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Book 2 was Catastrophe Ethics by Travis Rieder.
If my actions can’t change anything – for good or ill – do have any responsibility to act? The author introduces readers to the ‘spectrum of shouldiness’. Challenging, in the best possible way.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b3dfc159-f064-4c79-9fd2-0766759c4e03
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Book 3 was The Darkness by Ragnar Jónasson.
Well, crap. That was bleak. Fascinating and compelling … but so, so dark.
Mini review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/5da07a81-d6a9-4efc-91d6-7d28a18277bf
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Book 4 was Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow.
Good, fun storytelling paired with a compelling cast of older characters dodging organised crime rings.
Get it direct from the author: https://craphound.com/shop/
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Book 6 was Book 6 was Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Even in future-America there are still little pockets of hope.
Rejecting the life her father has chosen for her, Esther runs away to join the travelling librarians.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/fdda64dd-98d3-4bdd-abcd-7cfd8f62b3cd?redirect=true
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Book 8 was Two Times Murder by Adam Oyebanji.
Greg’s a Black British teacher living in the US (deep inside his own closet). Except he’s not. Also, people keep dropping dead around him and everyone expects him to solve things.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/54ef0e70-473b-434c-a69b-5fc3601b69f9?redirect=true
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Book 9 was Stars and Bones by Gareth L. Powell.
After Eryn’s sister goes missing, she pulls out all the stops to make sure she’s part of the search team. What she finds is so much worse than anyone expects.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e8e393ee-8424-4ec2-b674-24d97e9e68a1
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New month, new book thread!
First book for June was The Hands That Pull the Strings by J.S. Carter Gilson.
Inez is back again. This time, catastrophe comes to the pleasure moon where she’s recovering from the events of the previous book.
But it direct: https://jscartergilson.com/wp/product/the-hands-that-pull-the-strings-epub/
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Book 5 was The Silence Project by Carole Hailey.
This one was weird. It’s structured as a nonfiction book about (fictional) people and events. It overlays real events onto the fictional history.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/fdf1faca-d8d7-4386-af60-9a0dd10fc1cd?redirect=true
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Book 7 was All Systems Red by Martha Wells.
Decided it was time for a reread. This time, I can say it’s not just Murderbot – I adore the whole cast.
Mini review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b7201fc5-4df8-4c4e-acbe-42325fb76a43
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Book 10 was By the Fire We Carry by Rebecca Nagle.
At the core of the book is a single legal case against one man, which becomes a proxy for native rights to self-governance, which goes all the way to the US Supreme Court. Along the way, the narrative takes multiple detours, outlining myriad ways in which the US government has screwed over the various First Nations.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/97c91c76-52fe-4bc3-baca-5fbed93a5951?redirect=true
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Laura Kate Dale says there are rumours that Unbound was expecting a big investment and decided to pre-spend it by dipping into author royalties.
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Laura Kate Dale, who wrote Gender Euphoria, is owed £8k.
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Alex de Campi, who wrote The Scottish Boy, is owed $8k.
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Russell Jones, who wrote The Decade in Tory: An Inventory of Idiocy from the Coalition to COVID, is owed 7k.
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Small Robots, who I think published a picture book of their art work, is owed an unspecified amount.
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Tom Cox, author of many books, published seven through Unbound. He’s owed more than £20k.
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Daniel Hardcastle, author of The Paradox Paradox, is owed £40k.
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Brian Boston, poet, is owed an unspecified amount.
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Chuck, author of Bird Brain, didn’t even get the email telling them they weren’t getting paid.
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And #Boundless are stringing these authors along. Saying things like: We feel terrible so we’ll make goodwill payments of as much of your outstanding royalties as we possibly can.
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