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Since I was at The Woods last week, I read books! Only four, as I was working. And, you know, hanging out with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
eldanna. But still.
1. STITCHING SNOW, by R.C. Lewis - I love fairy-tale retellings so much. This was a sci-fi Snow White, starring a Princess on the Run and a dude who, um, follows her, basically. I liked it because "Essie"'s motivations were peeled back really cleverly, and because her abilities as a MAKER (not just as a Hacker) were pretty great. Also: politics. Also: you know how the Grimm version ends? With the superheated shoes? Yeah. That.
2. INFANDOUS, by Elana K. Arnold - This is a Lab book, so: bias, but it did that thing Lab books do where they are VERY VERY AWKWARD (god, I hate the word "raw"), and also don't hold back at all when it comes to sex. This is the story of a girl who made a mistake, a mistake so terrible it cannot be described, and so...she doesn't. And she doesn't even really feel that bad about it. And that was kind of great.
3. The Absolute Value of |-1|, by Steve Brezenoff - Also a Lab book. Even more awkward than INFANDOUS. Teenage boys are THE WORST. And, sometimes, life just kind of sucks.
---> I didn't really "enjoy" either of them. They are not really books to be enjoyed. But they were both very good, if you read to feel exposed (which I, typically, do not).
4. Shadowshaper, by Daniel José Older - This book was BEAUTIFUL. It takes place in Brooklyn, and deals with magic and family and graffiti and heritage, and it was BRILLIANT. Slightly on the nose, perhaps, (the bad guy is a white anthropologist out of Columbia who is trying to insert himself into the Shadowshaper community, because he believes his studies have given him an understanding of it), but also very much on point, so I don't care.
eldanna. But still.1. STITCHING SNOW, by R.C. Lewis - I love fairy-tale retellings so much. This was a sci-fi Snow White, starring a Princess on the Run and a dude who, um, follows her, basically. I liked it because "Essie"'s motivations were peeled back really cleverly, and because her abilities as a MAKER (not just as a Hacker) were pretty great. Also: politics. Also: you know how the Grimm version ends? With the superheated shoes? Yeah. That.
2. INFANDOUS, by Elana K. Arnold - This is a Lab book, so: bias, but it did that thing Lab books do where they are VERY VERY AWKWARD (god, I hate the word "raw"), and also don't hold back at all when it comes to sex. This is the story of a girl who made a mistake, a mistake so terrible it cannot be described, and so...she doesn't. And she doesn't even really feel that bad about it. And that was kind of great.
3. The Absolute Value of |-1|, by Steve Brezenoff - Also a Lab book. Even more awkward than INFANDOUS. Teenage boys are THE WORST. And, sometimes, life just kind of sucks.
---> I didn't really "enjoy" either of them. They are not really books to be enjoyed. But they were both very good, if you read to feel exposed (which I, typically, do not).
4. Shadowshaper, by Daniel José Older - This book was BEAUTIFUL. It takes place in Brooklyn, and deals with magic and family and graffiti and heritage, and it was BRILLIANT. Slightly on the nose, perhaps, (the bad guy is a white anthropologist out of Columbia who is trying to insert himself into the Shadowshaper community, because he believes his studies have given him an understanding of it), but also very much on point, so I don't care.
