Birthday Rec Party

[forestofglory]

It's my birthday so I thought I'd host a rec party. I love both giving and receiving recs! It's fun to tell people about things I love and it's fun to discover new things that other people love.

So in the comments either recommend something you think I'd like or ask for a rec. Or both, both is good too.

You can rec or ask for recs of books, short fiction, fanfic, vids, music, meta, manga, recipes or anything else that comes to mind.

I'm always interested in cool ecological worldbuiling; fiction with lots of food; architectural and urban planning themes; and stories about moms. However don’t feel limited by this list I’m happy to hear about all kinds of things you like. Please do warn for dead moms and children in peril. If you want to see what I've been into recently you can check out my media roundup tag.

Happy recing!

Comments

[lunabee34]

I would like to rec The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin. It's been so long since I read it that I cannot remember if it has any children or moms in peril. It's very short but the world building is so so interesting.

[forestofglory]

That's actually one of my least favorite Le Guin's because one of the viewpoint characters is an awful imperialist rapist and I really hated being in his head. But the worldbuilding is indeed great. I just hated that dude.

[jesse_the_k]

Indeed, I bounced off the book three or four times because who wants to be in that dude's head?

It was particularly meaningful once I'd escaped his viewpoint, since there was a Viet Nam war in progress.
Reading it during the Vietnam War

[forestofglory]

I'm glad its not just me! And I felt similarly about Le Guin's Voices and the Iraq war.

[mrissa]

That entire series--Voices and the other two--felt so magical and right to me, like they were books I had loved my entire life from the first time I read them.

[mrissa]

(Also happy birthday.)

[lunabee34]

And this is why my biggest reading project (even if it going sooooo slowly because of the volume of books that come into this house LOL) is to reread my own shelves; some of the books there I haven't read in close to 30 years and don't remember a lot about them beyond liking it. LOL

[forestofglory]

That sounds fun, but also maybe a little sad if you discover problems with books you once really liked.

[lunabee34]

*nods*

It hasn't happened so far, but I expect it will eventually. I mean, I'm still in the Bs, so it's going to take awhile. LOL

It has also given me the freedom to get rid of some stuff, mostly books I had to read for college. I reread Aristotle, and now I'm done. I can give it away.