Bogi Takács · @bogiperson
1887 followers · 1589 posts · Server wandering.shop
Bogi Takács · @bogiperson
1864 followers · 1551 posts · Server wandering.shop

OOKAY so while our basement was being jackhammered, I did manage to get two reviews in! I just *had* to talk about these books.

On my Patreon for now and they become free shortly after the next set of reviews go up.

patreon.com/posts/patrons-only

#patreon #bookstodon #reviews #rykaaoki #williamsleator #fantasy #sciencefiction #horror #books #diversebookbloggers

Last updated 1 year ago

Grace Greggory Hughes · @graceghughes
556 followers · 1446 posts · Server zirk.us

Beautiful queer poetry to read and dwell on has ushered me into the month, and if you want some of this in your life, find this volume by Ryka Aoki, Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul. She also gave us the unforgettable novel, Light From Uncommon Stars.

#pridemonth2023 #poetry #rykaaoki #readqueerbooks

Last updated 1 year ago

Kate Larsen · @katelarsenkeys
194 followers · 157 posts · Server zirk.us

I read 25 books in March, bringing to 57 books in 2023 so far. My highlights were Nangamay Mana Durali: First Nations Australia LGBTIA+ Poetry, All About Yves by , Bloodmarked by , Where We Are by and Light From Uncommon Stars by .

#MyReadingYear #yvesrees #TracyDeonn #alisonflett #rykaaoki #reading #amreading #bookreview #bookrecommendation #bookrec #weneeddiversebooks #blakbook #aww2023 #australianpoetry

Last updated 2 years ago

Scare 🦇🔮🕸 · @scare
14 followers · 16 posts · Server mastodon.world

Currently halfway through reading Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. I don't often go into books with zero idea of their premise, but I'm so glad I have in this instance.

#SciFi #fantasy #bookstodon #rykaaoki

Last updated 2 years ago

TJ 🏳️‍🌈 · @allflooby
261 followers · 230 posts · Server retro.pizza

A few and books in my to read pile:
1. The Mimicking of Known Successes by
2. Siren Queen by
3. Even Though I Knew the End by
4. Light from Uncommon Stars by
5. Spear by

#sapphicsaturday #sciencefiction #fantasy #lgbtqia #malkaolder #nghivo #CLPolk #rykaaoki #nicolagriffith #lesfic #sapphicfiction

Last updated 2 years ago

Jill Minor · @jillrhudy
324 followers · 945 posts · Server mastodonbooks.net

@Amitha sounds awesome!

#rykaaoki

Last updated 2 years ago

David Farnell · @azzageddi
481 followers · 2036 posts · Server zirk.us

From a mailing list I'm on:
"The Otherwise Award Motherboard is excited to share the winners of the Otherwise Award for 2021: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki and Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon!"

#otherwiseaward #otherwisemotherboard #scifi #sciencefiction #gender #lgbtq #QueerLiterature #bookstodon #Books #literature #rykaaoki #RiversSolomon

Last updated 2 years ago

Grace Greggory Hughes · @graceghughes
468 followers · 790 posts · Server zirk.us

Update: Light From Uncommon Stars.

I finished this book the other day. I don’t always mention books by name before I read the ending, because so many drop the ending.

But I was so taken with this book’s entire personality (which it has a lot of) that I did not even care if the ending flopped. I loved it already and no ending, however lame, was going to change that.

The ending was perfect right down to the very last word.

#bookstodon #rykaaoki

Last updated 2 years ago

Grace Greggory Hughes · @graceghughes
462 followers · 772 posts · Server zirk.us

Almost to the end of Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki.

Chapter 35 is exquisite. You have to read the rest of the book to appreciate the wonder that is Chapter 35, but it’s worth it.

When a writer blends music and writing, it wakes up parts of my subconscious that other writing doesn’t and makes me pause to question, How did they do that? Can I do it too?

Virginia Woolf works with musical structures in her writing. David Mitchell did it in Cloud Atlas.

#rykaaoki #amreading #bookstodon

Last updated 2 years ago

Grace Greggory Hughes · @graceghughes
457 followers · 757 posts · Server zirk.us

I’m 40% through. I have wiped away tears of sorrow at least three times. I’ve felt nauseous and I’ve lost track of how often it’s made me laugh out loud.

It weaves the ordinary, the bizarre, the rare, and extraordinary in the best way. There’s playfulness here, and mischief making. As well as some deeply serious themes being explored. The juxtaposition works.

#rykaaoki

Last updated 2 years ago

Frau Lindhold · @Symposiarchin
471 followers · 271 posts · Server det.social

Light From Uncommon Stars (2021) von Ryka Aoki. Diese ebenso verrückte wie berührende Geschichte über eine Raumschiffkapitänin, einen Pakt mit dem Teufel und ein trans Mädchen auf der Suche nach Sicherheit wärmt das Herz, ohne die entsetzliche Lebensrealität der Protagonistin zu beschönigen. Dabei bieten die kulinarischen Exkurse einen intimen Einblick ins Leben im kulturellen Melting Pot des San Gabriel Valley. Plus: Donuts!

#lightfromuncommonstars #rykaaoki #heikeliebtlisten #top15bucher2022

Last updated 2 years ago

Stjärna · @stjaerna
393 followers · 1154 posts · Server wandering.shop

Light From Uncommon Stars (2021) by Ryka Aoki. This warm melange of science-fiction and fantasy with an avid interest in both cultural and gender identity feels absolutely unique. The dynamic between Katrina, a trans girl dreaming of a musical career, and her violin teacher who sells her students' souls to the devil, is thrilling and Aoki's use of food as a major theme creates an intimate love letter to the San Gabriel Valley.

#LightFromUncommonStars #rykaaoki #heikeloveslists #bestbooks2022

Last updated 2 years ago

Joni Seidenstein · @artcollisions
310 followers · 4159 posts · Server vis.social

Has anyone here read Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki? Because omg, the layers in this story. I'm loving it.

#lightfromuncommonstars #rykaaoki

Last updated 2 years ago

Lomi Khan · @MrsYallaYalla
14 followers · 37 posts · Server universeodon.com
Somé Tsao · @samtsao
122 followers · 1091 posts · Server queer.party

Currently reading Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. Main character is asian, trans and plays an instrument. I feel so represented and relate to her so much. So, there's that and why matters.

#representation #reading #rykaaoki #lightfromuncommonstars #trans #literature #asian

Last updated 3 years ago