Books

Just finished Daily Life Of Women In Ancient Rome. Uncertain what I'll move on to next.

I’ve finished Takaoka’s Travels and Feminist point of view (not sure of the title in English, which were on deconstructing the male gaze in the cinema)

Starting the tirs book of the Nexus trilogy

Started the second Mistborn book by Sanderson. The first one was good and the second is still holding my interest. I think the plot and lore he's created is top notch but his prose and overall writing style is rather meh. I'm about to start taking a shot of Bourbon for everytime a character rolls their eyes or signs in conversation.

Still plugging away at The Wandering Inn webserial...now on book 8.

Halfway done with The Last Emperox. It's the last book in a space opera trilogy. Mankind is spread across the galaxy in an imperial system that forces all settlements to not be fully self sufficient in order to incentive peaceful coexistence. FTL travel doesn't exist and thus trade can only be done with space ships via a complex network of wormholes.

The whole premise is that network is collapsing, which would leave billions of people stranded with a bleak future of them slowly burning through their last supplies. It follows the actions of the emperor's actions taken to save as many lives as possible while trying to fend off assassination attempts from ambitious short-sighted nobles trying to gain the upper hand during the empire's collapse.

The Jewish pirates of the Caribbean by Edward Kritzler

I finished all the Super Powereds related stuff that’s out. The main series and one spin off that may get a sequel in the future. There’s also a potential follow up that happens 20-ish years later.

Fun books in general with a little patience needed for areas where it really could have been tightened up. But I would feel comfortable recommending it to someone. Overall probably high B or low A tier.

Now I’m on to Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell. It’s had pretty good reviews and is quite cozy.

I just finished Alchemised. Amazing love story set during a civil war, but also a story about the way we see ourselves and the way we're remembered.

I finished Master and Margarita a couple of weeks back - it was great! Surreal and funny, plus a brilliant satire of Russian society at the time. Knowing how certain elements of the plot reflect the author's own experiences make it particularly poignant.

Yesterday I finished reading Old Man's War. Really enjoyed it! An interesting premise, fascinating technology & alien races coupled with some genuinely moving moments. The exploration of the implications of war and life extension were surprisingly well thought out for what I expected to be a comedic/light-hearted novel. I look forward to reading more in the series.

I have just started To Kill a Mockingbird - somehow I've got this far in life without reading it. Will see how it goes!

Heretical Fishing 4

Unzipping Gender: Sex, Cross-Dressing and Culture, by Charlotte Suthrell.

The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros, I'm not ashamed to admit.

Many years ago I bought the book adaptations of 'Yes Minister' and 'Yes Prime Minister', which I then forgot to take with me in the divorce around '08. I recently spent far too much money getting new copies from Booktopia.com.au. My god they're still hilarious.