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The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson

September 9, 2022 by elderberrywine 2 Comments

cbr category time So this one was ordered from the library, from my decades long, very long list of Books To Order from the library, and hell if I know why.  Usually I can see fifteen-years-younger me might have wanted to read it, but not this one.  Because apocalyptic drama is not my thing, and that’s exactly what this was. The Stone Gods is written in sections that continue to circle back, or as the author puts it, “a repeating world”.  And the world is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, climate disaster, colorful planets, Easter Island, gender-fluid, Jeanette Winterson, repeating narrative, won't somebody think of the dinosaurs?

elderberrywine's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr14, climate disaster, colorful planets, Easter Island, gender-fluid, Jeanette Winterson, repeating narrative, won't somebody think of the dinosaurs? ·
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cbr12bingo – UnCannon

Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg

July 25, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Jordy Rosenberg is a transgender writer and scholar. He teaches 18th century literature and queer/transgender theory. He is clever as all get out, well-researched, funny, and overflowing with empathy- all of these things brought into vivid color in his debut novel, Confessions of the Fox. I’ve selected “UnCannon” for this Bingo Square- but it was close call between UnCannon, Debut, Violet, and Pandemic (plague ships ahoy). I also almost gave it an “I Wish”, because good gravy, do I wish I could sit in on any […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: 18th century London, adventure, anticapitalist, antiracist, Beggar's Opera, cbr12bingo, gender-fluid, Jack Sheppard, Jordy Rosenberg, lgtbqia romance, mass incarceration, metafiction, Philosophy, queer, Three Penny Opera, timely, UnCannon

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:78 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: 18th century London, adventure, anticapitalist, antiracist, Beggar's Opera, cbr12bingo, gender-fluid, Jack Sheppard, Jordy Rosenberg, lgtbqia romance, mass incarceration, metafiction, Philosophy, queer, Three Penny Opera, timely, UnCannon ·
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