the relentless wednesday books

[landofnowhere]

Or What You Will, Jo Walton. This book does what Jo Walton does best, which is take you into a brave new world and make you think about it. Last time I said it wasn't really like anything else, but now that I think of it, this book is kind of like The Secret Country trilogy by Pamela Dean, which kind of makes me want to reread those books. But also part of it is a story of a woman's life in our own world; and like some other Jo Walton books it has a bit that makes you want to donate to Planned Parenthood (I mean, I never have, but). Interesting ending, definitely things I liked.

Beeline, Shalini Shankar. Still not the book I wanted it to be, as mentioned last time, but it was still an enjoyable read. I still don't think that a group of elite competitors is representative of a generation (and I would have enjoyed seeing a comparison with sports sociology), but I do appreciate the author's point that she's de-centering whiteness by writing about a community that is default Asian-American.

The Relentless Moon, Mary Robinette Kowal. Companion to The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky, set simultaneously with the latter but a different location and protagonist. So far it's an enjoyable political thriller (partly) in space: Nicole is a very different protagonist from Elma: she's politician's wife and very socially adept, which is fun to watch, and also to watch the problems it doesn't extract her from.

Comments

[sorcyress]

As a vague thing, I set up a reoccurring $10 monthly donation to Planned Parenthood back during the 2016 election. It's a small enough amount of money that I don't think of it, but I'm always pleasantly surprised by the reminder.