Melissa, A Watkins(also a writer and a bookworm)
@eqreader.bsky.social
Fast reader, slow writer, ethical tech and education, stealth introvert, openly grouchy.
Words in The Magazine of F&SF, Fantasy, khoreo, Lightspeed, and others..
Reviews and rambles at www.equalopportunityreader.com
Words in The Magazine of F&SF, Fantasy, khoreo, Lightspeed, and others..
Reviews and rambles at www.equalopportunityreader.com
Esperance, Adam Oyebanji
Oh this was GOOD good. Totally surprised me. Wrote it up for May Lightspeed, will say more then.
Oh this was GOOD good. Totally surprised me. Wrote it up for May Lightspeed, will say more then.
March 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Esperance, Adam Oyebanji
Oh this was GOOD good. Totally surprised me. Wrote it up for May Lightspeed, will say more then.
Oh this was GOOD good. Totally surprised me. Wrote it up for May Lightspeed, will say more then.
And if you don't know how to be or make friends with IRL Black people, then the answer is always NO YOU CANNOT DO THE THING. Take them braids out. That ain't the Harlem Shake anyway. Our mac n cheese is not runny, IDC IDC just be you and your people and leave us alone unless we're friends.
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
And if you don't know how to be or make friends with IRL Black people, then the answer is always NO YOU CANNOT DO THE THING. Take them braids out. That ain't the Harlem Shake anyway. Our mac n cheese is not runny, IDC IDC just be you and your people and leave us alone unless we're friends.
The Get-Together, by @ctaylorbutler.bsky.social, illustrated by Lonnie Ollivierre.
Picture book about a multi-generational family gathering. So much fun, and beautifully illustrated. Got this for a kid I know, want to keep it for myself.
Picture book about a multi-generational family gathering. So much fun, and beautifully illustrated. Got this for a kid I know, want to keep it for myself.
March 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Get-Together, by @ctaylorbutler.bsky.social, illustrated by Lonnie Ollivierre.
Picture book about a multi-generational family gathering. So much fun, and beautifully illustrated. Got this for a kid I know, want to keep it for myself.
Picture book about a multi-generational family gathering. So much fun, and beautifully illustrated. Got this for a kid I know, want to keep it for myself.
That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted A Love Potion At A Werewolf, by Kimberly Lemming.
Lemming really doesn't miss with her Blackety-Black monster romances--they're always cute, hot, and laugh out loud funny. I will say I wasn't expecting the tentacles, though.
Lemming really doesn't miss with her Blackety-Black monster romances--they're always cute, hot, and laugh out loud funny. I will say I wasn't expecting the tentacles, though.
March 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted A Love Potion At A Werewolf, by Kimberly Lemming.
Lemming really doesn't miss with her Blackety-Black monster romances--they're always cute, hot, and laugh out loud funny. I will say I wasn't expecting the tentacles, though.
Lemming really doesn't miss with her Blackety-Black monster romances--they're always cute, hot, and laugh out loud funny. I will say I wasn't expecting the tentacles, though.
Southern Comfort, by Sandra Kitt
Bougie beach romance by one of the Black romance OGs. So cute. Sooooo dated! (Although it was published in '04, not '94 as I'd assumed.) Scratched a good nostalgia itch.
Bougie beach romance by one of the Black romance OGs. So cute. Sooooo dated! (Although it was published in '04, not '94 as I'd assumed.) Scratched a good nostalgia itch.
March 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Southern Comfort, by Sandra Kitt
Bougie beach romance by one of the Black romance OGs. So cute. Sooooo dated! (Although it was published in '04, not '94 as I'd assumed.) Scratched a good nostalgia itch.
Bougie beach romance by one of the Black romance OGs. So cute. Sooooo dated! (Although it was published in '04, not '94 as I'd assumed.) Scratched a good nostalgia itch.
A Palace Near The Wind, Ai Jiang
Ecological science fantasy with a lot of interesting twists and a painfully naive main character. Wrote about it for April Lightspeed so won't say more here.
Ecological science fantasy with a lot of interesting twists and a painfully naive main character. Wrote about it for April Lightspeed so won't say more here.
March 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A Palace Near The Wind, Ai Jiang
Ecological science fantasy with a lot of interesting twists and a painfully naive main character. Wrote about it for April Lightspeed so won't say more here.
Ecological science fantasy with a lot of interesting twists and a painfully naive main character. Wrote about it for April Lightspeed so won't say more here.
The Coddling of the American Mind, by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff
Oooooh, I hated this book.
Great reference section tho.
Oooooh, I hated this book.
Great reference section tho.
March 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Coddling of the American Mind, by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff
Oooooh, I hated this book.
Great reference section tho.
Oooooh, I hated this book.
Great reference section tho.
Condomnauts by Yoss, translated by David Frye
REALLY weird sci-fi about a class of intergalactic sex workers who are also first contact alien ambassadors. The main character is a queer Afro-Cubano but still a little heavy on the regressive machismo for me. Also--content warnings abound.
REALLY weird sci-fi about a class of intergalactic sex workers who are also first contact alien ambassadors. The main character is a queer Afro-Cubano but still a little heavy on the regressive machismo for me. Also--content warnings abound.
March 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Condomnauts by Yoss, translated by David Frye
REALLY weird sci-fi about a class of intergalactic sex workers who are also first contact alien ambassadors. The main character is a queer Afro-Cubano but still a little heavy on the regressive machismo for me. Also--content warnings abound.
REALLY weird sci-fi about a class of intergalactic sex workers who are also first contact alien ambassadors. The main character is a queer Afro-Cubano but still a little heavy on the regressive machismo for me. Also--content warnings abound.
The Very Fat Conker, Enid Blyton. Read this as a kid and it's been tickling the edges of my memory lately so tracked it down. Will refrain from making boredom in the pre-TV age jokes.
March 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Very Fat Conker, Enid Blyton. Read this as a kid and it's been tickling the edges of my memory lately so tracked it down. Will refrain from making boredom in the pre-TV age jokes.
They're all in the voices of very different people--a s*x worker, a developmentally disabled factory worker, a renegade mayor, a repentant former megachurch pastor, etc. I haven't done much with them because I never felt confident about the voices. But maybe I should do something with them now.
February 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
They're all in the voices of very different people--a s*x worker, a developmentally disabled factory worker, a renegade mayor, a repentant former megachurch pastor, etc. I haven't done much with them because I never felt confident about the voices. But maybe I should do something with them now.