Tsana’s September (and August) Status

Oops. Some of you may have noticed that I skipped my August status. Time and external pressures caused it to completely slip my mind. On the other hand, it's been a pretty quiet two months on the blog/reading/reviewing front for the same reason. Part of it is work-related deadlines eating up a lot of my time but part of it has been Defying Doomsday reading. The latter has gone quite well; Holly and I have finished making our way through the slush and are now narrowing down our shortlist to TOC-length. Exciting times.


Also, I am currently on exceptionally shitty hotel wifi, so this post will not have images in it like my updates usually do. Honestly I'll be glad if the text component posts within the first five tries.

What Have I Read?

• Lumberjanes Vol 1: Beware the Kitten Holly by Noel Stevenson and Grace Ellis 
• The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
• The Wicked + The Divine Vol 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen
• Spider-Woman Vol 1: Spider-Verse by Dennis Hopeless
• Pretty Deadly Vol 1: The Shrike by Kelly Sue DeConnick
• The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig
• Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
• Cloudwish by Fiona Wood
• More Than This by Patrick Ness
• The Starry Rift by James Tiptree Jr
• Shutter Vol 1: Wanderlost by Joe Keatinge 
• Lois Lane: Fallout by Gwenda Bond

What Am I Reading?

I recently started Empire Ascendant by Kameron Hurley, the sequel to Mirror Empire. I kind of wish there'd been a shorter gap between books because most of the names completely escaped my memory. But I've gotten back into it quickly enough.

I am also partway through Jason Nahrung's Blood and Dust, although I'm taking a break for now because my reading mood shifted.

I've also made some headway on Letters To Tiptree, edited by Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein. It's a good book to dip into when I only have a short amount of time to read.

New Booksies

For internet is slow reasons, books are listed in reverse order, from most recently acquired to oldest.

• Musketeer Space by Tansy Rayner Roberts — the full ebook as a perk of supporting her Patreon
• The Joy of Witchcraft by Mindy Klasky — review copy from LibraryThing Early Reviewers programme
• Wayward Volume 2: Ties That Bind by Jim Zub — trade comic book purchased from real life book shop
• Planetfall by Emma Newman — ARC from NetGalley
• Lois Lane: Fallout by Gwenda Bond — hardcover was a present. Already reviewed, see above.
• The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu — purchased ebook
• Letters To Tiptree edited by Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein — review copy received from Twelfth Planet Press
• The Starry Rift by James Tiptree Jr — purchased ebook (in anticipation of reading the above), already reviewed, see above
• Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb — purchased ebook
• Shutter Vol 1: Wanderlost by Joe Keatinge — purchased trade paperback, already reviewed, see above
• Spider-Woman Vol 1: Spiderverse — purchased trade paperback, already reviewed, see above
• Blood and Dust by Jason Nahrung — review copy from Clan Destine Press
• The Big Smoke by Jason Nahrung — review copy from Clan Destine Press
• Cloudwish by Fiona Wood — review copy from NetGalley, already reviewed, see above
• Water by KJ Taylor — the last Drachengott book, review copy from NetGalley