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I've already gotten 3 separate men in my inbox and twitter this morning letting me know what other space operas I need to read... so check out my original post to make all that worth it! 😅

Saw an article about ai generated art that transformed architecture into living creatures and it reminded me of the tagged book!

There‘s a new bookstore featuring Afro-Futurism in all its forms, written by black and indigenous women. They have bundles of featured titles, ebooks, graphic novels, merchandise, paper books, what looks like a full calendar of interesting events.

Here‘s their website: https://sistahscifi.com/

#scifi #bookstores #woc #diversevoices

Surviving inside of space beasts is not easy, especially when you're a member of the working class and risk your life every day to make life on the beast possible in the first place. I enjoyed seeing the contrast between the lives of royal Seske and her best friend (and crush) Nyla. The world building in this book is incredibly vivid as well. Maybe not the best read for fairly squeamish people. #Scifi #LGBTQ

An incredibly inventive science fantasy book about people living inside giant space beasts that they mine for resources, following the future matriarch and a beast worker helping maintain the heart. Really fascinating and well developed with lots of strange fantasy elements.

4 stars / ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Some audio crafting. I got a whole bunch of felt balls from Etsy recently and have been enjoying making garlands and other decorations from them!

#curiouscovers: purple #littenlisten

I‘ve been excited to try a Nicky Dresden book for a long time, and I plan to listen to this one this month for my #audioathon. The premise is fascinating. And the cover is really pretty.

Bk8 of May & Bk5 of #NutsInMay #readathon is done! I read this as audio on Scribd & loved it. It reminded me a lot of Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley except in this it‘s African descendants travelling the stars in living ships in a Matriarchal society where men are treated like women for a change(sorry male Littens!)Its quirky, a little bit weird but highly enjoyable with LGBTQ rep as well. 4⭐️ #LitsyAtoZ2021 #LetterE #Pop21 #PickYourPoison👇

“...the winner of life isn‘t the one who gets through with the least number of scars.” - Adalla

Nicky Drayden is definitely not going to be for everyone, but she certainly works for me. Drayden tackles some serious stuff - class issues, conservation, sexism - and they mostly receive adequate treatment, though to be fully developed I think a second novel would be in order, as the ending did feel quite rushed.
I don't know how Nicky Drayden's brain continues to invent these wild and fantastic worlds, but I hope she keeps giving them to us!

tfw all your holds come in at once. What should I read next?

#7days7covers #CoverCrush Day 1

All of Nicky Drayden's books have great covers, but this one might be my favorite (so far) -- it's simply gorgeous! Designed/created by https://twitter.com/Seageart