We're a plural system who loves queer & anarchist scifi.
But recently we just read a few randomly picked up mystery books in a row, in German, and we tend to review books in the language we read them in. That or similar may happen again, be warned.
No reading goals, just feelings.
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There's been an accident. Someone crash-landed a Yeerk Bug fighter. And the Yeerks have been …
Uuuh ok this is a slightly unexpected story because it has time travel. I thought it was mostly quite enjoyable, except that the folks in the rain forest seemed a bit exotisised to me.
Thus pretty sad and hard to read. I liked it a lot, even though some of the interactions seemed unrealistic to me in a way that the ghosts didn't.
While helping plan her father's wedding, senior Lara Jean struggles with choosing a college and …
It's not as cute as the first one (and I don't remember the second one), and somehow the heteronormativity comes through stronger. But I was happy enough.
Das fand ich ziemlich entbehrlich. Aber genau passend für ein Buch, das ich versehentlich angefangen hab zu lesen.
That's a different Blackout than what I wanted to read, but I noticed a few hours in when it just refused to go to the expected direction so I guess that's the book I'm reading now!
Nell Young's whole life and greatest passion is cartography. Her father, Dr. Daniel Young, is …
It has its boring parts, it's hard to believe parts, it's predictable parts, it's too much parts, but I don't care, I like it. There's maps and map nerds.
I was wondering for a while if it'd go to a supernatural direction and whether I'd enjoy it more if it did or didn't. When I found out the way it went was fine with me :)
Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this '90s-set horror novel about a women's book club that …
I like this a lot, but it did get more heavy than I expected. It starts out feeling like a "hah, these are tough housewives, of course they can defeat the vampire" story, but their own racism as well as their surroundings' sexism make everything go to a pretty tragic direction.
Eine bessere Welt ist möglich! Theresa Hannig, die Autorin von "Die Optimierer", hat eine Utopie …
Ich würd nicht sagen, dass ich das Buch mag, aber ich mag einige Elemente davon und war am Ende ziemlich in der Geschichte drin.
Was ich mag: die KI, die Beziehungen, dass es ein wirklich detailliertes Gedankenexperiment ist.
Was ich nicht mag: Den Vibe? Die business-nerdigen Elemente? Das "es gibt genau eine Lösung und so sieht sie aus"? Ein paar Sachen, die ich nicht gut in Worte fassen kann, vor allem solche, die sich auf die aktuelle Realität beziehen.
Und von der MDMA-Dealer-Storyline war ich kein bisschen überzeugt. Bin jetzt allerdings neugierig, ob MDMA wirklich wie hier beschrieben verwendet wird in manchen Bubbles.
Eine bessere Welt ist möglich! Theresa Hannig, die Autorin von "Die Optimierer", hat eine Utopie …
Uffi, ich weiß nicht, ob ich das fertig lesen will... es geht mir schon sehr auf die Nerven immer wieder.
Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective?
Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea …
Sooooo. I found this pretty enjoyable, except that there was more discussion of (emotional) abuse and shitty asshole stuff than I'd thought. It's in a good way, though. So. I think this is a pretty nice story. Just. The epilogue has something that irritates me so much!!
Ich hab so ungefähr die Hälfte mögen und die andere Hälfte nicht. Weder mein liebstes tragisch-schönes Teenie-Buch noch mein liebstes Tamara-Bach-Buch.
First book that I'm reading visually in a long time. Idk. I like audiobooks.
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine.
And when it …
But that's as much praise as I'm willing to give
One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are …
It's not the worst exploration of masculinity. But gosh it's annoying. It's also what I needed, kind of.
One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are …
I'm so annoyed already but it kind of fits my mood
