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"Raving", de McKenzie Wark en la #LíneaD

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Exciting 2025 Book Releases: December 10, 2024 - BOOK RIOT

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss books coming in 2025 they're excited about, including Down in the Sea of Angels, Tartufo, Flirting L

So overjoyed that LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER made it into Bookriot's podcast about most anticipated books of 2025! This is so excellent. All of these books sound astounding and I'm so happy to be in such good company!

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Roll For Novel got a bunch of downloads recently and I was wondering why…

Someone wrote an article and featured my game? Roll For Novel is in a list with Thirsty Sword Lesbians!? 😲😲😲

I am still in shock 👁👁💦

anyways here's the link to the article: Bookish TTRPGs

and the link to my game: Roll For Novel

[erintoknow]

The Rise of the Speculative Novella | Book Riot

Put out by big publishers like Tor and smaller ones like Neon Hemlock, speculative novellas are seeing a resurgence in popularity.

“Typical novel length has fluctuated over the years, particularly in literary genres. So many classic adult novels of our youth are just beyond novella range. So it makes sense that we’re sometimes seeing that standard length boundary shift with novels that have a literary hybrid quality, like Karin Tidbeck’s Amatka or Jeff Vandermeer’s Annihilation. Ebooks certainly seem to have contributed a new appreciation for the novella, possibly by them appearing more commonly side by side with novels. Books that can be read in one sitting feel especially welcome during the pandemic as well; I know that’s true for myself at least.”

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16 Amazing Books Set in Korea, By Korean Authors | Book Riot

Looking for books set in the Korean Peninsula? Find our list of the best books set in Korea for adult and teen readers!

For my MASH pals - maybe some reading?

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Book Riot gets it!

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Just finished reading 'A Deadly Education' by Naomi Novick and l o v e d it.

I'm extremely interested in the choices of names in this book!

Galadriel - I don't know enough about Tolkien to deconstruct the name 'Galadriel' - apart from the idea i got from the movies that she has access to excessive power and struggles not to use it.

Orion - Orion is the hunter, out to kill all of the critters. Seeeeeeems pretty indicative. I don't like the theory floated thay Orion is a construct, but I do think his powerful parents fucked with him using magic. The word lake has etymology that involves translates the concept of an empty basin to be filled, which is interesting.

Liu - the only legit ish translation I found was 'killer', and it was on a pretty white/western site, so not particularly reliable. But it's interesting given her role as a maleficer.

Aadhya - verrry interesting. traslations seem to revolve around concepts of being the best, the whole world, another name for a goddess ... Aadhya was the only person to figure out who took care of the Maw Mouth, she's extremely well connected.

Jack - this one is too easy. Jack the ripper, spring heeled jack, etc. Edit: Jack's last name is westing, which is a nautical term meaning traveling west. choosing to interpret this as the west (US, NYC specifically being evil as he is evil, wanting El to give into her dark side thw way Jack does)

magnus - the great, the best, the leader. he does seem to be the leader of the NY kids.

chloe - young, green. meaning green as in a green shoot, but to me seems like a play on her naivete.

gwen - holy woman, blessed woman

ophelia Rhys Lake - heaning 'help'. well, ophelia drowned herself in a lake, so there's that. and Rhys is a welsh name.

I'm aware of the discourse. I tend to personally agree with Namera Tanjeem's take on it (article on bookriot).

It's kind of dumb that most posts online about it are copy and pastes of the same criticism from a handful of individuals, being shared without the poster necessarily having read the book. Edit: this does not mean that i think the original posters of those sentiments have dumb opinions of course - i always think individual critique should be voiced. i think it's impossible for positive change to happen without people speaking up.

I also tend to find that some of the criticism may be rooted in the conflation that some readers have in confusing the voice of a character with that of an author.