Symbol LaiWhat’s consent anyway?Lilith’s Brood, Xenogenesis 1–3, Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago.Mar 6, 2022Mar 6, 2022
Symbol LaiNew Year resolutions for 2022 that I probably won’t keep but not for lack of trying.2022 is here and I’m feeling adventurous. I want to set some real resolutions. Not the concrete, practical ones I know I can keep. I’m in…Jan 1, 2022Jan 1, 2022
Symbol LaiMaybe I’m too dumb for fantasy. S.A. Chakraborty’s “The City of Brass.”S.A. Charkraborty’s The City of Brass is fun! Set in a Middle East inflected with the fantastic, the first book of the Daevabad Trilogy…Dec 2, 2021Dec 2, 2021
Symbol Lai“Crying in H-Mart” by Michelle Zauner.Michelle Zauner and I are AAPI and share an H-Mart. How about that? The H-Mart where Zauner goes to cry is the same one where I go for…Nov 16, 2021Nov 16, 2021
Symbol Lai“Exhalation” by Ted Chiang. Universalist or nah?If a tree falls in the forest and no one’s around to hear it, does it make a sound?Oct 29, 20211Oct 29, 20211
Symbol LaiThe Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinWhat a weird fucking book. The wackiest thing I’ve read in a while — and my go-to genres are science fiction and fantasy!Oct 23, 2021Oct 23, 2021
Symbol LaiBecoming by Michelle Obama. My first audiobook.I’m a sucker. I like, appreciate, or at least don’t mind the Obamas. I know.Oct 12, 2021Oct 12, 2021
Symbol LaiAudiobooks: what I listen to when I’m running.Even though audiobooks have been around for a while, I only started listening this year. Finally. I started training for a half marathon…Oct 4, 2021Oct 4, 2021