Literatae?

I think it's just that anyway. The stories are well enough written I think. They are just,... Weird tangles to me. On the other paw, being an Aspie, it could be that much of the symbolism or human condition stuff is beyond me. ( )

A standout speculative fiction anthology of short stories published on Tor. com. Too many excellent works to even try to call out just the best of them. ( )

I haven't read the whole book, just the Tamsyn Muir short story set in the Locked Tomb universe. Loved her necromantic spin on a locked room mystery. Sextus and Camilla are a great pair. I'd love to read more stories about them, even if it makes me sad. ( )

So far only read:

-- Little Free Library by Naomi Kritzer (pub April 2020)
https://www.librarything.com/work/24502750/book/192560197


I listened to the cast of wonders episode narrated by Diane Severson Mori she did a nice job.

I do love to check out everything by this author but can't say I cared for the story too much. It's a cozy story. The "librarian" is slowing coming to some realizations about her patron through the gifts/correspondence they leave when taking books. We are questioning along with her and by the end we get to infer some stuff about who they are.

~ The Ones Who Look" by Katharine Duckett (pub July 2020)
https://www.librarything.com/work/25108692


DNF - it wasn't bad. I quit because I was a little confused/bored/getting creeped out and I read enough reviews to give me a good sense of the story. I'm not keen on finishing it. (keen - my gawd I'm old)

I didn't really like the morality police aspect of it. Maybe that's not the big picture of the story but watching (reading) someone, who has been given authority to judge others is painful to me. Who gave her the right to pass judgement? A corperation did. She decides if you are good enough to get into "heaven". Not touching on the SF aspect due to spoilers.

~ Hearts in the Hard Ground by G. V. Anderson (Gemma) (Sept 2020) - 3.5*
https://www.librarything.com/work/25399343/book/192560219


That cover! Audrey Benjaminsen

I enjoyed reading the story. Most of it checked all my boxes but it was a bit over my head with the author expecting the reader to work some stuff out, or not.

A grieving woman moves into an old house and encounters a few ghosts from some past lives that lived there. Our MC has some leftover guilt from caring for her elderly mother that she needs to work through. The ghosts I suppose help with her recovery. Help her see things from other perspectives.

I'd read more of this story. ( )