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aimeekgunther

aimeekgunther@bookwyrm.social

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PhD quantum physicist surviving a Non-Ac pivot to government by running and listening to Sci Fi/Fantasy/books based in other cultures audiobooks.

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2024 Reading Goal

37% complete! aimeekgunther has read 9 of 24 books.

R. F. Kuang: Yellowface (Hardcover, 2023, HarperCollins Publishers Limited) 4 stars

What's the harm in a pseudonym? New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not …

The reader plays the judge and jury as the author weaves thoughts and themes of diversity quotas, reverse racism, and white woman tears #bookstodon

4 stars

Artistic writing. Even though you hate the protagonist from the first chapter, the author leaves it up to you to decide how much and how far you disagree with her actions. Engaging read in surprising ways

Moniquill Blackgoose: To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Paperback, 2023, Del Rey) 4 stars

The remote island of Masquapaug has not seen a dragon in many generations—until fifteen-year-old Anequs …

Heartfelt characters, poignant analogy to colonial steamrolling of the first peoples

4 stars

Well done, an enjoyable read. Set in Victorian-era, but one with dragons who are bonded to humans. Classic bureaucracy, dragons and their dragoneers are regulated like driving cars. This clearly collides with an indigenous girl and her new dragon and the colonial occupiers who view her and her people as less-than-human savages.