by H. Felix Chau Bradley
★★★½
Touched
by Walter Mosley
★★
Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny
by Nile Rodgers
★★★★★
Moon of the Turning Leaves
(Moon of the.. #2)
Waubgeshig Rice
★★★★
Bedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star
by Tracey Thorn
Can read like fiction in memoir form for someone who hadn’t heard any of her music before picking this up. I loved the self-deprecation, thoughts on politics and music in the 70s and 80s, and the irrepressible spirit of creativity.
We Are the Crisis
Convergence Saga #2
Cadwell Turnbull
★★★★
An Echo in the City
by K.X. Song
★★★½
Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
by Octavia E. Butler
Less a parade of interviewers who haven’t read her work asking the same flat questions than usual. She only had to mention Devil Girl from Mars once out of the ten and refer to Steve Barnes and Samuel R. Delany twice. Delany’s intro is disjointed and abrupt, … Read more
Sonic Life
by Thurston Moore
Searing, poetic. Unexpectedly at least 30% music journalism. Got to know a couple of names I want to check out more of. I loved hearing about the X-Ray Spex concert, about Freezer Burn, Flower, I wanted to hear it all. The exchange with Sun Ra made me tear … Read more
The Book of Witches
by Jonathan Strahan (Editor)
- “What Is a Witch?” Jonathan Strahan ★½
- “Seed of Power” Linda D. Addison ★★
- “What I Remember of Oresha Moon Dragon Devshrata” P. Djèlí Clark ★★★½
- “The Luck Thief” Tade Thompson ★★★½
- “Good Spells” Ken Liu ★★★
- “The Liar” Darcie Little Badger ★★★★★
- “Met Swallow” Cassandra Khaw
Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business
by Roxane Gay
Essays I appreciated most:
- “Hate That Doesn’t Hide”
- “Can I Enjoy Art but Denounce the Artist?”
- “Jada Pinkett Smith Shouldn’t Have to Take a Joke. Neither Should You.”
Let Us Descend
by Jesmyn Ward
★★★½
Vulcan’s Glory
by D.C. Fontana
The writing is easy to devour even with apparent tv beats, senseless plot points, and 60s sensibilities including introducing every character like a lech
A Thief in the Night
by K.J. Charles
★★★½
The Best We Could Do
by Thi Bui
★★★
Passion simple
Annie Ernaux
L’histoire d’une femme qui n’a pas d’autre identité que son obsession pour un homme indisponible et vide de personnalité. Une obsession telle qu’elle ne se lave pas pour conserver son sperme, qu’elle part dans des délires impliquant une femme qu’elle a vue dans un magazine et qu’elle reste figée … Read more
I Am Spock
by Leonard Nimoy
I read this having seen more SNW Spock than TOS. I knew of two contributions by Nimoy that gave me a positive impression and spurred me to read another memoir by someone I wasn’t necessarily a dedicated fan of (following the vibrant Fingers Crossed by Miki Berenyi). One … Read more
Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America
by Julia Lee
★★★½
Lost Places
by Sarah Pinsker
- “Two Truths and a Lie” ★★★
- “That Our Flag Was Still There” ★★★
- “I Frequently Hear Music in the Very Heart of Noise” DNF
- “The Court Magician” ★★★
- “Everything Is Closed Today” ★★★
- “Left the Century to Sit Unmoved” ★★★
- “Escape from Caring Seasons” ★★★¼
- “A Better Way
Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success
by Miki Berenyi
★★★★½