Sasha Sienna
@sashasienna.bsky.social
Performing monkey with a typewriter.
12: Biopolis: Tales of Urban Biology. I struggle to get into short stories but every year or two I try an anthology, just to check. I found this one the standard mix of hits and misses, but short stories still aren't quite for me. I really liked the premise of biology focused sci-fi, though.
January 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
12: Biopolis: Tales of Urban Biology. I struggle to get into short stories but every year or two I try an anthology, just to check. I found this one the standard mix of hits and misses, but short stories still aren't quite for me. I really liked the premise of biology focused sci-fi, though.
11: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. My wonderful in-laws got me the Folio editions of the first 3 books in this series for Christmas and I love them so much. This is the perfect edition of the perfect book to read over the holidays, especially with cats spooning next to you.
January 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
11: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin. My wonderful in-laws got me the Folio editions of the first 3 books in this series for Christmas and I love them so much. This is the perfect edition of the perfect book to read over the holidays, especially with cats spooning next to you.
10: An Atlas of Tolkein by David Day. Now we're getting into the Christmas books. Lots of beautiful illustrations and a gorgeous thing to own (assuming you're a bit LOTR nerd).
January 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
10: An Atlas of Tolkein by David Day. Now we're getting into the Christmas books. Lots of beautiful illustrations and a gorgeous thing to own (assuming you're a bit LOTR nerd).
9: Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada (transl. Margaret Mitsutani). I loved the premise of a woman searching for her mother tongue after her home country (Japan) disappears. Feel like I'd have got more out of this if I knew Japanese lit better but still glad I read it.
January 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
9: Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada (transl. Margaret Mitsutani). I loved the premise of a woman searching for her mother tongue after her home country (Japan) disappears. Feel like I'd have got more out of this if I knew Japanese lit better but still glad I read it.
8: The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless. I really liked the mix of historical fiction and mythology in this one but I'd thought it was a standalone book going in and it turned out to be anothed part 1 that set up more than it concluded. Publishers, please number your part 1s!!!
January 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
8: The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless. I really liked the mix of historical fiction and mythology in this one but I'd thought it was a standalone book going in and it turned out to be anothed part 1 that set up more than it concluded. Publishers, please number your part 1s!!!
7: Path of Deceit by Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland. Don't judge me, I'm very depressed and this is a mental pop-tart. Another queer lit pick, mostly from curiosity as to why it was in the bisexual section. Bit disappointing - as part of a long series, it doesn't really have an ending of its own.
December 9, 2024 at 12:25 PM
7: Path of Deceit by Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland. Don't judge me, I'm very depressed and this is a mental pop-tart. Another queer lit pick, mostly from curiosity as to why it was in the bisexual section. Bit disappointing - as part of a long series, it doesn't really have an ending of its own.
6: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. It's wild it took me so long to read this given how much I love both gothic novels and Moreno-Garcia's other books, but I think this might be my favourite of hers. Somehow not overhyped. I couldn't put it down, nor did I want to.
December 9, 2024 at 12:25 PM
6: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. It's wild it took me so long to read this given how much I love both gothic novels and Moreno-Garcia's other books, but I think this might be my favourite of hers. Somehow not overhyped. I couldn't put it down, nor did I want to.
5: Small Game by Blair Braverman. Sometimes I go to Queer Lit in Manchester and pick a random book ( can't get my head round their shelving system), and this was one of those. It's a high-risk, high-reward strategy but paid off here. Survival thriller's not my usual genre but this was a good read.
December 9, 2024 at 12:25 PM
5: Small Game by Blair Braverman. Sometimes I go to Queer Lit in Manchester and pick a random book ( can't get my head round their shelving system), and this was one of those. It's a high-risk, high-reward strategy but paid off here. Survival thriller's not my usual genre but this was a good read.
4: Finna by Nino Cipri. A fun, silly novella about getting lost in multi-dimensional IKEA showrooms with your recent ex.
December 9, 2024 at 12:25 PM
4: Finna by Nino Cipri. A fun, silly novella about getting lost in multi-dimensional IKEA showrooms with your recent ex.
3: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu. Loved it. It's been on my list for ages but Jonny stole my old copy and spilled coffee all over it. Should have replaced it sooner - this was brilliant.
December 9, 2024 at 12:25 PM
3: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu. Loved it. It's been on my list for ages but Jonny stole my old copy and spilled coffee all over it. Should have replaced it sooner - this was brilliant.
2: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. Had this recommended so many times and it really was very good. Read it while very sleep deprived, which made the setting feel a bit distant and discordant, but luckily that was thematically appropriate here!
December 9, 2024 at 12:25 PM
2: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. Had this recommended so many times and it really was very good. Read it while very sleep deprived, which made the setting feel a bit distant and discordant, but luckily that was thematically appropriate here!
1: The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders. Between buying this and reading it I forgot everything about it so I just dove in without reading the blurb. So glad I did - this was so much my shit and it was great to be so delighted without any expectations. Excellent book.
December 9, 2024 at 12:25 PM
1: The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders. Between buying this and reading it I forgot everything about it so I just dove in without reading the blurb. So glad I did - this was so much my shit and it was great to be so delighted without any expectations. Excellent book.
The glamorous life of an indie TTRPG designer: you made a super cool cassette tape of your RPG's super cool album (by @tincanaudio.co.uk), but you forgot to put "side A" and "side B" on the stickers so now you have to listen to them all and add them by hand.
November 28, 2024 at 7:56 PM
The glamorous life of an indie TTRPG designer: you made a super cool cassette tape of your RPG's super cool album (by @tincanaudio.co.uk), but you forgot to put "side A" and "side B" on the stickers so now you have to listen to them all and add them by hand.
Menswear guy is here, twitter's officially over.
November 20, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Menswear guy is here, twitter's officially over.
Also in these lads
November 12, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Also in these lads
2. Ambassador Cat
October 22, 2024 at 1:43 PM
2. Ambassador Cat
1. Ser Pouncealot
October 22, 2024 at 1:42 PM
1. Ser Pouncealot
Losing it at this Audioverse Award nomination
December 18, 2023 at 12:12 PM
Losing it at this Audioverse Award nomination
Re-reading Carmilla and I'd forgotten quite how gay it is. 150 years on and still a banger!
September 21, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Re-reading Carmilla and I'd forgotten quite how gay it is. 150 years on and still a banger!
Feel like pure shit, just want her back
August 11, 2023 at 9:38 PM
Feel like pure shit, just want her back
I am become Ken, destroyer of Dreamworlds (got frosted tips).
July 19, 2023 at 5:56 PM
I am become Ken, destroyer of Dreamworlds (got frosted tips).