One thing I’m liking about this book is how there’s no direct parallel societal links to existing earth societies. Usually when an author writes an empire, get residences, whether it’s British, Roman, Japanese, Egyptian, some kind of dynastic feel.
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Wraithe commented on A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
One thing I’m liking about this book is how there’s no direct parallel societal links to existing earth societies. Usually when an author writes an empire, get residences, whether it’s British, Roman, Japanese, Egyptian, some kind of dynastic feel.
Wraithe commented on A Libertarian Walks into a Bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
NGL this whole story sounds like someone made it up. As Sam Kinison once famously said: “some stuff is too messed up to be made up, someone has to go and do it”
NGL this whole story sounds like someone made it up. As Sam Kinison once famously said: “some stuff is too messed up to be made up, someone has to go and do it”
Wraithe rated Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel: 4 stars
Wraithe rated The Tub of Happiness (Schlock Mercenary, #1): 3 stars
Wraithe rated Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World: 4 stars
Wraithe rated A Libertarian Walks into a Bear: 4 stars

A Libertarian Walks into a Bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
A tiny American town’s plans for radical self-government overlooked one hairy detail: no one told the bears. Once upon a …
Wraithe finished reading A Libertarian Walks into a Bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus
Hot dogs. Poor people created them. Rich people found a way to charge fifteen dollars for them. They’re high culture, …
Wraithe started reading Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus
It’s starting off pretty lively, I have to respect any book that has this in the foreword: “And finally—if you’re standing in a big box store wondering if you should steal this book, the answer is yes.”
It’s starting off pretty lively, I have to respect any book that has this in the foreword: “And finally—if you’re standing in a big box store wondering if you should steal this book, the answer is yes.”
Wraithe rated Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story: 3 stars
Wraithe rated Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story: 4 stars
Wraithe rated Raising Steam: 3 stars

Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #40)
To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, a new invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork - a great clanging monster …
Wraithe rated The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms: 4 stars

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Inheritance Trilogy, #1)
Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned …






