Books read in February
Mar. 10th, 2026 09:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valoiseOnly three books last month, although I also spent a lot of time reading short fiction at Uncanny, Apex, Clarkesworld, Reactor, and Lightspeed.
Gateway by Frederik Pohl
A really excellent book told with transcripts of counseling sessions, narrative flashbacks of the protagonist's life as a potential scavenger of alien artifacts, and various documents interspersed throughout the book. I'd, of course, heard of Pohl but never read anything by him. I'll definitely look for more.
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
This is making a lot of people's Hugo noms lists and I've liked her books, but I won't be adding it to my nominations. The time travel gimmick here felt a bit forced and contrived and the book just didn't work for me.
The Compleat Servant-Maid or Young Maiden's Tutor
Published in 1670 for young women looking for work in service in wealthy or noble houses, the emphasis on being literate, having fashionable handwriting, and knowing math to assist in keeping household accounts had me reassess what I had assumed about literacy for women in 17th century England who were neither noble or wealthy.
Gateway by Frederik Pohl
A really excellent book told with transcripts of counseling sessions, narrative flashbacks of the protagonist's life as a potential scavenger of alien artifacts, and various documents interspersed throughout the book. I'd, of course, heard of Pohl but never read anything by him. I'll definitely look for more.
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
This is making a lot of people's Hugo noms lists and I've liked her books, but I won't be adding it to my nominations. The time travel gimmick here felt a bit forced and contrived and the book just didn't work for me.
The Compleat Servant-Maid or Young Maiden's Tutor
Published in 1670 for young women looking for work in service in wealthy or noble houses, the emphasis on being literate, having fashionable handwriting, and knowing math to assist in keeping household accounts had me reassess what I had assumed about literacy for women in 17th century England who were neither noble or wealthy.
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Date: 2026-03-10 02:06 pm (UTC)