He/Him, central Canada. Read sloppily, read fast. You can always come back to it again.
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A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom
Studying zoology …
Lucy Cook has pended an wide ranging critique of the sexist myths that have led biologists to mischaracterize and ignore diversity of female animals. She covers a wide variety of creatures with fascinating behaviours and physiologies, forgrounding the researchers who study them.
A standalone novel in the fantastic world of Katherine Addison's award-winning The Goblin Emperor.
When …
Addison does a wonderful job of world building. The slice of life moments in particular are great and Pel-Thenhior, the goblin director/composer is wonderful. Unfortunately the book has far too many subplots to give any of them the attention they deserve. There were also weird pacing issues and characters seem to do things so that reveals happen at the right time rather than for any organic or logical reason.
Who tampered with the elevator?
The mundane job of elevator inspection becomes a mysterious tale …
A gripping racial allegory with an engaging mystery.