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Hugo Reviews 2014: Best Novelettes
I've now read all the Hugo nominees for Best Novelette (a category I still think is an unnecessary insertion between "short story" and "novella"), and I was more impressed than I was by the Short Story nominations. That said, nothing stood out as something destined to be a classic of the genre.
Ted Chiang, Vox Day, Aliette de Bodard, Mary ( Read more... ) -
Saturday Book Discussion: Promote a book! Introduce an author!
Promote an underrated author on bookish!
Note: This will be the last time I post reminders here on bookshare. I hope you join bookish to continue to read my SBDs and other reviews. Ciao! -
Is this thing still on? Inverarity's reviews...
Hi folks,
I realize it's symptomatic of the slow death of LiveJournal, but bookshare seems to be dead. Over 90% of the posts here for the past couple of years have been mine, and the sole administrator has long since abandoned the comm.
I think nearly everyone who watches bookshare is also watching bookish (where I'm a moderator, btw), so posting my reviews here seems to ( Read more... ) -
Emma, by Jane Austen
Jane Austen's most "unlikable" protagonist, a matchmaking busybody, makes this book more likable and funny than any modern romcom.
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