#Lauren Beukes

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Oooh, never seen this bts photo before! ❤ (x)

[charliejaneanders]

The latest episode of Our Opinions Are Correct is about how to write violence in your fiction -- from fight scenes to big battles. How do you show the cost of violence, and make it count? We talked to Lauren Beukes and Fonda Lee.

[vfdinthewild]

"But fortresses are also placed up high, with views for days and Napa Valley wine farms don't usually come with security patrols and electric fencing and five stories of underground bunker."

-from Afterland by Lauren Beukes, pg. 133

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[nevinslibrary]

Weird & Wonderful Wednesday

Bridge’s mother Jo was a neuroscientist who thought that there was an artifact called the ‘dreamworm’ that would open doors to other worlds in the multiverse. Not surprisingly, she was thought to be delusional, sick even. But, when Jo dies and Bridge starts packing up her mother’s stuff, she apparently finds the ‘dreamworm’, and, suddenly Bridge can go to other realities. Maybe even find out what happened to her Mom. Of course, there are others who want this powerful item. So, it’s not all sunshine and mystery, but, a bit of a thriller too.

Multi-world stories are always awesome, and also tend to break my brain. And, this one was no different. It was a really really fun read, but, oof, and ow… also, not a straightforward read of course. Still definitely worth it though, especially since there’s a such a mother/daughter theme going through the whole thing, and it’s done really well too.

You may like this book If you Liked: The Possibilities by Yael Goldstein, The Need by Helen Phillips, or Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Bridge by Lauren Beukes

[thepedanticbohemian]

[rhetoricandlogic]

DNF at 34%. Too much gore. It's beautifully written and I really like Beukes. Normally. Oh whelp.

[nicepileofwood]

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Just finished/just starting.

I liked Afterland. My second Lauren Beukes book of the year, and just as good as expected. 9/10 would recommend.

This isn't going to be solely a book tumblr, or an anything in particular tumblr. I left tumblr as my old one was just a record of old things that don't really serve my new life well.

We don't have to carry everything and everyone forward with us forever.

[muatyland]

Recensione "Zoo city" di Lauren Beukes

Con un bradipo sulle spalle e un grande talento nel recuperare oggetti smarriti, Zinzi è costretta ad accettare un lavoro che odia: cercare le persone scomparse. Ritrovare una pop star per conto del produttore musicale Odi Huron dovrebbe garantirle la possibilità di lasciare per sempre Zoo City, un reticolo di bassifondi infestati dai criminali della peggior specie e dai loro fedeli animali. Ma,…

[amaised44]

"We need to live brighter and deeper than just fine, my darling!"

--from The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

[charliejaneanders]

GREETINGS PORTLAND! I'm coming to Rose City Comic Con. My schedule:

Friday:

2:15 - 3:00: Lessons from the Future - Room E145-147 Followed by a signing

7:15 - 8:00 PM: Celebrating Queer Joy in Storytelling - Room E145-147

Saturday:

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM - Our Opinions are Correct Panel - Room E145-147 Featuring: Fonda Lee, Lauren Beukes Followed by a signing

Sunday:

11:00 am to 11:45 am - The Crew: The Power of Found Family - Room E145-146 Followed by a signing

[judgingbooksbycovers]

Bridge

By Lauren Beukes.

Design by Kirin Diemont.

[freshlybrewedbookreviews]

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

I picked this up after seeing ads for the tv adaptation, and wasn't sure what to expect, but it certainly wasn't a time-traveling serial killer (I had thought this was a straight-up thriller, not a sci-fi-laced thriller.)

I liked it well enough after leaning into the sci-fi aspect, but the pacing felt really slow, because there wasn't enough of the cat-and-mouse aspect for me. The characters do their thing independently, so neither can affect the other for most of the book, which felt like a missed opportunity to me. Other than that, it was a fresh spin on the the standard thriller, which was fun.

[christinaengela]

Christina Engela's Monthly Newsletter: #73 January 2023

Christina Engela’s Monthly Newsletter: #73 January 2023

Hello, friends and fans! Welcome to my 73rd monthly newsletter! Pull up a chair, let’s chat! In this month’s newsletter: updates on publishing, reviews and news. (more…)

[lovinshmoonful]

Over the course of 2022, I've completed an A-to-Z pile of books from my and my husband's collection, all things I'd never read. It was my GISH Personal Challenge from Gishmas 2021. I'd thought about giving it up when GISH ended, but I decided that it was a personal challenge, so I should keep it up for my own sake. I know it's not a spectacularly huge pile of reading for a whole year, but I really wanted to recapture some of my love of reading that had fallen by the wayside with distractions like *gestures broadly at the internet in general.* I'm already deciding which books to put on the list to read next year, but it won't be A-to-Z, as there are only so many Q books to go around.