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TLDR: Colonialism is bad

Rum: a Distilled History of Colonial Australia by Murphy, Matt

July 20, 2025 by vega-table 2 Comments

Bingo Row 2 – culture Before Matt Murphy’s Rum: a Distilled History of Colonial Australia, I knew very little about Australia. And since most of that was from that Simpsons episode, it would be more accurate to say I knew of Australia. But I did know a decent amount about rum because I am interested in it (I drink it sometimes too), so I knew a large gap in my rum knowledge was in Australia’s history. Because everything else I knew about Australia was rum […]

Pick your poison

Apothecary Diaries (manga), vols. 1-13 by Hyūga, Natsu, Nekokurage, et. al

July 17, 2025 by vega-table Leave a Comment

Bingo row 5 – white Anyone else notice that manga with women and girls as protagonists tend to have white-based covers and spines? I don’t know if that’s a trend or coincidentally what I read. The Apothecary Diaries from author Natsu Hyūga is an ongoing series in the form of light novels (aka easy to read books with pictures), two manga series, and an anime. So that’s four simultaneously ongoing series of the same story and despite what people on Reddit say, they’re all about […]

The title says it all

Death of the Author by Okorafor, Nnendi

July 17, 2025 by vega-table Leave a Comment

Bingo row 1- review I’ve been a fan of Nnendi Okorafor for a while, but her books have always been vaguely unpleasant. Not because they’re bad, but because they hit something in my psyche that is very tender. Every time I finish one of her works, I say that’s the last one. I don’t have time to need recovery from a book. And then, she draws me back in. Death of the Author came out earlier this year and everyone loved it. I’ve seen Okorafor’s […]

There were also nuns in the book

Danger to Others by Crites, Martha

July 12, 2025 by vega-table Leave a Comment

Bingo row 4 – red (Why did I splay out the book like this? To show how red it is.) I recently read and partially read a few books that should have been enjoyable, but they weren’t. Maybe I was in the wrong place for books I would have enjoyed at another time. Maybe those books just weren’t for me. But whatever it was, what I needed was murder mysteries. Danger to Others by Martha Crites is a standalone sequel to her first book. If […]

Citation and murder

All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby

July 11, 2025 by vega-table 2 Comments

bingo row 5 – citizen S.A. Cosby’s All the Sinners Bleed takes place in Flannery O’Connor’s south. The protagonist – even cites her because he is so very well read. The book is set c. 2017 and was published in 2023. Normally several years doesn’t make a big difference, but considering that topics included confederate statues being taken down, Black lives mattering, and racist cops, I think setting it pre-2020 makes a big difference. But I’m not Black and I’ve never been to Virginia so […]

A mirror of the reviewer’s life

Cat + Gamer, vols. 1-7 by Nadatani, Wataru

July 11, 2025 by vega-table 1 Comment

Guess I’m trying out bingo. Row 2 – Play. Usually when I relate to a fictional character it’s because of something unpleasant. Like that shitty thing that happened to them also happened to me. But with Cat + Gamer I now have a character I can say I’m like without making awkward ice breaker questions even more awkward. Cat + Gamer is a manga series by Wataru Nadatani. Seven volumes have been released in English; the eighth and final translated volume is expected later this […]

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