en-US Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:54:56 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review747114622 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:54:56 -0700 /review/show/747114622 Lynn gave 5 stars to The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (Paperback) by Ursula K. Le Guin
bookshelves: science-fiction
They all said this was her masterpiece: and they were right. I couldn’t stop thinking about it the whole time I was reading it. Staring at the mirror thinking about it while brushing my teeth level. Laying in bed thinking about it.

There are so many layers: I can see why people write essays and literal books about this book. I want to pick it apart in an English class and discuss themes and parallels and references and author choice and what we read from it. “A modern classic� gets thrown around a lot: this one is really truly meant.


might come back and put a review of the plot and themes eventually but too busy thinking about it right now. ]]> Review3740328803 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:02:09 -0700 /review/show/3740328803 Lynn gave 4 stars to The Four Profound Weaves (Paperback) by R.B. Lemberg
bookshelves: audiobook, fantasy, lgbt, novellas
3.5. Confusing introduction to the worldbuilding especially over audiobook, but I am a sff fan and I do love piecing things together from context. The magic and plot was fine but the real joy in this book was the way it captured the coming out and other pieces of trans experience. Not wanting to rock the boat, not wanting to change anything, conflicting societal and cultural reasons why you didn’t, and weighing growing up as one gender with trying to belong to another. On the other hand the storytelling vibes went a little overboard and I say this as a poetic writing sicko. ]]> ReadStatus9344870172 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:02:05 -0700 /review/show/7513602769 Lynn wants to read The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg
]]> ReadStatus9344855923 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:57:24 -0700 /review/show/3740328803 Lynn finished reading The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. Lemberg
]]> Review632771424 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:11:39 -0700 /review/show/632771424 Lynn gave 3 stars to The Andalite's Gift (Megamorphs, #1) by K.A. Applegate
bookshelves: kid-books
The mid-est of the megamorphs. Fun scenes, like the pool scene, the infamous trash can scene, and the first instances of morphing midair. Other than that it’s mostly just a normal book. weird new alien villain, captured! Escape�.then figure out how to beat the villain. Started strong ended weak ]]> ReadStatus9310029819 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:58:40 -0700 /review/show/7489376606 Lynn has read Thief of the Heights: A Graphic Novel by Son M.
]]> Review7487578855 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 05:51:51 -0700 /review/show/7487578855 Lynn has read No Rules Tonight: A Graphic Novel (Paperback) by Kim Hyun Sook
bookshelves: graphic-novels-comics, historical-fiction, lgbt, pp-library, teen-books
Fun read, very human. Not quite the urgency of Banned Books Club but still very prescient. ]]> Review776975539 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:01:52 -0700 /review/show/776975539 Lynn gave 3 stars to The Predator (Animorphs, #5) by K.A. Applegate
bookshelves: kid-books
First half is pretty much a wash. Ax in human morph is juvenile humor that no longer does much for me. Marco captures the horror of the lobster more than the ant, actually, which is wild because the ant is the one that haunts the group and is brought up again and again. Marco's meaningful notes on the other characters were very good, though. And the last three chapters were quite moving, especially the interaction with his dad. Still, overshadowed by the beginning bits. ]]> ReadStatus9303513136 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 06:17:37 -0700 /review/show/731756794 Lynn finished reading The Princess Bride by William Goldman
]]> Review7315290735 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 18:59:26 -0700 /review/show/7315290735 Lynn gave 4 stars to The River Has Roots (Hardcover) by Amal El-Mohtar
bookshelves: novellas, pp-library, tcd-book-club
As always, beautiful prose, lovely metaphors. Didn’t grip me as much as Time War but still a nice short story. And even better news, there’s apparently a short story collection upcoming! Psyched, every short story of hers I end up finding in a collection or whatever is always amazing

The woodcuts were very pretty too. Bring back images in fiction books! ]]>