phildini, while reading commented on Thud! by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, Book 34)
Koom Valley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the …
This book remains my ultimate comfort food.
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phildini, while reading started reading Thud! by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, Book 34)
Thud! by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, Book 34)
Koom Valley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It was far away. …
phildini, while reading commented on Everybody by Olivia Laing
The number of disparate stories the author is pulling together to weave a narrative about what it means to be free in a body is stunning
phildini, while reading commented on Everybody by Olivia Laing
I’m finding it so hard to not sprint through this book
phildini, while reading replied to Wyrm Theyfriend's status
@eb76fd566cce52ed0afc588561864914 It's so much more than I was expecting, and so good.
phildini, while reading started reading Everybody by Olivia Laing
phildini, while reading rated Night of the Living Rez: 4 stars
Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it …
phildini, while reading started reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As …
phildini, while reading finished reading Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Rez is a riveting debut collection about what it …
phildini, while reading finished reading The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales
phildini, while reading started reading River Woman, River Demon by Jennifer Givhan
River Woman, River Demon by Jennifer Givhan
Award-winning Mexican-American and Indigenous author Jennifer Givhan brings us an exquisitely written, spell-binding psychological thriller -- weaving together folk magick …
phildini, while reading commented on The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales
Deep into the depressing and angering part of the book
phildini, while reading finished reading The dazzle of day by Molly Gloss
So, a while back I asked my friend Annalee for a book to read as a gentle introduction to Quakerism, and this is what they came back with.
It’s extremely unlike anything I’ve read, and yet wears the clothes of a Space Opera. I really enjoyed it, and fuller review to come.
phildini, while reading replied to Wyrm Theyfriend's status
Content warning Ocean fact! But it's casually mentioned in the book, so kind of a spoiler?
@eb76fd566cce52ed0afc588561864914 I like that you put a spoiler here. 🤣 "Sure, it's been millions of years, but I don't want to ruin this for someone"
phildini, while reading commented on The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales
Fantasy authors writing about #mermaids should be required to read this book first.
The abyss contains wilder things than I've seen in any novel about seafolk