TRANSLATION STATE by @annleckie.com is a standalone novel in the Imperial Radch universe, and it was so good that it got me to go back and (finally!) finish the Ancillary series. It hits the often-tricky balance of telling a big story through a narrow, character-driven perspective. (6/13) - ThreadSky

tiltingwindward.bsky.social • 53 days ago

TRANSLATION STATE by @annleckie.com is a standalone novel in the Imperial Radch universe, and it was so good that it got me to go back and (finally!) finish the Ancillary series. It hits the often-tricky balance of telling a big story through a narrow, character-driven perspective. (6/13)

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tiltingwindward.bsky.social•53 days ago

My favorite of 2024's #Nebula nominees was @slhuang.com's THE WATER OUTLAWS. It was so good it made me want to read the original - which in this case is a Chinese epic from the Ming dynasty. A fantastic gender-bent retelling about love, community, and giving tyrants what they deserve. (7/13)

tiltingwindward.bsky.social•53 days ago

My other non-fiction recommendation this year is FIFTH SUN by Camilla Townshend, which relies on Indigenous sources to tell the story of the peoples we call the Aztecs before, during, and after contact with Europeans. I learned an absolute ton about how Aztec people lived and thought. (8/13)

tiltingwindward.bsky.social•53 days ago

DESERT CREATURES by @kaychronister.bsky.social is deeply weird, apocalyptic both in setting and in emotional landscape, and bleakly gorgeous. I was never sure what it was going to do to me next, which was great. If more Weird West books were this enthralling, I'd own a lot more of them. (9/13)

tiltingwindward.bsky.social•53 days ago

I love anything @nghivo.bsky.social writes, but I was still shocked by how much I enjoyed SIREN QUEEN. Golden Age Hollywood is not usually my jam, but Vo colors in all the edges with elusive, brutal magic and doesn't shy away from racism, sexism, or other power games. Also a great audiobook. (10/13)

tiltingwindward.bsky.social•53 days ago

The #Ignytes led me to Moniquill Blackgoose's excellent TO SHAPE A DRAGON'S BREATH. I'm normally frustrated by how coming-of-age-by-going-to-magic-school stories avoid big social issues. This book does not. And I love that Anequs' Masquisit identity is a source of strength, not just conflict.(11/13)

tiltingwindward.bsky.social•53 days ago

I've already raved about THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST by @premeemohamed.com. You're always just about to understand the shape of this story, but it can't quite be captured. The MC is older, exhausted, and afraid, but doing what must be done, which makes her a perfect heroine for our times. (12/13)

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