#crosshairs catherine hernandez

[bones-clouds]

best books i read in 2024:

"crosshairs"

catherine hernandez

rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

genre: dystopia, lgbt

synopsis:

The author of the acclaimed novel Scarborough weaves an unforgettable and timely dystopian tale about a near-future, where a queer Black performer and his allies join forces to rise up when an oppressive regime gathers those deemed “Other” into concentration camps.

Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future, with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation, a government-sanctioned regime called The Boots seizes on the opportunity to round up communities of color, the disabled, and the LGBTQ+ into labor camps.

In the shadows, a new hero emerges. After he loses his livelihood as a drag queen and the love of his life, Kay joins the resistance alongside Bahadur, a transmasculine refugee, and Firuzeh, a headstrong social worker. Guiding them in the use of weapons and close-quarters combat is Beck, a rogue army officer, who helps them plan an uprising at a major televised international event.

With her signature “raw yet beautiful, disturbing yet hopeful” ( Booklist ) prose, Catherine Hernandez creates a vision of the future that is all the more frightening because it is very possible. A cautionary tale filled with fierce and vibrant characters, Crosshairs explores the universal desire to thrive, love, and be loved for being your true self.

[percival-p-pups]

Also I just stayed up all night reading “Crosshairs” by Catherine Hernandez. I could not put it down. It’s. Rough. I don’t think I fully comprehended what I was getting myself into and by then it was too late to turn back. But ultimately a story of Queer resistance and liberation.

[bookaddict24-7]

AUTHOR FEATURE:

﹒Catherine Hernandez﹒

Three Books Written By this Author:

Scarborough

Crosshairs

The Story of Us

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Happy reading!

[thingsreadinthedark]

Hard to read struggle porn these days no matter how beautifully written.

I wish people added something else to their uprising, something higher than domination, something like reclamation.

It’s like we can’t even imagine it and it breaks my heart.. years and years and decades later and we’re still begging for life, trying to highlight to the vultures the importance of life.. it’s wild..

Do you ever stop to think about who we’re actually talking to? Is this who non-black poc think that we need to speak to, that we need to say? to reinforce ? Let’s imagine something bigger, bolder. But something that we don’t have to leave planet earth for!

My problem with sci fi is how it fits into real life. What it means to real life.

That’s the only thing I loved with my whole heart about Yoss’ Red Dust. He brought it into perspective.

[writingquestionsanswered]

do you have any reccs for dystopian-rebellion type books? id like to make one of my own but i want to see how others have done it first

Dystopian Rebellion Books

I'm happy to give book recommendations, but as much as I love to read, I haven't read all the books. Like everyone else, I have my go-to categories and genres, so it's not always easy for me to recommend a long list of books in any particular genre.

I haven't read a lot of dystopian books with actual rebellions. The Hunger Games and Divergent series are the ones that come to mind. (There are loads of other YA examples... Just Google YA dystopian rebellion for lists.) I guess Animal Farm would qualify. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood has an underground resistance. 1984 has a failed resistance. All three of those are really good, though it's been decades since I read Orwell. Some adult options I haven't read so can't personally recommend, but may be worth checking out: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner, Daemon by Daniel Suarez, The Secondborn Series by Amy Bartol, Vox by Christina Dalcher, Gather The Daughters by Jennie Melamed, The Children of Men by P.D. James, Machinehood by S.B. Divya, Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez, The Resisters by Gish Jen, Red Rising by Pierce Brown.

Watch the comments, too, as there may be recommendations from other members of the WQA community. :)

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Episode 167 (version 2) - 2023 Reading Goals & 2022 Reading Report

(Hello! This is a re-upload. The first version had a syncing error that snuck in at the very end of the editing process. We've re-exported it and this version sounds much better!)

This episode we’re talking about our 2023 Reading Goals! We discuss intentions, resolutions, anti-resolutions, and give a report on how well we fulfilled our reading goals last year.

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

2022: Year of Book Two

Episode 142 - Sequels and 2022: The Year of Book Two

2023 Resolutions

  Matthew:

Read more non-fiction

Meghan:

Quit trying to read fiction when she doesn’t feel like it

Read more of what she owns (borrow less from the library)

Anna:

Read more graphic novels

Take pictures of favourite reads

Jam: 

Theme for the year: Intention

Return to tracking picture book reading

Media We Mentioned

Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, narrated by Kim Mai Guest, Johnathan McClain, Candice Moll, Lincoln Hoppe, Donnabella Mortel, Jonathan Todd Ross, Erin Spencer & Steve West

Illuminae Files (books 1-3) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, narrated by Moira Quirk

Steven Erikson

Witch Hat Atelier, Vol 1 by Kamome Shirahama, translated by Stephen Kohler

Delicious in Dungeon, Vol 1 by Ryoko Kui, translated by Sébastien Ludmann 

Links, Articles, and Things

Which Pokemon are the Most Goth?

Matthew reviews his manga reading from 2022 on Twitter

List of One Piece manga volumes - Wikipedia

25 Dystopian Fiction books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors to help our listeners diversify their readers’ advisory. All of the lists can be found here.

Leila by Prayaag Akbar

Killer of Enemies by Joseph Bruchac

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Caster by Elsie Chapman

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez

The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He

Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson

The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina

On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee

Legend by Marie Lu

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher

Futureland by Walter Mosley

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder

Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi

We Light Up the Sky by Lilliam Rivera

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Freedom Race by Lucinda Roy

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

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Join us again on Tuesday, February 7th. It'll be our annual Valentine’s Day episode, and we’ll be talking about the genre of Holiday Romance!

Then on Tuesday, February 21st join us for What is a Book? (part 2)!

[davesdude80]

I was tagged by @karofsky ! Okay, I kinda love this, so let’s do this!

Last Song: This is Me Trying by TSwift (no one is surprised by this), but also Lizzo’s About Damn Time, because it’s always just there on TikTok. Also in the time it took me to write this, Almost Home by Sultan + Shepard feat. Nadia Ali & IRO played. 

Last TV Show: Shining Girls 

Currently Watching: Unhhhh on YouTube - the “Girl you gay” episode

Currently Reading: Slow Horses by Mick Herrron, and then I need to start the book for the book club I’m running at work, Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez

Tag 9 people you want to get to know better: @beshrew-my-very-heart @cisc0ram0n @ibericbrown @ktfranceebee @coping-via-clint-eastwood @supermutantking @imissdavekarofsky @albossharuland @addictedtostorytelling

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BookPage Review December 2020

BookPage Review December 2020

Welcome to my monthly post where I find books from the pages of BookPage and share which ones I’m interested in reading. Usually I get the paper version, but lately due to Covid, I’ve been looking at their online site. CrosshairsCatherine Hernandez Crosshairs Catherine Hernandez I love a good dystopian. This book is about the rise of fascism and racism in an extreme and the main character who…

[stuckinthestacks]

𝕋𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕧𝕖 𝔻𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕞𝕒𝕤- 𝔻𝕒𝕪 𝟡 Today on the blog I'm talking all things dystopian! Do you enjoy dystopian novels? Do you have a favorite series? Any underated gems you think more people should be aware of? Tell me all about it in the comments and head on over to the blog to see the eight other titles I can't wait to read (link in bio). Crosshairs by @legshernandez is a dystopian standalone that is at the top of my TBR. Check out the synopsis below! SYNOPSIS Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future, with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation, a government-sanctioned regime called The Boots seizes on the opportunity to round up communities of color, the disabled, and the LGBTQ+ into labor camps. In the shadows, a new hero emerges. After he loses his livelihood as a drag queen and the love of his life, Kay joins the resistance alongside Bahadur, a transmasculine refugee, and Firuzeh, a headstrong social worker. Guiding them in the use of weapons and close-quarters combat is Beck, a rogue army officer, who helps them plan an uprising at a major televised international event. With her signature “raw yet beautiful, disturbing yet hopeful” ( Booklist) prose, Catherine Hernandez creates a vision of the future that is all the more frightening because it is very possible. A cautionary tale filled with fierce and vibrant characters, Crosshairs explores the universal desire to thrive, love, and be loved for being your true self. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJKGSQNgKWN/?igshid=g9i4a5gsftl5

[chaoticambivalence]

(via Crosshairs - Catherine Hernandez - Paperback)

[thongtinsoluoc]

Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez ePub PDF free download https://ift.tt/3n87lNS

[scifiandscary]

Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez #BookReview

Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez #BookReview

Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future, with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation, a government-sanctioned regime called The Boots seizes on the opportunity to round up communities of color, the disabled, and the LGBTQ+ into labor camps. In the shadows, a new hero emerges. After he loses his livelihood as a drag queen and the love of his life, Kay joins the resistance…

[thingsreadinthedark]

Started reading Crosshairs this weekend... as usual, Catherine Hernandez’s work is gorgeously and passionately written.

You know... I haven’t jumped around from thing to thing this weekend that much. I wonder what that means for me, as a chronic jumper of books.. I also want to read some poetry this weekend and finish some works of poetry before the end of National Poetry Month.

Poetry is something I have to read slowly and take in line by line. I like to let it sit inside me, the words move around from my head to my feet and then think on it some more. It usually takes me forever to read a work of poetry. There’s so much amazing poetry out there. We also have the watery Andrew McMeels style of poetry that I don’t like as much and the Button style which I love and find modern and accurate. I will be trying to finish up some poetry before the end of the month.

I have no ending this Sunday morning for this post except to say that I’m going back to Crosshairs.

[bookclub4m]

25 Dystopian Fiction books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors to help our listeners diversify their readers’ advisory. All of the lists can be found here.

Leila by Prayaag Akbar

Killer of Enemies by Joseph Bruchac

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Caster by Elsie Chapman

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez

The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He

Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson

The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina

On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee

Legend by Marie Lu

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher

Futureland by Walter Mosley

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder

Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi

We Light Up the Sky by Lilliam Rivera

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Freedom Race by Lucinda Roy

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

[thingsreadinthedark]

This weekend’s reads:

screenshot from my digital library

YOSS is calling out to me!!! Might have to get that done and I did also want to read Crosshairs by Toronto’s own Catherine Hernandez! Who knows what’s going to happen in these reading streets this weekend, but we’ll seeeeee.... I’m 60% done Fat Girls in Black Bodies, will be done tomorrow morning. 💗 I’m 5% in Nipsey’s biography and bruh, I teared up reading Lauren London’s eulogy this afternoon. The Marathon Don’t Stop! 🏁

Yo I secretly started listening to Dune after I bought it on Audible with my last Audible credit about a week ago. It’s 21 hours and 2 minutes long. 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

I haven’t really used Audible to it’s full potential, and I just cancelled the service, but I still have my books that I already bought with my credits to listen to. I also copped a copy of the graphic novel recently! So maybe I’ll listen and follow along with the story??? I don’t know.

I’ve always wanted to read Dune but I’m not reading 3000 digital pages of the same book with my eyes.. I’m not doing it. I’m drawing the line at The Count of Monte Cristo. My ereader screen was enough on that long book wave. I can’t do another one like that. I’m chillin on a solo tip in this quarantine, I read for 3 hours a night, but I really don’t think that I have it in me to do Dune. I’m going to listen to 30 mins/day for 40 days and hope that I finish the book shortly after my birthday next month. The ears are just going to have to try to listen to this situation because my eyes?! I still want them in a few years. Me and Dune are gonna be tight like:

Anyway.. Work all day. Read all night. Save a tiny bit of money. Stay inside. COVID life. I do miss concerts tho, I miss people, book stores and coffee nights with friends, volunteering and community engagement. D’ah well, onwards! Keep reading, folks. ✌🏾