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Cade

Cade@bookrastinating.com

Joined 3 years, 6 months ago

They/them. I gravitate toward spec fic, sci-fi, fantasy, occasionally horror and/or mystery. I also read a lot of non-fiction, based on recommendations from people I follow and random topics I take a sudden interest in. On Mastodon at anti-social.online/@cade

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Cade's books

To Read (View all 13)

Richard Saul: ADHD Does Not Exist (2014, HarperWave, Harper Wave)
Julie Smith: Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? (2022, Penguin Books, Limited)
Russell A. Barkley, Russell Barkley: Taking charge of adult ADHD (2010, Guilford Press)

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Benjamin Lorr: The Secret Life of Groceries (2020, Avery, Avery Publishing Group)
Mervyn King, John Kay: Radical Uncertainty (2021, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.)

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T. Kingfisher: Minor Mage (Paperback, 2019, Argyll Productions)
T. Kingfisher, Lauren Henderson: Summer in Orcus (Hardcover, 2017, Sofawolf Press, Inc.)
T. Kingfisher: What Moves the Dead (Hardcover, 2022, Tor Nightfire)

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finished reading Summer in Orcus by T. Kingfisher

T. Kingfisher, Lauren Henderson: Summer in Orcus (Hardcover, 2017, Sofawolf Press, Inc.)

I genuinely love how Kingfisher writes adolescent children. They are never stupid or naive, but they still possess innocence and have much to learn. If you liked A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, I think you'll like this.

My one complaint - did it really need to be Baba Yaga who got the whole magical journey started? Why her? Look, I don't want to say that people who are not of Rus or Slav descent (or other culture with stories about Baba Yaga) can't use her in their novels, but it always seems like they make her into generic crone witch instead of tapping into what makes her so unique.

finished reading What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

T. Kingfisher: What Moves the Dead (Hardcover, 2022, Tor Nightfire)

From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, …

I feel like I need to reread the original Poe story before I can give thoughts.

It's interesting to compare this to the Fall of the House of Usher TV show on Netflix. That version of Madeline and Roderick, which I loved, are so, so different, it's hard to believe they have the same origin.