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Ren the Ghost ([personal profile] quillpunk) wrote in [community profile] booknook2024-04-27 10:19 pm

Booknook Friending Meme

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[personal profile] silversea 2024-04-28 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Name: [personal profile] silversea/Cru
Pronouns: she/her
Age Group: 20s
Dealbreaker(s): I don't want to interact with anyone who holds rightwing beliefs. I also don't don't want to interact with anyone who likes to apply morals to fiction. Other than that, please don't interact with me if you're 20 years old or younger.

I Recently Finished Reading: I finished The Prisoner's Throne by Holly Black, Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty, and Daughter of the Dragon by Yunte Huang this month.
A Book I Want to Reread: Currently rereading the Monogatari series by Nisioisn. Been wanting to reread the Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells too.
Some Published Titles From My To Be Read List: Vita Nostra> by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko is (hopefully) the next book I'll read, and I have a few books on library hold at the moment. I also plan on reading Dracula Daily when it starts.
Related Book News I've Got My Eye On: I have mixed feelings about Murderbot TV adaptation, but still looking forward to watching it!

My All-Time Favorite Book(s): So. Many. The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, The Queen's Thief series by Mega Whalen Turner, The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, etc.
My Favorite Book Genre(s): Fantasy and science fiction, but I'm happy to read almost any genres.
A Genre I'm Interested in Trying Out: I'm interested in romfantasy, but I haven't really found something that clicks for me yet.

Link to My Reading Log: I use Storygraph.

Books/Genres I'm Interested in Discussing/Chatting About: I really love chatting about fantasy and science fiction, but I also don't mind discussing any book in other genres if it sounds interesting!
Edited 2024-04-28 02:29 (UTC)
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[personal profile] evilinsanemonkey 2024-04-28 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
hell yeah, StoryGraph! \o/

I have mixed feelings about Murderbot TV adaptation
oof, big same. I do want to check it out but I'm also extremely wary. I really am not sure how it's going to work considering how much of Murderbot is firmly situated in Murderbot's interiority. PLUS I just don't think Live Action was the way to go if they were gonna adapt it!
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[personal profile] silversea 2024-04-28 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Murderbot's narration is what really makes the series, and I'm unsure how will they adapt the narration. I'm also a little uncomfortable with Alexander Skarsgård as Murderbot. He's an excellent actor, but he's not even remotely close to who I imagined for Murderbot. I'll still be watching it for sure, just with tempered expectations.
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[personal profile] evilinsanemonkey 2024-04-28 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Strong agree re: Skarsgård. I don't even know who I *would* cast for a live action Murderbot, honestly, but definitely not a cis man.
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[personal profile] silversea 2024-04-28 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think I had anyone specific in my mind for Murderbot, but I was thinking an androgynous-appearing person, possibly racially ambiguous too. Murderbot blends in the crowd very easily, so I also imagined them as someone you wouldn't really notice on first glance. Skarsgård is none of that, haha.
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[personal profile] got_quiet 2024-04-29 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Romantacy has been a tough genre for me to get into too. It feels like I like fantasy with a lot of romance in it, but maybe I don't so much like romance with a lot of fantasy in it, and the line between the two feels very blurry. Are there any titles that have gotten close to what you're looking for?