#bogireads — Public Fediverse posts

I was away yesterday, but my newsletter update did go out with the daily recommendation - did you see this awesome poem by Sodïq Oyèkànmí in Haven??

https://buttondown.email/bogiperson/archive/that-first-sentence-scythe-by-sodiq-oyekanmi/

#BogiReads #poetry #SFF #SpeculativePoetry

My free daily story recs the past week:

* Tia Tashiro in @clarkesworld
* @SoniaSulaiman in Fantasy
* Lowry Poletti in Lightspeed
* Corey J. White in @InterzoneMag
+ a longer paid rec.

Sign up to get these in email :) + You can read what I had to say about them right now in the archives!

https://buttondown.email/bogiperson

#BogiReads #ShortStories #ShortSFF #SFFBookClub #Bookstodon @bookstodon @shortsff @shortstory

Today's #BogiReads story recommendation! Now in all-new email newsletter format.

"To Carry You Inside of You" by Tia Tashiro in @clarkesworld -

https://buttondown.email/bogiperson/archive/body-sharing-gone-awry-to-carry-you-inside-of-you/

#Bookstodon #ShortStories @bookstodon @shortsff @shortstory #ScienceFiction

Today on Bogi Reads the World:

I'm reviewing XX by Rian Hughes.

I read it for a book club I'm in, enjoyed it at first, then developed increasing misgivings as I went on...

https://www.bogireadstheworld.com/reviews-xx-by-rian-hughes/

#reviews #BogiReads #RianHughes #ScienceFiction #HardSF #Aliens #FirstContact #Racism #Startup #VirtualReality

Reviews on my Patreon today (for backers only - they become free when the next batch goes up):

* Hybrid Heart by Iori Kusano - adult SF novella

* Bitten by Witch Fever: Wallpaper & Arsenic in the Victorian Home by Lucinda Hawksley - nonfiction

* City of Secrets by Victoria Ying - MG graphic novel

https://www.patreon.com/posts/86182601?pr=true

#reviews #bookstodon @bookstodon @shortsff #Novella #ScienceFiction #SFF #Nonfiction #Comics #GraphicNovel #MiddleGrade #AsianAuthors #History #Patreon #BogiReads #Artbook

Today in Bogiperson news (NOT about the Supreme Court)

* Ignyte voting closes today
* Rosalind's Siblings cover reveal on Sunday
* SFRA conference
* TWO reviews! Ryka Aoki and William Sleator

Blog post on Bogi Reads the World:

https://www.bogireadstheworld.com/news-reviews-aoki-sleator/

#BogiReads #Ignyte #IgnyteAwards2023 #RosalindsSiblings #SFRA #Reviews #RykaAoki #WilliamSleator #TransLit #QueerBooks @bookstodon #Bookstodon #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Paranormal #Aliens #ScienceFictionStudies

The latest free reviews on Bogi Reads the World: a fantasy graphic novel that was a pleasant surprise, a small volume of queer prose poetry, and a vintage YA science fiction book!

https://www.bogireadstheworld.com/reviews-sina-lemus-hoover/

#Bookstodon @bookstodon #Books #BookReviews #BogiReads #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #GraphicNovels #Iran #Mythology #Latine #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #Queer #YA

Bogiperson on Patreon today:

The DNF pile event is back! I post about sorting through my books, and you get to find out what makes me put down books (or conversely, what makes me run toward them).

This series is backers only - you can get it at any tier.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/82361842

#BogiReads #Patreon #DNFpile #TBRpile #Bookstodon

And here are this week's reviews on Patreon:

* Monster vol. 1 (Perfect Edition) by Naoki Urasawa (not sure about the translator)
* Chaos, Crossing by Olivia Elias, translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid
* Undesirables: A Holocaust Journey to North Africa by Aomar Boum and Nadjib Berber

They become free when I post the next batch. Your patronage is greatly appreciated and helps me make more!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/book-reviews-82106388

@bookstodon #Reviews #Patreon #BogiReads #Comics #Manga #Poetry

Managed to sort out my website, so here are the latest reviews:

* Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed, translated by the author
* Assassin of Reality by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey
* Tower of Dreams by Jamil Nasir
* Spy x Family volume 4 by Tatsuya Endo, translated by Casey Loe

https://jort.link/www.bogireadstheworld.com/reviews-mohamed-dyachenkos-nasir-endo/

@bookstodon #Bookstodon #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Cyberpunk #Reviews #BogiReads

Today in Bogiperson news!

* New interview with Ada Hoffmann in their series Autistic Reader Month
* Story in a new anthology: Life Beyond Us, focusing on science fiction about astrobiology.
* New roundtable discussion I participated in, about gender and SFF

https://www.patreon.com/posts/81932311?pr=true

#BogiReads #BogiWrites #interviews #LifeBeyondUs #SFF #Astrobiology #ScienceFiction #Patreon #Roundtable #Gender #Bookstodon #TransLit

A Man and His Cat vol. 4 by Umi Sakurai

Cute cat manga with surprising mental illness themes!

My review -

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5458810319

#BogiReads #Manga #MentalIllness #Cats #Panic #Trauma #Contemporary #Review
@bookstodon

Nothing But the Rain by Naomi Salman.

Very recent postapocalyptic novella where rainwater causes amnesia.

Enjoyed some aspects of it, but others I found frustrating -

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5458719283

#BogiReads #Novella #SFF #Postapocalyptic #ScienceFiction #FrenchAuthors #Bookstodon #Reviews @bookstodon

Thunderbird volume 1 by Sonia Nimr, translated by M. Lynx Qualey.

Middle grade time travel fantasy from a Palestinian author, set in Palestine.

An interesting, fast-paced adventure that shows a lot in a short book, but be aware it ends on a cliffhanger! Looking forward to book 2.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5458669524

@bookstodon #BogiReads #MiddleGrade #Palestine #PalestinianAuthors #Fantasy #TimeTravel #Historical #Firebird #Bookstodon

I think I finished reorganizing my Patreon? All new tiers, descriptions, all manner of Things.

April, the month of autism awareness and poetry, might be a good time to do a subscription drive?

Subscribe and get Very Aware of Autism and Poetry 😆

There are also book reviews, stories, more poetry, running around like a headless chicken.

https://www.patreon.com/bogiperson

#BogiWrites #BogiReads #Patreon #ActuallyAutistic #PoetryCommunity #Bookstodon #SFF #ScienceFiction #Fantasy

Recs for #TransRightsReadathon - I'm focusing on earlier books you might have missed!

Featuring Rachel Pollack, Tom Cho, Akwaeke Emezi, Yoon Ha Lee, @charliejane, Gabrielle Squailia, Ada Hoffmann, Polenth Blake, Kacen Callender, Katy Michelle Quinn, @rblemberg @andi, + bonus rec @LateOnsetGirl!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/80303628?pr=true

#trans @transbookstodon #TransLit #TransAuthors #SFF @bookstodon #Bookstodon #LGBTQIA #Recs #BogiReads

On my Patreon today (this is a backers-only update):

Book pile sorting event, March!

In which I read a chapter or two of a lot of books while trying to figure out whether to keep and finish them.... or not.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/patrons-only-80263028?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

#Patreon #Bookpile #DNF #TBR #BogiReads

Infinite Constellations: An Anthology of Identity, Culture, and Speculative Conjunctions; edited by Khadijah Queen and K. Ibura.

Fascinating new anthology focusing on authors of color (mostly diasporic) - easy to miss because it was published by an academic press, but you don't want to miss it because it's really good.

My review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5317493608

#SFF #Fantasy #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #AuthorsOfColor #BogiReads
@bookstodon @shortsff @shortstory

Muneera and the Moon: Stories Inspired by Palestinian Folklore by @SoniaSulaiman

Debut short story collection! Mostly fantasy with a fabulistic / mythic tone, some science fiction elements. Cohesive, gentle, resonant.

My review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5407358236

#SFF #ShortStories #PalestinianAuthors #Palestine #FreePalestine #Folklore #Fantasy #ScienceFiction #Asexual #LGBTQIA @bookstodon @shortsff @shortstory #BogiReads #Reviews

Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor.

Epistolary novella about two art dealers and the rise of Nazism in Germany. Reads as fresh and unexpected even today (despite the very familiar subject matter). A surprise!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5407309655

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5407309655

#reviews #BogiReads #ShabbosReads #Mazeldon #Jewish #Novellas #Historical #Nazism #Germany #Epistolary #Bookstodon

Reminder that the Black Fantastic Storybundle ends in less than 2 days! Super cool lineup, curated by Zelda Knight!

(Also I think the Sorghum & Spear anthology edited by Sheree Renée Thomas included in it is a pre-launch exclusive!)

https://storybundle.com/blackfantastic

#BookBundles #Bookstodon @bookstodon #BogiReads #BogiDeals #Storybundle #ZeldaKnight #BlackAuthors #BlackWriters

Oh! There is less than an hour left to vote on my Patreon poll for backers, about how reviews should be crossposted to Patreon.

Please vote, this helps me figure out what you'd like from my Patreon!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/backers-only-my-78959347

#BogiReads #Patreon

Here are 10 SFF stories from 2022 that I really enjoyed!

by:
Ian Muneshwar
@mariadongwrites
@rsagarcia
Frances Ogamba
@atgreenblatt
@nicasio
Dominique Dickey
Iori Kusano
Tanvir Ahmed
Innocent Chizaram Ilo

(Patreon entry, but free & public)

https://www.patreon.com/posts/79279098?pr=true

#Bookstodon @shortstory @shortsff @bookstodon #SFF #SpeculativeFiction #AwardRecs #BogiReads #ShortStories #ScienceFiction #fantasy #horror

Oh my G--d because February is a shorter month, I need to put in library purchase requests sooner!

Finally decided:
* The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher
* Chaos, Crossing by Olivia Elias, tr. K.J. Abu-Zeid
* The Leopard Princess: Book I of the Wonderful Somali Nights by M.O. Hadji and Jose Lorenzo Pacheco (picture book - does anyone know what happened to possible sequels?)

#PalestinianAuthors #Palestine #Bookstodon #SomaliAuthors #Somalia #Library #LibraryRequests #BogiReads #LatineAuthors

Undertorah: An Earth-Based Kabbalah of Dreams by Jill Hammer.

A book about dreams that gets across the *feeling* of dreams - less technical than some of her other work, but still an interesting read.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5373909918

#reviews #Mazeldon #nonfiction #Jewish #BogiReads #Kabbalah #dreams #mysticism #JewishRenewal #Bookstodon

Starwater by Denise Low.

Poetry primarily about the Kaw River & environs; one of her early out-of-print collections. Really liked it, pick it up if you can find a copy -

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3329919416

#reviews #BogiReads #poetry #litodon #Bookstodon #IndigenousAuthors #Kansas #Lawrence #LFK #KawRiver #PoetryCommunity

Love Me For Who I Am vol. 1 by Kata Konayama, translated by Amber Tamosaitis.

Manga; working at a crossdressing café while nonbinary is an uneasy experience!

Impulse library borrow and it turned out quite different from what I'd expected.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5358056135

#reviews #BogiReads #manga #bookstodon #translations #comics #Nonbinary #QUILTBAG #LGBT #Trans #Crossdressing #Otokonoko #Femboy

Invisible Companions: Encounters with Imaginary Friends, Gods, Ancestors, and Angels by J. Bradley Wigger.

Developmental psych & religious studies combo, cross-cultural mixed methods study investigating how children think about imaginary friends, spiritual beings & deities. Impulse borrow!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5344095593

#Nonfiction #ReligiousStudies #Bookstodon @Religidons #Psych #DevelPsych #MixedMethods #Academia #Reviews #BogiReads

(+ #plurality relevant, but not exactly the same focus)

Amateur: A True Story of What Makes a Man by Thomas Page McBee -

Trans memoir about boxing; I had misgivings, but overall interesting.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5344180955

#Bookstodon #Memoir #BogiReads #Boxing #SportsBooks #TransAuthors #TransMen #transmasc #Nonfiction #Gender #TransLit

Need to make a thread for recent reviews. They'll go up on my website too, but are on Goodreads for now because I am having two technical issues.

So. ⭐ Thread for recent reviews ⭐

how the first sparks became visible by Simone Atangana Bekono -

Absolutely stunning chapbook translated from Dutch.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5142332214

#Poetry #BlackAuthors #BlackPoets #DutchAuthors #Translation #Chapbooks #Bookstodon #WomenAuthors #BogiReads