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About Bothari43

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Great characters, complicated plot, too much emphasis on poetry as civilization

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

April 4, 2021 by Bothari43 4 Comments

If you like political intrigue in space, then this is the book for you! (I listened to the audio book, so I had to look up all the spellings. I never would’ve gotten Teixcalaanli right!) Mahit Dzmare is a new ambassador from Lsel Station to the Teixcallanli Empire. The previous ambassador, Yskandr Aghavn, is mysteriously dead. When she arrives at Teixcalaan, she is plunged into the mystery surrounding his death, some political machinations from high-level movers and shakers, a favor requested by the Emperor himself, […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: arkady martine, immortality through memory, nature of self, philosophical sci-fi

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: arkady martine, immortality through memory, nature of self, philosophical sci-fi ·
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A little bit silly, a little bit sad, a lotta bit thoughtful

Here For It by R. Eric Thomas

April 2, 2021 by Bothari43 Leave a Comment

If you’re not already subscribed, I highly recommend R. Eric Thomas’s excellent newsletter. He’s funny, insightful, and rambly in a way that always circles back around to the point (or at least a point) in surprising ways. He’s a delight. So of course I had to read his book! This collection of memoir-style essays (or essay-style memoirs?) was a bit more serious than I expected going in, but not at all in a bad way. Eric is a gay, black, christian writer who landed a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: go read his Project Runway recaps for elle.com, R. Eric Thomas

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: go read his Project Runway recaps for elle.com, R. Eric Thomas ·
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“The air had the same temperature and quality as a patty melt.” Oo…kay?

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

March 26, 2021 by Bothari43 2 Comments

I thoroughly enjoyed Legion (the first season, at least) and Fargo (the first couple seasons, at least), so when I found out showrunner Noah Hawley had written a few books, I wanted to check one out to see if that talent worked on the page as well. Verdict: The book starts with the crash of a private plane. A tiny, fancy plane leaves from Martha’s Vineyard, carrying two rich men, their wives, two children, and a painter who was friends with one of the wives. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: eat the rich, Fargo, legion, Noah Hawley, plane crash, pretentiousness

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: eat the rich, Fargo, legion, Noah Hawley, plane crash, pretentiousness ·
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Quick Questions with a Cannonballer: Nart

March 23, 2021 by Bothari43 8 Comments

You’re a CBR volunteer, right? How long have you been volunteering, and what’s your area of expertise? I help out with Goodreads because we’re trying to create a more sustainable presence there, hopefully pull some avid readers who haven’t heard of us to the main site, but it’s so small as to be nearly insignificant. In fact, we’re always looking for more folks who, like me, can consistently do like 10 minutes of work a week to make the site better. Join us. We have […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: Cannon Fodder, Cannon Fodder Q&A, quick questions with a Cannonballer

Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: Cannon Fodder, Cannon Fodder Q&A, quick questions with a Cannonballer ·
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Edward Gorey was a Buffy fan – what more do you need to know?

Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery

March 13, 2021 by Bothari43 11 Comments

LONG PERSONAL SIDEBAR (skip to review if you want to miss the high school stories): In high school, we were supposed to write papers about our favorite poets for senior English class. I had long been a fan of Edward Gorey. I memorized the Gashlycrumb Tinies one night when Dad took my brother and me to a science fiction club meeting. We stayed downstairs playing Super Nintendo while the grownups geeked out upstairs, and that evening’s host had a Gashlycrumb Tinies poster hanging in the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Edward Gorey, high school shenanigans, irascible geniuses (him not me), Mark Dery, more non-fiction!

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Edward Gorey, high school shenanigans, irascible geniuses (him not me), Mark Dery, more non-fiction! ·
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