What I've been reading

"Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" by Alison Bechdel (author of the comic 'Dykes to Watch Out For'), a graphic memoir. Bechdel tells the story of how she comes out as a lesbian and finds out that her father, the town's funeral director, was also gay but deeply in the closet. Highly recommended.

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"Who Fears Death" by Nnedi Okorafor. It's a scifi/fantasy novel set in post-apocalyptic Africa, and was recommended by a friend. The story is a tough read in some ways - some very unpleasant things happen very early in the book. However, the author constantly surprised me, and the book felt very real and very fresh. Also highly recommended.

My full comments on both books here.