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Andy

andy_m@bookrastinating.com

Joined 2 months, 2 weeks ago

I like science fiction, science fact, situated feminisms, and speculative fabulations.

They/them. You can also find me at @andy@dice.camp.

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2024 Reading Goal

14% complete! Andy has read 5 of 35 books.

Diana Wynne Jones: Castle in the Air (Paperback, 2001, Eos) 4 stars

Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet …

Review of 'Castle in the Air' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

This should be a 4-star. I liked the characters, I liked the adventure, I liked the writing. But it was just so awkwardly Orientalist. White British lady writing this was...

Review of 'Cave Girl Illustrated' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

"Don't shoot; I'm a white man."

I hate that ERB is fairly successful at writing (bad) adventure novels because his racism ruins it every time! Like, this could have just been a story about a guy finding an island lost in time, but no it is evident that ERB seriously thought Polynesians were savages jfc!!!

So it's like 1.5 stars but no this book is not "okay."