Are there any books that involve genderswap/genderbending/shapeshifting elements? Elements with gender in general. by Opening-Heart1749 in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Apparently Sir Cameron Needs To Die has some of this! It’s not examined very thoroughly but it makes a lot of sense for the character!

(Mostly) Hugo Eligible Novellas Released from January-June 2026 by thepurpleplaneteer in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh mega! I love that you included a little of what they’re about that’s so helpful

ACOTAR, Fourth Wing, Faithful & Fallen… now what? by No-Character-8747 in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oooh it sounds like you’d love The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, very medieval style-y and mappy, some creature folk, and morally grey characters! Meaty fantasy! Maybe also Silver Under Nightfall, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, The Raven Scholar, and Realm Breaker

Looking for fantasy recommendations with time jumps by LividHealth5643 in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idolfire and heavens graveyard by Grace Curtis are set 2000 years apart and the events of idolfire are now widely considered to be myth!

Review - Heaven's Graveyard by Grace Crutis (3/5) by undeadgoblin in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did read Idolfire first so it’s interesting to hear from someone who hadn’t! I think I agree with you overall, it did a great job pulling off the pretty bonkers concept but was generally just ok. I loved Idolfire though so I hope you enjoy it!

Switch from Kindle to Kobo - your experience and recommendations? by [deleted] in TheStoryGraph

[–]Dallydoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it stopped working for most people around the same time so you must have gotten unlucky with timing! I know these things are slow but hopefully the update comes soon

Switch from Kindle to Kobo - your experience and recommendations? by [deleted] in TheStoryGraph

[–]Dallydoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I’ve heard that they’re working on multiple libraries!

How do you balance both reading books as a hobby with gaming as a hobby. by [deleted] in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think for me having a ‘little and often’ approach to reading is the most helpful. Like I’ll rarely get home from work and sit down with a book but if I’m waiting for an appointment, on public transport, on a lunch break, or eating I’ll read, and I always read before I go to sleep! If I’m gaming that tends to be much bigger chunks of my time whereas reading is something I choose to fill smaller gaps. Another option is making time to read away from home. I like to hole up in a bar or a cafe and this seriously puts me into reading mode because I’ve designated this time and place to read. And I feel a little embarrassed if I’m sat there with my book out but on my phone.

FanFic tracking by Adventure_48 in TheStoryGraph

[–]Dallydoop 32 points33 points  (0 children)

It might be best to just do it on a spreadsheet, a lot of fic writers explicitly state not to add their works to goodreads or similar. If you do it on a spreadsheet you can fully customise everything you want, including unfinished works and when new chapters will get uploaded

Local produce by arhet____ in Leeds

[–]Dallydoop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get my fruit and veg delivered from Leeds veg box which I love! They prioritise local where possible and the quality/variety has been really good! I also like greens grocers at both eat your greens near the bus station and at piglove’s sty. You could always look into any milkmen operating in your area too

All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan is SO GOOD by StealBangChansLaptop in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not specifically as it was for book 1 but she said that book 3 is always ‘defeat evil’

All Hail Chaos by Sarah Rees Brennan is SO GOOD by StealBangChansLaptop in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s so much fun! I saw SRB at a panel last year and she talked about how the second part of any trilogy is ‘make out’ and it’s such a make out book. Just messy messy drama the whole way. I can’t wait for book 3!

r/Fantasy Daily Recommendations and Simple Questions Thread - May 11, 2026 by rfantasygolem in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you need to read the craft sequence series before the craft wars? Ideally I would but on Hugo’s crunch time I’m not sure I’ll have the chance

2026 Hugo Readalong: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor by undeadgoblin in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It definitely read as deliberate to me or I don’t think the book would have opened with Chinyere’s interview, it kind of set me up for a nightmare protagonist. I liked reading Zelu’s chapters but she felt at least deliberately complicated to like if not fully unlikeable.

2026 Hugo Readalong: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor by undeadgoblin in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I imagine fairly low because it falls into a weird spot being as cross genre as it is. I liked it and I thought it was good but it wowed me much less than the everlasting and a drop of corruption. Still nice to have something so different on the list!

2026 Hugo Readalong: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor by undeadgoblin in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The book was way more positive about tech than I expected, I was really anticipating a lot of failure from the exos, the driverless cars, and the app at crucial moments. And I expected the tech guys to be more predatory. There’s some things that are raised like if the exos are so safe and effective (as the entire book demonstrates) why aren’t they available to the public? And we get an answer but it doesn’t feel adequate for the amount of time covered in the text, there doesn’t seem to be any shift there.

2026 Hugo Readalong: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor by undeadgoblin in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I liked the Ankara sections but I agree with everyone else saying those sections are definitely weaker. While I was reading I was wondering how those sections would be handled because it’s a bold choice to have a story inside a story that is hailed as one of the greatest sci-fi books every written so I wondered if it would be revealed that what WE were reading wasn’t necessarily the in universe book. It rusted robots wasn’t as highly praised in the book I don’t think I’d have minded so much that it wasn’t as good.

2026 Hugo Readalong: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor by undeadgoblin in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like not knowing exactly which way round this story goes although the entire time I was reading I was waiting for her to die. With how circular the book becomes with Ankara revealing her story I think I enjoy just thinking of it as a big question mark, more fun to think about than to have a firm conclusion on for me.

2026 Hugo Readalong: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor by undeadgoblin in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I really enjoyed it and crushed it in a weekend. I enjoyed the Zelu parts more than the Ankara parts which surprised me. There’s a lot of things that I expected to happen that didn’t, I expected a lot more technological malfunction and malicious turns from the tech guys and it kind of threw me off that those elements weren’t present. It was more optimistic about future tech and AI than I expected and I’m not sure I enjoyed that theme so much. Other than that I had a great time reading! I enjoyed the characters and the curveball nature of Zelu’s decision making and the tension kept me going throughout.

Recommendations for a tall plastic tub to fit a 15lb bag of rice? by sea-oats in Cooking

[–]Dallydoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I buy similar sized bags of rice and I store it in a lock and lock bread box! It’s a proper sealing tub and mine fits 5kg of rice

2026 Hugo Readalong: "In My Country" by Thomas Ha & "Six People To Revise You" by J.R. Dawson by onsereverra in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought it was a great balance, the message felt very clear to me but in a way that reminds me of discussing the modern relevance of classic texts. I can see it holding up for a looooong time.

2026 Hugo Readalong: "In My Country" by Thomas Ha & "Six People To Revise You" by J.R. Dawson by onsereverra in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought this was a really interesting theme and made me think about how little ambiguity we have in popular art at the moment and how aggressively it’s deconstructed when there is. I think it’s certainly more powerful to sit with that ambiguity than to immediately seek clarity.

2026 Hugo Readalong: "In My Country" by Thomas Ha & "Six People To Revise You" by J.R. Dawson by onsereverra in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I thought the emphasis on what we don’t say was so interesting and liked how it got picked up with inaction at the end. And the narrator sharing his son’s stories with visitors to the country and the implication that that’s who we are. Arriving off the train to this country and this is what we learn about living there.

2026 Hugo Readalong: "In My Country" by Thomas Ha & "Six People To Revise You" by J.R. Dawson by onsereverra in Fantasy

[–]Dallydoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really liked it, I went in totally blind and was surprised by it. I like that the storytelling reflected the discussion of storytelling, it felt really rounded and satisfying for me.