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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

Currently enjoying Sandra Newman's fresh perspective on Orwell's 1984. Puts some humanity and flesh on what I always found a very cold novel. Am having a good run with new perspectives on classics. Everett's James and Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead were both outstanding and offered fresh perspectives. #AmReading #Bookstodon

THE EYE OF THE WORLD Chapter 3: The Peddler

I've been putting away clothes that were LONG overdue for being put away (including a garbage bag of clothes from the move) and listening to The Hills of Tanchico (from #WheelOfTimeTVshow) on repeat bc it's been stuck in my head, when I suddenly realized: I could be listening to my audiobook!

Padan Fain you horrible creep, let's meet you!

@bookstodon #TheWheelOfTime #WheelOfTime #bookstodon #audiobookstodon #audiobooks #AmReading #AmReadingFantasy

Oh my gosh, everyone, did you know that if you have a #library card, you can enter this big building full of books, look at all the #books (and magazines and newspapers) you want, and then they will let you take whatever books you want home with you for a couple of weeks?

For free!

I did forget to reserve the new Carl Hiassen, though. I ran out of time being distracted! I'm gonna see if I can reserve it online.

I usually don't have time to browse after my meetings at the library, but this one ended early. So, some books that caught my eye got to come home with me! Yay!

the library finally delivered the audiobook of THE EYE OF THE WORLD (book one of THE WHEEL OF TIME series), so HERE WE GOOOOO

Rosamund Pike (who is FANTASTIC as Moiraine in the TV series) is narrating a new set of audiobooks, but my library only has the old ones, narrated by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer ... it's v nostalgic of the time my glasses broke and while waiting for the new ones to be made, I repaired them badly and then couldn't wear my glasses unless it was absolutely necessary, so I got Books On Disc from the library and listened to the Wheel of Time books 😅

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Book 18 of 2025

Open Throat by Henry Hoke

5 stars

A prose poem about a queer mountain lion living in Griffith Park in LA based on a true story. It sounded fun and wacky when a friend recommended it. I trust her taste, so I dove right in and read it in one sitting.

It ended up being deeply riveting and surprisingly devastating. I have a soft spot for this type of fiction that dares to imagine an animal protagonist and really commits to fragmented prose and capturing an entirely non-human world view and way of being. It reminded me of Children of Time and The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore in that way.

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