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I'm trying to read This Is How You Lose The Time War, but I'm struggling to understand what is going on, and I'm not sure if it gets better. It feels like a dense read. I heard so much about it, but perhaps I'm too impatient?

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@strathearnrose @dilmandila @bookstodon I was underwhelmed and didn't finish it. I wasn't really in the mood for it and other library patrons were waiting for it. Might try it again someday, but I like my fiction a lot weirder, mostly.

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@KateOfMind @strathearnrose @bookstodon Just read how it got attention and it seems to be from a single influencer.... But well, I hear they are developing a TV series out of it. That might actually work better since with TV they have to emphasize the visual elements and this might help with getting into the story. I failed to get a sense of place which is one reason I couldn't get into the story.

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Dang, y'all, I know I'm late to the party, but in case anyone else is even later than me, @vajra 's Saint of Bright Doors is ASTONISHINGLY GOOD.

Or, at least, the first half is. I presume the second half is too, but I haven't finished it yet. It has definitely shot to the top of my Hugo best novel ranking. (One more to read!)

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@ergative @vajra @bookstodon oh you have some fun moments to come

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Author copies arrived of this bulky anthology of African ghost stories. Now I can say that my story was published in the same book as the legend, Amos Tutuola!

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    @msquebanh @bookstodon @blackmastodon I believe through the publisher is a good place to start. I see its available for pre-order

    https://www.flametreepublishing.com/african-ghost-short-stories-isbn-9781804177976.html

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    @dilmandila @bookstodon @blackmastodon I signed up for email alert 👍

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    10 authors, of whose books I've read at least five:

    Ursula Le Guin
    Kim Stanley Robinson
    Octavia Butler
    N. K. Jemisin
    Becky Chambers
    Iain M. Banks
    Martha Wells
    M. R. Carey
    Lois McMaster Bujold
    Vonda McIntyre


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    @SallyStrange @bookstodon

    N.K. Jemisin
    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Juli Zeh (german)
    Nedi Okorafor
    Naomi Novik
    V.E. Schwab
    Cory Doctorow
    Neil Gaiman
    Terry Pratchett
    Isaac Asimov

    Honorable mentions comics:
    Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda for Monstress series and The Night Eaters

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    Today on the Blog, Samantha Mills sits down with our @Princejvstin to tell him,. and us, about her SIX BOOKS

    http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/06/6-books-with-samantha-mills.html

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    Quick round: @carturo222.bsky.social 's recent readings in bite sized reviews at the NOAF blog

    http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/06/quick-round-my-recent-readings.html




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    Quick round: @carturo222 's recent readings in bite sized reviews at the NOAF blog

    http://www.nerds-feather.com/2024/06/quick-round-my-recent-readings.html




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    Book Review: Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee
    Sometimes it's impossible to resist comparisons says @chloroform_tea at the NOAF blog

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    Celebrating a paradoxical 11/10 rating of my story The Last Philosopher by Spookyspackles on RoyalRoad 🥳
    But who knows what could have been if I had only given 120% instead of the standard 110% 😂

    Anyway, the story is free to read, links can be found on my profile, thanks and sorry 😁

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    PULSATING!!

    (I must say, I didn't think Brandon Sanderson wrote that kind of thing. )

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    Welcome to C.L. Cannon’s &

    Click & scroll down to discover 100+ free, discounted, &

    https://clcannon.net/bookfair/

    Enter for your a Kindle Fire, a one-month gift subscription to Owlcrate, and a $10 Starbucks gift card!

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    My sweet to-read splurge
    (it’s almost my birthday!):

    📚We Belong, an All-Black/All-Queer Sci-Fi/Fantasy Comics Anthology, ed by William O. Tyler & Viktor T. Kerney (forward by Rupert Kinnard!)

    📚Portrait of a Body by Julie Delporte

    📚All Friends Are Necessary by Tomas Moniz

    📚City of Laughter by Temin Fruchter

    📚All My Bicycles by Powerpaola

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    Rakesfall, a new novel by Vajra Chandrasekera, author of the excellent, nebula award winning: The Saint of Bright Doors, is about to be published on the 18th of June.

    It is now available for preorder on audible for $8.80.

    This sale price is available until the 17th of June.

    https://www.audible.com/pd/Rakesfall-Audiobook/B0CWB43YSR?ref_pageloadid=veB23sH7H2Y0ge64&ref=a_author_Va_c19_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=f3abc0ee-320d-4c19-8388-fcd3a8e6c3a4&pf_rd_r=J1NS42P87S3DM0C34S3X&pageLoadId=UxHWfvi1YWTSNy1e&creativeId=73c32a9a-e504-4597-bb87-c30c58fc0204

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    Villain, the long awaited sequel to Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots is on sale on audible for a bit under 12$.

    It's a pre-order, with publication expected on July first 2025!

    But after having so much fin readnig Hench, I'm in.

    And if you haven't read Hench yet, give it a try. it's super power realism. Examining the effect on society such powers would have.

    https://www.audible.com/pd/Hench-Audiobook/0062978608?ref_pageloadid=mqPIOlR6A75sGbfO&ref=a_author_Na_c19_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=f3abc0ee-320d-4c19-8388-fcd3a8e6c3a4&pf_rd_r=DJXZN3ZNPBNA8CRG4MT8&pageLoadId=bRwRHJyt2GPjaVSj&creativeId=73c32a9a-e504-4597-bb87-c30c58fc0204

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