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All Boys Aren’t Blue

by Jamieupdated on February 18, 2021February 16, 2021Leave a Comment on All Boys Aren’t Blue

My Thoughts All Boys Aren’t Blue is a powerful memoir about one young man’s reckoning with his identity as a queer black man. The book explores the intersection of race and sexuality and the difficulty of finding one’s identity in a society that systematically oppresses people that fall outside of what is considered “normal.” It …

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Summer Frost

by Jamieupdated on March 14, 2021February 12, 2021Leave a Comment on Summer Frost

My Thoughts I slept on this novella and I am sorry for it because Summer Frost is the best story in the entire Forward Collection. I always really enjoy stories about artificial intelligence and robots, it is one of those topics in science fiction that veers into a dangerous uncanny valley once the question of …

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Waiting on a Bright Moon

by Jamieupdated on February 16, 2021September 15, 2020Leave a Comment on Waiting on a Bright Moon

My Thoughts It is always amazing to me the amount of world-building that can occur in such a short story, and I was captivated by the world within Waiting on a Bright Moon in which humanity has been spread across space living in colonies. Humanity remains connected through the mysterious powers of the ansibles, a …

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Hardboiled & Hard Luck

by Jamieupdated on February 5, 2021September 1, 2020Leave a Comment on Hardboiled & Hard Luck

My Thoughts Hardboiled & Hard Luck is a collection of two novellas that share a theme of grief and loss. Both stories read like a gentle goodbye as each narrator explores their feelings through memory. The stories together elicit a warm, comforting feeling despite the heavy subject matter in its sparse prose. It was an …

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The Terracotta Bride

by Jamieupdated on February 5, 2021March 24, 2020Leave a Comment on The Terracotta Bride

My Thoughts The Terracotta Bride was a surprising little novella, it had a lot going for it for such a small package and can easily be read in one sitting. It was imaginative and gave me a lot to think about, I’ve never read anything like it and I honestly wish that it could have …

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In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive

by Jamieupdated on February 5, 2021January 21, 2020Leave a Comment on In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive

My Thoughts In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive is one of the most beautiful poetry collections that I’ve read in ages. I was drawn in from the first page and had a very hard time putting this book down. The author has a voice that is honest and skill with creating gorgeous …

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