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DNF:
The secret runners of New York by Matthew Reilly
This was on my possible to read list, and then the universe dropped it in my lap, so I snapped it up. Matthew Reilly seems like a really nice guy! I've met him a few times. I adored Ice Station, even if I couldn't bear any of his others, at all. I live/d in hope of finding another Ice Station, and I was super into the synopsis of this: time travelling girls, post-apoca, and running? Hells yes, yes please. Goodreads described it as Gossip Girls meets Fury Road which … okay? Willing to give that a go.
The prologue was…not well written. Which is potentially fine, I'm willing to put up with clunky writing in order to read a good time travel, honestly, and I know Matthew Reilly is not actually a wordsmith. But then we hit the main story, and *exhales*. ( Angry ranting below: sexism, racism, ableism )
Finished reading:
The gentleman’s guide to vice & virtue by Mackenzi Lee. To my pleased surprise, this saw its improbable alchemy conclusion all the way through, utterly straight-faced it (pun not intended), and then stuck the queer romance landing. It made me all misty, even. Really, really pleased. I'll probably take a break between this one and P&P so I don't risk burning out on the style, but I'm looking forward to it.
Currently reading:
Blackout: how is energy-rich Australia running out of energy? by Matthew Warren (Still) reading. I'd not picked it up for most of the week, low-key resisting the dryness, but I'll keep persisting, a few pages at a time.
Up next:
Not sure, still. Some sort of fiction to balance out the non-fiction, I imagine. Probably Family of Origin. Also, self, start pre-ordering things while you can in fact pre-order them and count towards people's stats.
THE LIST
Non-fiction
- On eating meat, by Matthew Evans – an ethical omnivore’s take on eating meat
- Growing Up Queer in Australia, edited by Benjamin Law
- Quarterly Essay on Safe Schools, Moral Panic 101, by Benjamin Law
- Dead Blondes & Bad Mothers: on monsters & the fear of female power, by Sady Doyle, out 13/8/2019
- Yes Yes Yes: Australia’s Journey to Marriage Equality by Shirleene Robinson, Alex Greenwich
- How powerful we are, by Sally Rugg, out this month. Another marriage equality campaign book, that I’m looking at specifically because there’s apparently a chapter on the impact on queer Australians during the vote, which is not something that I’ve been able to find any sort of data on at all.
Fiction
- The lady’s guide to petticoats and piracy, by Mackenzi Lee
- Family of origin – novel by CJ Hauser of above article, which was released two weeks ago.
- The light brigade by Kameron Hurley – still waiting curiously to see if this is going to make it to Australia
- Seafire – N C Parker – girl pirates!
New addition!:
- The light between worlds by Laura E Weymouth. Looks like Every heart a doorway but better
The secret runners of New York by Matthew Reilly
This was on my possible to read list, and then the universe dropped it in my lap, so I snapped it up. Matthew Reilly seems like a really nice guy! I've met him a few times. I adored Ice Station, even if I couldn't bear any of his others, at all. I live/d in hope of finding another Ice Station, and I was super into the synopsis of this: time travelling girls, post-apoca, and running? Hells yes, yes please. Goodreads described it as Gossip Girls meets Fury Road which … okay? Willing to give that a go.
The prologue was…not well written. Which is potentially fine, I'm willing to put up with clunky writing in order to read a good time travel, honestly, and I know Matthew Reilly is not actually a wordsmith. But then we hit the main story, and *exhales*. ( Angry ranting below: sexism, racism, ableism )
Finished reading:
The gentleman’s guide to vice & virtue by Mackenzi Lee. To my pleased surprise, this saw its improbable alchemy conclusion all the way through, utterly straight-faced it (pun not intended), and then stuck the queer romance landing. It made me all misty, even. Really, really pleased. I'll probably take a break between this one and P&P so I don't risk burning out on the style, but I'm looking forward to it.
Currently reading:
Blackout: how is energy-rich Australia running out of energy? by Matthew Warren (Still) reading. I'd not picked it up for most of the week, low-key resisting the dryness, but I'll keep persisting, a few pages at a time.
Up next:
Not sure, still. Some sort of fiction to balance out the non-fiction, I imagine. Probably Family of Origin. Also, self, start pre-ordering things while you can in fact pre-order them and count towards people's stats.
THE LIST
Non-fiction
- On eating meat, by Matthew Evans – an ethical omnivore’s take on eating meat
- Growing Up Queer in Australia, edited by Benjamin Law
- Quarterly Essay on Safe Schools, Moral Panic 101, by Benjamin Law
- Dead Blondes & Bad Mothers: on monsters & the fear of female power, by Sady Doyle, out 13/8/2019
- Yes Yes Yes: Australia’s Journey to Marriage Equality by Shirleene Robinson, Alex Greenwich
- How powerful we are, by Sally Rugg, out this month. Another marriage equality campaign book, that I’m looking at specifically because there’s apparently a chapter on the impact on queer Australians during the vote, which is not something that I’ve been able to find any sort of data on at all.
Fiction
- The lady’s guide to petticoats and piracy, by Mackenzi Lee
- Family of origin – novel by CJ Hauser of above article, which was released two weeks ago.
- The light brigade by Kameron Hurley – still waiting curiously to see if this is going to make it to Australia
- Seafire – N C Parker – girl pirates!
New addition!:
- The light between worlds by Laura E Weymouth. Looks like Every heart a doorway but better
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