a vintage year for scoundrels

You know right up until last night I genuinely thought I might get the May post up before it was time for the June one? Oh well, at least I'm caught up now. Lots of stuff here, most of which I enjoyed but couldn't quite summon up words on, as ever please do yell at me for opinions if you want to! <3

The Unstoppable Wasp: G.I.R.L Power
The Discord of Gods - Jenn Lyons
Critical Role: The Chronicles of Exandria: The Mighty Nein
Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado
A Thousand Steps Into Night - Traci Chee
Rivers of London: Black Mould
Lumberjanes: A Summer to Remember
Defekt - Nino Cipri
The Edge of the Ocean - LD Lapinski
Scales and Sensibility -Stephanie Burgis
The Mercies - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Sovereign - April Daniels
Fugitive Telemetry - Martha Wells
The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice - Shon Faye
Swordheart - T Kingfisher
Monstress: The Vow
DIE: Bleed
The Chosen and the Beautiful - Nghi Vo

Chaos on Catnet - Naomi Kritzer
Lumberjanes: End of Summer
Elder Race - Adrian Tchaikovsky
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
The Family Trade - Charles Stross
The Past is Red -Catherynne M Valente
Never Say You Can't Survive: How To Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories - Charlie Jane Anders
Rivers of London: Detective Stories
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet - James Goss
Buried: An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain - Alice Roberts
Far Sector

( The Discord of Gods (four stars), The Mercies (four stars), The Chosen and the Beautiful (five stars), The Past is Red (four stars) )

A short story I enjoyed this month:
Give This Letter to the Crows, Iona Datt Sharma: Really beautiful and really a lot, gosh this was good. (Content note: bereavement from covid)