october reading wrap-up

[@Tasmetu]

Bodies Under Siege sounds like a book I couldn't handle - thank you for reading and reviewing it

[@ReadBecca]

Yay for loving le Guin! she's such a gem. I would say its probably not super important to have understood the technology/science Shevek was sharing & developing there. The Ansible is fundamental to this meteoric progress of the interstellar society of the Hainish books though, so this was almost like a prequel explaining its background, where going to some of the other Hainish Cycle books you might get it better by hearing its impact and how it is in practice.

[@allisondaluge2633]

Native Son is one of my absolute favorite books. Hope you enjoy!

[@kasia717]

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[@SueJacksonDE]

Hi! I found your channel because someone commenting on one of my videos said that we'd both recommended the same book - Leave Only Footsteps by Conor Knighton, so I came by to check it out! I enjoy sci fi thrillers (like The Martian). I haven't read any Ursula K. LeGuin, though. Bodies Under Siege sounds terrifying. I've enjoyed some of Scott Westerfeld's novels, especially Afterworlds. I've heard good things about Brain on Fire, though I live with a complex chronic illness that is hard to diagnose, so it's a little close to home! I've been so wanting to read Before the Coffee Gets Cold - I love time travel themes - so twisty and thought-provoking. I listened to Richard Wright's memoir, Black Boy. Nice to "meet" you! We seem to have similar reading tastes :)

[@BookishVicky]

I read 'Brain on Fire' a couple of years back; it was great but also horrifying. It's hard to accept that it was up to the author's family to insist in getting more opinions until a proper diagnosis was made, and if it had been for some doctors she would've spent the rest of her life in a psychiatric ward. I just finished "The Monsters We Defy" by Leslye Penelope and it was a lot of fun (set in 1920s DC Black Broadway, with mysterious disappearances and a fantasy heist).