Recent reading
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luzulaThe Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo (originally in Finnish)
A story where Finland is a subjugation-of-women dystopia, also a country where chili peppers are an illegal drug (alcohol and tobacco are already eradicated). I dunno, I don't find these kinds of totalitarian state dystopias terribly relevant to the world today, and I don't find the road to how they got there entirely believable. But the book is well-written and pulls you along. I do still think Sinisalo's first book, the one with the trolls, is her best one, or maybe I just think so because it hits my narrative kinks. Aaaand then the book ends with the main character getting superpowers from sticking a chili pepper up her vagina! Yes, really. I am full of glee, and take back everything lukewarm I said about the book. That is a great payoff. (Don't try it at home, though...)
My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst (audiobook)
This is a free Librivox audiobook with good readers, so why not listen to some suffragette history? Quite rousing.
A story where Finland is a subjugation-of-women dystopia, also a country where chili peppers are an illegal drug (alcohol and tobacco are already eradicated). I dunno, I don't find these kinds of totalitarian state dystopias terribly relevant to the world today, and I don't find the road to how they got there entirely believable. But the book is well-written and pulls you along. I do still think Sinisalo's first book, the one with the trolls, is her best one, or maybe I just think so because it hits my narrative kinks. Aaaand then the book ends with the main character getting superpowers from sticking a chili pepper up her vagina! Yes, really. I am full of glee, and take back everything lukewarm I said about the book. That is a great payoff. (Don't try it at home, though...)
My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst (audiobook)
This is a free Librivox audiobook with good readers, so why not listen to some suffragette history? Quite rousing.
