about it, probably not even in the top 5. Not because it's bad or anything, just, the novella's strengths ( Read more... )

Semi-intentionally and semi-just-because, I ended up sort of de facto having a ( virtual Worldcon weekend )

So, Worldcon! (relatively briefly, with the full post -- or very possibly postS -- to follow once I've managed to transcribe and organize my mishmash of Notes scribbled on my phone and the text strings from the virtual Worldcon WhatsApp ikel89 got going ( Read more... )

55. Ursula Vernon, Whiskerella (Hamster Princess 5) -- the last of the Hamster Princess books currently out, so there will be no more sparkly hamsters for me until October (which is fine, as I'm ready to take a break; binging these is probably not what one should do, anyway). This one was also pretty cute, with the Cinderella story subversion ( spoilers! )

49. Whitney Gardner, Chaotic Good -- June must be National Polly Oliver Month or something, because when I went to the library the first weekend in June, the new Teen books section had two titles that caught my eye, new since just a couple of days earlier: Chaotic Good, which is the story of a girl who decides to dress as a guy so as to feel more ( Read more... )

Hugos! The list of nominees is out. ( Thoughts )

Guys, guys, I'm so excited, I got my Hugo nominations ballot! (It's my first time doing Worldcon, or Hugos at all -- I'd never done a supporting membership before -- so this is all new and exciting to me and I want to Participate Fully in the Process and all that good stuff :P ( Read more... )