<p>finished reading <a href="https://reviewdb.app/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/4V6cGsh8l3FW9ZCIxKj6N2" rel="nofollow">Ocean's Echo</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 <br>A queer romance set in a space-faring future where humans have developed telepathic abilities. Two telepaths are thrown together by political expediency, and despite initial incompatibility (they are both very different sorts of neurodiverse) they build a strong partnership, and eventually love. The two protagonists are well portrayed, and very likeable despite their foibles.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#Queer</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/spaceopera/" rel="tag">#SpaceOpera</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/neurodiversity/" rel="tag">#NeuroDiversity</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://friendica.world/profile/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila@friendica.world</span></a></span><br></p>
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<p>finished reading <a href="https://reviewdb.app/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/15lJBTvmawVCbotgPRM03L" rel="nofollow">The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>by Sangu Mandanna.</p><p>A lonely witch finds family & love when she is sought out to tutor three young witchy girls. A cosy romantic fantasy. Some enlivening characters and fun use of magic. Very 'House by the Cerulean Sea'.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/romantasy/" rel="tag">#Romantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#Witches</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>
<p>finished reading <a href="https://reviewdb.app/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/6SHQV8Jh2pY2ckwSehTM3K" rel="nofollow">Spring Snow</a> 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑 <br>by Yukio Mishima.</p><p>A doomed romance in early 20th century Japan. Interminably slow, with frequent tangential digressions into philosophy and description. Nearly gave up but something finally happened 100 pages in. The climax verges on the tragi-comic, but it's mostly just brooding & hopeless. I was intrigued by the nobleman who is so elegant that problems solve themselves, hence effortlessly maintaining said elegance.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>
<p>started listening <a href="https://reviewdb.app/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/podcast/episode/2MNqwf5VoK24qDkVMUObEb" rel="nofollow">- Pride and Prejudice Audiobook (Part 1) - Down To Sleep #122</a><br>by Jane Austen. 4.5 stars.</p><p>Long-time viewer (BBC only, thank you), but first-time reader (well, listener), and it did not disappoint. If anything the Bennetts are even nuttier. Love Lizzie's snark, and the frission with D'Arcy is frustratingly delectable. Really doesn't work as a <a href="/tags/sleepstory/" rel="tag">#SleepStory</a> though!</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodo/" rel="tag">#Bookstodo</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#AudioBook</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de</p><p></p>
<p>finished reading <a href="https://reviewdb.app/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/17yZahP7EddajMFND6xQbU" rel="nofollow">A Court of Thorns and Roses</a> 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑 <br>by Sarah Maas.</p><p>My first foray into <a href="/tags/romantasy/" rel="tag">#romantasy</a>. The plot is so-so (humans vs faeries, love & intrigue) but finishes strongly. The romance is weak - it's never clear why she loves the faerie lord, except for his sexy man-beastiness. Hopefully this is not the best the genre has to offer.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>
