Slewfoot by Brom was a great listen - bewitching in the best sense of the word. The brutality of the Puritans is hard to digest, but knowing that it really happened that way makes it even more enraging. Both Abitha and Samson make interesting characters, and for me, the story came to a satisfactory conclusion. @bookstodon #bookstodon #books #WeekendRead #amreading #iamreading

"Bloom" could have been a sweet sapphic love story, but Delilah S. Dawson makes sure it comes with a fair share of queasiness and tension about where this is heading. Short and easy to devour on a quiet afternoon.
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"Maybe we will drown or burn or starve one day, but until then we get to choose if we’ll add to that destruction or if we will care for each other"

Charlotte McConaghy's "Migrations" is one of my all-time faves - so I had high expectations for "Wild Dark Shore". And what shall I say? She did it again. Gorgeous writing with a tender, powerful and heart-wrenching story. Gave me all the feels and wrecked me in the best possible way.
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"It's eat or be eaten"

"The Starving Saints" by Caitlin Starling wasn't what I expected it would be - but I still wasn't disappointed by this enticing, fast-paced, vivid story of false idols and (CW) cannibalism. The second half gets a bit too trippy for my taste and I feel it doesn't quite tie up all lose ends. But it's an exciting ride nevertheless. I also liked the narration of the audiobook. @bookstodon #WeekendRead #bookstodon #amreading #iamreading #frauenlesen

Up until the midway point, "Annie Bot" by Sierra Greer was excellent - insightful, provacative and told from a fresh angle. Unfortunately, the plot falls apart a bit in the second half, but the story and the themes it touches still have much going for it. @bookstodon #bookstodon #weekendread #books #amreading #iamreading #frauenlesen

What is it that makes us human? "I Who Have Never Known Men" by Jacqueline Harpman tackles this question in a thought-provoking, yet devastating way. It isn't high in suspense and action, but instead rather quiet and reflective. Totally knocked me off my feet.

"I was forced to acknowledge too late, much too late, that I too had loved, that I was capable of suffering, and that I was human after all."

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"The biggest mystery is not why arXiv succeeded. Rather, it’s how it wasn’t killed by vested interests intent on protecting traditional academic publishing."

Very interesting interview profile of Paul Ginsparg in WIRED narrating the history of arXiv:
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-arxiv-most-transformative-code-science/

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By any European metric, Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz would be considered a rightwing extremist. So why was he invited to lecture the EU on how to combat racism? #weekendread

For the first time, the EU sourced less than a quarter of its power generation from gas, coal, and oil, accounting for only 23 percent, according to the energy think tank Ember. #weekendread

A slew of recent Russian and Chinese spy revelations makes it look like the 2024 EU elections are taking place amid unprecedented levels of political interference, but foreign powers — including allies — have been at it for decades. #weekendread

As pro-Palestine student occupations spread across campuses in Europe, universities are facing increasing calls to cut ties with Israel. But these demands have highlighted EU research funding to Israel, including for "dual-use" technology. #weekendread

[Top story] The US has warned that China is trying to build an axis of anti-Western leaders with Hungary, Serbia, and Russia. #weekendread

The European Parliament has lost a transparency case in its efforts to keep secret the payslips of jailed Greek neo-Nazi MEP Ioannis Lagos. #weekendread

New sanctions are to ban Russian money from EU politics after the 2024 election, but six EU nations still attended the inauguration of Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, breaking a supposed EU boycott of the event. #weekendread

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has attacked the far-right Alternative for Germany \(AfD\) party — but her European People’s Party has refused to sign a joint declaration condemning far-right attacks against politicians. #weekendread

While the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell was concerned about Rafah, amid Belgian demands for sanctions against Israel, the EU Commission hosted an antisemitism seminar alongside Israel's minster of foreign affairs, Israel Katz. #weekendread

Why is Ursula von der Leyen flirting with the ECR? #weekendread

As most of the globe continues to focus on Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war, another development is afoot. The Russian Federation is slowly forcing Belarus into a union state. #weekendread