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Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ann Leckie
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The Butcher's Masquerade
Matt Dinniman
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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein
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I am REALLY enjoying this series. Gate of the Feral Gods is starting to pull a lot of the earlier political threads together, and it's making the entire book much better.
This continues to be an absolutely wild ride and baby I am strapped in.
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This book is about 2 things, I think - it attempts to be a personal therapy session for black queer Americans, and it's an attempt to do some education about important abolitionist figures.
I think it shines with the second - Bob gives such great characterization to all these important historical figures. They feel alive and lifelike, and their stories feel important. You will love these characters.
I think it falls down a little bit on the first, though - journeys of self-acceptance aren't usually solved as easily as I felt happened in this book. The main character has a bunch of internalized homophobia, and it felt like the impacts of that weren't fully shown and it was resolved quite easily. This aspect felt more impossible to me than Harriet Tubman being alive.
Loved this, would definitely recommend for a light quick read! (Thanks @cloudreads for the suggestion)
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Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
Bob the Drag Queen
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Like Harriet and Moses, Benjamin âQuakesâ was an actual historical figure too. I have a book about him on my tbr! The Fearless Benjamin Lay: the Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist by Rediker.
Makes me wonder if Odessa or Buck have historical references too
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Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
Bob the Drag Queen
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This series is just so much fun. I had so much fun with this and am likely to blitz the next few while I rest up in hospital this week.
I actually thought this one was better than the first two - the plot is starting to come together and the themes are tying together in a way that's a bit reminiscent of The Hunger Games. I am having the best time on Carl's wild ride!
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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Matt Dinniman
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This was such a fun read but the movie blows it out of the water in my opinion. Very rompy actiony scifi that just translates so well to screen.
Unfortunately it's also aged kind of badly for a reason that's brand new to me - the main characters voice reads exactly like an AI.
I thought the book had some pacing issues but overall was extremely fun. Definitely still worth reading!