Welcome to Litsy!

Well, at about 30% I‘m giving up. I am not finding this particularly funny, and I don‘t really like the main character. I know he‘s supposed to learn about who he is and grow as a person, but I‘m over it.

#hailthebail

I really enjoyed this. She really knows how to tell a story, and her worldbuilding is always well done. I loved all of the underlying commentary regarding capitalism, colonization, and climate change. Though it wasn't really hidden at all. I liked this much more than Remote Control, but less than the Binti series. She is now an autobuy author for me.

“We die because we don‘t matter in the non-disabled world.”

Note: This book is not easy.

If anyone doesn‘t believe this quote after everything we witnessed since the beginning of COVID, their heads are so deep in the sand they‘ve hit bedrock. I really feel this now that Trump‘s man RFK Jr is destroying the few things that were protecting my daughter and the governor of California is actively cutting services to disabled people.

#disability

#weeklyforecast

Back to work this week. The digital book is both audio and ebook, depending on my activity or mood. The physical is to read at work since we are not supposed to be using our phones in the office/classroom due to the nature of our work.

#disability

on page 28 :

- Terrible Lettering Hall of Shame award

- That's not how retinal detachment works

- That's not how disability diagnosis works

- That's not how anything works

Impending DNF

#firstlinefridays

“I believe in the disabled future.”

This will be a hard read. Especially for folks with no experience with the hardships disabled people face, let alone those who are disabled AND (queer, BIPOC, etc.). Everything written in the intro about white disabled “spaces” is true, even for white people who might not have access to care through insurance or their own money. In Chapter 1, COVID response is spelled out perfectly by pointing out that ⬇️

#weeklyforecast

Will they ever finish Impossible Creatures? Inquiring minds want to know.

#summerreading

The easiest way to get me to read a book is to dangle a comparison to my beloved Howl‘s Moving Castle in front of me… and well I‘m not immune to spectacular covers either.

I absolutely loved this - definite reread material. While this is billed as a standalone, I think the experience might have been even better if I‘d read the Raybearer novels that this shares a world with.

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*laughs nervously* I‘M SCARED!!! (of how much story needs to happen for this to have a satisfying ending)

(Also maybe I should have read the Raybearer novels first?? but it said standalone and hooked me with the Howl‘s Moving Castle comparison)