Andrea K Host
@autumnwriter.bsky.social
Reader, writer, gamer, gardener.
Unscheduled stop in Brissie, but a nice sunset as compensation.
August 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Unscheduled stop in Brissie, but a nice sunset as compensation.
My Triple J hottest Australian 100. Almost impossible to pick, and I'm sure many I'll regret not including.
June 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
My Triple J hottest Australian 100. Almost impossible to pick, and I'm sure many I'll regret not including.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 20/20: Sylvia taught me the Lesson of the Spartans, ensuring I try to remove unnecessary words. I can't claim to always succeed, but it does help to cut down on page count.
January 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 20/20: Sylvia taught me the Lesson of the Spartans, ensuring I try to remove unnecessary words. I can't claim to always succeed, but it does help to cut down on page count.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 19/20: Most of Hambly's novels are a bit more serious than this, but I chose BotRG because every time I read it, I finish up going "that was really GOOD". Just the right mix of schlock and fun.
January 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 19/20: Most of Hambly's novels are a bit more serious than this, but I chose BotRG because every time I read it, I finish up going "that was really GOOD". Just the right mix of schlock and fun.
Post a pic with no description to bring some zen to the timeline
January 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Post a pic with no description to bring some zen to the timeline
20 books that have influenced you. Day 18/20: Only a small handful of books were published by this author. The protagonists of these stories have far more patience than I in dealing with the people around them. :D
January 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 18/20: Only a small handful of books were published by this author. The protagonists of these stories have far more patience than I in dealing with the people around them. :D
20 books that have influenced you. Day 17/20: Cooper in some ways reminds me of McKillip. It's the sense that the world have an inexorable set of rules, and that magic is something that can grind you to dust.
January 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 17/20: Cooper in some ways reminds me of McKillip. It's the sense that the world have an inexorable set of rules, and that magic is something that can grind you to dust.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 16/20: I chose a non-Miles book perhaps because it's hard to choose a favourite Miles book. The Vorkosigan series stands out for me for the main character's ingenuity. You read to see how the Little Admiral will pull it off this time.
January 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 16/20: I chose a non-Miles book perhaps because it's hard to choose a favourite Miles book. The Vorkosigan series stands out for me for the main character's ingenuity. You read to see how the Little Admiral will pull it off this time.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 15/20:
Night's winged horses
No one can outpace
But midnight is no moment
Midnight is a place.
Aiken's books are the best of children's fare: gothic, compulsive, rich in detail. Set in an alternate Victorian England, many feature Dido, a classic of her kind.
Night's winged horses
No one can outpace
But midnight is no moment
Midnight is a place.
Aiken's books are the best of children's fare: gothic, compulsive, rich in detail. Set in an alternate Victorian England, many feature Dido, a classic of her kind.
December 31, 2024 at 12:52 AM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 15/20:
Night's winged horses
No one can outpace
But midnight is no moment
Midnight is a place.
Aiken's books are the best of children's fare: gothic, compulsive, rich in detail. Set in an alternate Victorian England, many feature Dido, a classic of her kind.
Night's winged horses
No one can outpace
But midnight is no moment
Midnight is a place.
Aiken's books are the best of children's fare: gothic, compulsive, rich in detail. Set in an alternate Victorian England, many feature Dido, a classic of her kind.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 14/20: DWJ is my favourite among favourites, her books endlessly creative, often bringing together a seemingly chaotic mix of events into a seamless whole. Howl and Sophie are a delight, and so are Sophie's sisters (sadly mostly erased in the movie).
December 30, 2024 at 12:28 AM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 14/20: DWJ is my favourite among favourites, her books endlessly creative, often bringing together a seemingly chaotic mix of events into a seamless whole. Howl and Sophie are a delight, and so are Sophie's sisters (sadly mostly erased in the movie).
20 books that have influenced you. Day 13/20: Most of Saki's work is frothy social commentary in a Wodehouse vein, but this short story, about a boy who adopts a ferret, is a masterpiece of childhood desperation, and the stark need that lies beneath prayer.
December 29, 2024 at 2:19 AM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 13/20: Most of Saki's work is frothy social commentary in a Wodehouse vein, but this short story, about a boy who adopts a ferret, is a masterpiece of childhood desperation, and the stark need that lies beneath prayer.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 12/20: There are a lot of books featuring magic, enchanted worlds, fantastical creatures, and they all match different tastes. McKillip's stories are definitely Elfland rather than Poughkeepsie, with so much driven by inexorable rules, hard, heavy, and cruel.
December 28, 2024 at 4:29 AM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 12/20: There are a lot of books featuring magic, enchanted worlds, fantastical creatures, and they all match different tastes. McKillip's stories are definitely Elfland rather than Poughkeepsie, with so much driven by inexorable rules, hard, heavy, and cruel.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 11/20: One of the all-time favourites. This barely touches on the trope of being kidnapped by a sheik, but then goes into completely different directions.
December 26, 2024 at 11:20 PM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 11/20: One of the all-time favourites. This barely touches on the trope of being kidnapped by a sheik, but then goes into completely different directions.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 10/20: I like a touch of romance in most of my stories, and Heyer is an expert in weaving romantic development into plot progression. It's rare that they're pairings that I dislike, as well.
December 26, 2024 at 9:44 AM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 10/20: I like a touch of romance in most of my stories, and Heyer is an expert in weaving romantic development into plot progression. It's rare that they're pairings that I dislike, as well.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 9/20: As a fan of golden age detectives, there were few modern-day series that really caught me. This was modern detecting with a serious, non-klutzy female protagonist. [For a time, it felt like 90% of modern detecting involved being accident-prone or naive.]
December 24, 2024 at 10:54 PM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 9/20: As a fan of golden age detectives, there were few modern-day series that really caught me. This was modern detecting with a serious, non-klutzy female protagonist. [For a time, it felt like 90% of modern detecting involved being accident-prone or naive.]
20 books that have influenced you. Day 8/20: There is reams of manga, and countless portal fantasies, but this is one of the OGs. Unusual in that the portal is two-ways and Kagome could frequently go home for a break from saving the world.
December 23, 2024 at 11:15 PM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 8/20: There is reams of manga, and countless portal fantasies, but this is one of the OGs. Unusual in that the portal is two-ways and Kagome could frequently go home for a break from saving the world.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 7/20: Bryson's books are full of trivial detail made interesting by an engaging voice. He is a narrative Andy Warhol, making the reader see small things in a fresh light.
December 23, 2024 at 1:59 AM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 7/20: Bryson's books are full of trivial detail made interesting by an engaging voice. He is a narrative Andy Warhol, making the reader see small things in a fresh light.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 6/20: Cherryh is an expert at living worlds full of believable people. This is a classic different worlds romance that really makes you feel the chasm that is wealth and class.
December 22, 2024 at 3:55 AM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 6/20: Cherryh is an expert at living worlds full of believable people. This is a classic different worlds romance that really makes you feel the chasm that is wealth and class.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 5/20: Norton is one of my fundamental influences, shaping a great deal about how I write SF. This is one of her classic outsider trying to find a place to succeed stories.
December 20, 2024 at 11:54 PM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 5/20: Norton is one of my fundamental influences, shaping a great deal about how I write SF. This is one of her classic outsider trying to find a place to succeed stories.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 4/20: The influence of this analysis of the origin of magic/religion can be seen throughout my books, but particularly in The Silence of Medair, which dips deep into the bond between ruler and land.
December 20, 2024 at 1:48 AM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 4/20: The influence of this analysis of the origin of magic/religion can be seen throughout my books, but particularly in The Silence of Medair, which dips deep into the bond between ruler and land.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 3/20: I didn't read any other George books for a long long time after this one. A devastating book about hurt people hurting themselves more.
December 18, 2024 at 10:37 PM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 3/20: I didn't read any other George books for a long long time after this one. A devastating book about hurt people hurting themselves more.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 2/20: The Dragonsong/Dragonsinger duology were once one of my most-reread. McCaffrey's detailed world, so vivid and different, but particularly Menolly's story of finding a place to be, growing in strength and authority.
December 17, 2024 at 11:03 PM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 2/20: The Dragonsong/Dragonsinger duology were once one of my most-reread. McCaffrey's detailed world, so vivid and different, but particularly Menolly's story of finding a place to be, growing in strength and authority.
20 books that have influenced you. Day 1/20: The Daughter of Time underlined two things for me: 1. History is written by the victors. 2. A really good writer can make a man laying in a hospital bed looking at the ceiling interesting.
December 17, 2024 at 8:56 AM
20 books that have influenced you. Day 1/20: The Daughter of Time underlined two things for me: 1. History is written by the victors. 2. A really good writer can make a man laying in a hospital bed looking at the ceiling interesting.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 20/20
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 20/20
December 15, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 20/20
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 20/20