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Chelle

WestCoastChelle@books.theunseen.city

Joined 3 years ago

She/Her | Gamer | Spoonie | Writer | Nutter | ARMY⁷

Have loved reading for as long as I can remember. Fantasy (epic and urban) and sci-fi books are my true loves. Actively working to decolonize my bookshelf.

Living on unceded Coast Salish, Kwantlen, Nuxwsa'7aq (Nooksack), and S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō) land

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finished reading The High Country by John Jackson Miller

John Jackson Miller: The High Country (2023, Pocket Books/Star Trek) No rating

An all-new Star Trek adventure—the first novel based on the thrilling Paramount+ TV series Star …

I really liked this one! My only slight complaint is having never seen Enterprise some of the Archer storyline stuff I didn't quite follow. It was generally explained well enough but not fully.

stopped reading Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (The Witches, #6)

Terry Pratchett: Carpe Jugulum (AudiobookFormat, French language, 2004, L'Atalante)

Carpe Jugulum (; Latatian for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy …

It's sad, I love Discworld... but the last two Witch books just don't grab me. I think a lot of that has to do with how he writes about fat people. Probably like Maskerade I will come back to this at a later date and eventually finish it, but for now I'm going to read something else.

finished reading Maskerade by Terry Pratchett(duplicate) (The Witches, #5)

Terry Pratchett(duplicate): Maskerade (AudiobookFormat, 1998, S. French)

Content warning I wish Perdita had stayed at the opera and been seen for who she really was. And just been loved and adored and didn't lose weight.

stopped reading The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (Great Cities, #1)

N.K. Jemisin: The City We Became (Hardcover, 2020, Orbit)

Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city.

Every city …

I think this is probably an awesome book... but it's not the right book for me right now.

reviewed Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

Zen Cho: Black Water Sister (Paperback, 2021, Ace)

Amazing book, not enough ending

I really enjoyed this book. The culture of it was in some ways familiar as Jess seeks to appease her family and has to hide a lot of herself from them. But also loved reading a book set in a country not my own, about experiences and mythology unfamiliar to me. I just wish the ending had felt more... full. It was a great ending, don't get me wrong. I'm just, I like that after-bit. I want it to work out and get to SEE it worked out. The ending does make me wonder if she's planning a sequel, maybe.

reviewed The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

Alix E. Harrow: The Once and Future Witches (Hardcover, 2020, Redhook)

In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, …

Review of 'The Once and Future Witches' on 'Goodreads'

This is not a soft book. This book tugs at the parts of me that survived abusive family, exboyfriends, cancer... That has lost jobs for speaking up against "those jokes".

I adored it. It's about the power women (and yes this book means ALL WOMEN) have when they come together against their oppressor.

I think I need to go read it again...