Wednesday Reading Meme July 16 2025
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kitewithfishWhat I’ve Read
Nothing to completion! I am reading a lot of different books at the same time tho.
What I’m Reading
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell – Last week I called this “a weird and gooey monster book” – This week, it’s a devastating romance with the two main characters that have layers upon layers of mommy issues. It’s great, would recommend. Hugos Shortlist.
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace by Joseph Williams – 1981 book on writing clearly. I think it does a lot of really careful explanation of the problems people encounter with getting their ideas into words. I’m only about 10% in.
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym – 1952, set immediately post-War in England. Our main character is a spinster with a fascinating set of social circles. “Excellent women” in this case seem to be all the women who do the grunt work of making things work in society. Recommended by a friend who never reads anything more recent than the 1970s.
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison – re-reading for book club. Yup, this is amazing. Easily the fourth time I have re-read.
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo – Did not finish, am abandoning – I realized that the annoying side character was actually going to be a romantic interest and I was like, I need out.
What I’ll Read Next
The Deep Dark
Track Changes
Alien Clay
Service Model
Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed
Navigational Entanglements
The Butcher of the Forest
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right
The Brides of High Hill
The Tusks of Extinction
“Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics”
“Signs of Life”
“By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars”
“The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video”
“Loneliness Universe”
“The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion”
“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea”
“Lake of Souls”
Nothing to completion! I am reading a lot of different books at the same time tho.
What I’m Reading
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell – Last week I called this “a weird and gooey monster book” – This week, it’s a devastating romance with the two main characters that have layers upon layers of mommy issues. It’s great, would recommend. Hugos Shortlist.
Style: Toward Clarity and Grace by Joseph Williams – 1981 book on writing clearly. I think it does a lot of really careful explanation of the problems people encounter with getting their ideas into words. I’m only about 10% in.
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym – 1952, set immediately post-War in England. Our main character is a spinster with a fascinating set of social circles. “Excellent women” in this case seem to be all the women who do the grunt work of making things work in society. Recommended by a friend who never reads anything more recent than the 1970s.
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison – re-reading for book club. Yup, this is amazing. Easily the fourth time I have re-read.
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo – Did not finish, am abandoning – I realized that the annoying side character was actually going to be a romantic interest and I was like, I need out.
What I’ll Read Next
The Deep Dark
Track Changes
Alien Clay
Service Model
Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed
Navigational Entanglements
The Butcher of the Forest
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right
The Brides of High Hill
The Tusks of Extinction
“Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics”
“Signs of Life”
“By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars”
“The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video”
“Loneliness Universe”
“The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion”
“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea”
“Lake of Souls”
