Lisa @ Narrated Podcast
@lisajune.bsky.social
Co-host of Narrated podcast, a podcast about audiobooks (largely, but not entirely SFF) | Science Fiction/Fantasy enthusiast | My cats are @littermates.bsky.social | Boston Area
Please enjoy my teenager’s charcu-turkey
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Please enjoy my teenager’s charcu-turkey
Lessons in Magic and Disaster is my favorite work by @charliejane.bsky.social so far, and one is my favorite books of the year. The intimate focus on one family and their relationships reminds me of @sarahpinsker.bsky.social’s We are Satellites. The magic in it feels like a real part of our world.
September 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Lessons in Magic and Disaster is my favorite work by @charliejane.bsky.social so far, and one is my favorite books of the year. The intimate focus on one family and their relationships reminds me of @sarahpinsker.bsky.social’s We are Satellites. The magic in it feels like a real part of our world.
Good morning! I just started Katabasis by R.F. Kuang!
I also wanted to shout out a recent read I think would be a good pick for Best Related Work Hugo: Positive Obsession by Susana M. Morris. It’s a biography of Octavia E. Butler, and also includes analysis of each of her works.
I also wanted to shout out a recent read I think would be a good pick for Best Related Work Hugo: Positive Obsession by Susana M. Morris. It’s a biography of Octavia E. Butler, and also includes analysis of each of her works.
September 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Good morning! I just started Katabasis by R.F. Kuang!
I also wanted to shout out a recent read I think would be a good pick for Best Related Work Hugo: Positive Obsession by Susana M. Morris. It’s a biography of Octavia E. Butler, and also includes analysis of each of her works.
I also wanted to shout out a recent read I think would be a good pick for Best Related Work Hugo: Positive Obsession by Susana M. Morris. It’s a biography of Octavia E. Butler, and also includes analysis of each of her works.
Currently enjoying Motheater by Linda Codega, a debut novel where a young Virginia woman teams up with a mysterious amnesiac witch to figure out why Appalachian Coal Miners are dying.
September 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Currently enjoying Motheater by Linda Codega, a debut novel where a young Virginia woman teams up with a mysterious amnesiac witch to figure out why Appalachian Coal Miners are dying.
Wow, Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase is so good and is absolutely gutting me every other scene. I’ve been taking frequent stops to recover.
July 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Wow, Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase is so good and is absolutely gutting me every other scene. I’ve been taking frequent stops to recover.
Currently reading Luminous by Silvia Park, set in a future Korea, reunified after a second war. Society is grappling with the implications of robots who can pass as human, and robotic solutions to human injuries and illnesses. Many interweaving storylines, all fascinating. Loving this one so far!
June 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Currently reading Luminous by Silvia Park, set in a future Korea, reunified after a second war. Society is grappling with the implications of robots who can pass as human, and robotic solutions to human injuries and illnesses. Many interweaving storylines, all fascinating. Loving this one so far!
I read Godkiller by Hannah Kaner this week, and it won my anti-monarchy-in-fantasy-and-reality heart. If you are a feeling a No Kings kind of way today, what’s a book that resonates with that feeling? #BookSky
June 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I read Godkiller by Hannah Kaner this week, and it won my anti-monarchy-in-fantasy-and-reality heart. If you are a feeling a No Kings kind of way today, what’s a book that resonates with that feeling? #BookSky
Good morning! Current fiction: Reread of The Disposessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. The non-SFF member of our podcasting team asked for an SFF rec, and we’re planning an episode to see what she thought.
Non-fiction: Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer, which is delightful and thought provoking.
Non-fiction: Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer, which is delightful and thought provoking.
June 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Good morning! Current fiction: Reread of The Disposessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. The non-SFF member of our podcasting team asked for an SFF rec, and we’re planning an episode to see what she thought.
Non-fiction: Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer, which is delightful and thought provoking.
Non-fiction: Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer, which is delightful and thought provoking.
My daughter got the spreadsheet gene. She would like you all to know that she is currently creating an inventory of every book in our house. She finished my fiction section this weekend.
June 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My daughter got the spreadsheet gene. She would like you all to know that she is currently creating an inventory of every book in our house. She finished my fiction section this weekend.
Happy Pride Month, friends! Please enjoy a Rainbow Beast. One of my favorite pieces of my children’s art from Kindergarten, suddenly relevant.
June 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Happy Pride Month, friends! Please enjoy a Rainbow Beast. One of my favorite pieces of my children’s art from Kindergarten, suddenly relevant.
May I suggest this version, drawn by my child in Kindergarten.
May 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
May I suggest this version, drawn by my child in Kindergarten.
That time I discovered my husband had used sharpie to make sure the kids left me a pomelo, one of my favorite fruits. I hear you about the despair.
May 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
That time I discovered my husband had used sharpie to make sure the kids left me a pomelo, one of my favorite fruits. I hear you about the despair.
Happy Sunday!
Currently reading on paper: Timebound, 3rd in Heather Albano’s underrated Keeping Time trilogy, a steam punk alternate history time travel adventure.
Currently listening: So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole, Lodestar nominated (so, YA) secondary world fantasy with dragon riding.
Currently reading on paper: Timebound, 3rd in Heather Albano’s underrated Keeping Time trilogy, a steam punk alternate history time travel adventure.
Currently listening: So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole, Lodestar nominated (so, YA) secondary world fantasy with dragon riding.
April 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Happy Sunday!
Currently reading on paper: Timebound, 3rd in Heather Albano’s underrated Keeping Time trilogy, a steam punk alternate history time travel adventure.
Currently listening: So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole, Lodestar nominated (so, YA) secondary world fantasy with dragon riding.
Currently reading on paper: Timebound, 3rd in Heather Albano’s underrated Keeping Time trilogy, a steam punk alternate history time travel adventure.
Currently listening: So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole, Lodestar nominated (so, YA) secondary world fantasy with dragon riding.
When the Moon Hits Your Eye by @scalzi.com was fun! It felt like an extended Randall Monroe What If scenario (except with characters), so much so that I kept having vivid mental images of the characters as XKCD stick figures. #BookSky
March 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
When the Moon Hits Your Eye by @scalzi.com was fun! It felt like an extended Randall Monroe What If scenario (except with characters), so much so that I kept having vivid mental images of the characters as XKCD stick figures. #BookSky
Just finished Pink Slime by Fernanda Trias, which was a heartbreaking read, but so worth it. It’s about an apocalypse, and also about family dynamics and connections between people.
Now starting These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs.
Now starting These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs.
February 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Just finished Pink Slime by Fernanda Trias, which was a heartbreaking read, but so worth it. It’s about an apocalypse, and also about family dynamics and connections between people.
Now starting These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs.
Now starting These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs.
Good morning! Just finished Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. Wow, a master class in both setting up reader expectations and highlighting expectations a reader already has. Loved it.
February 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Good morning! Just finished Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. Wow, a master class in both setting up reader expectations and highlighting expectations a reader already has. Loved it.
My first book read in 2025 was a worthy choice: These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by @izzyxen.bsky.social. There’s mystery, action, an anarchist commune in a dystopian future, evil corporations, a great trans MC with a terrible parent, all in the space of a novella. #BookSky
January 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
My first book read in 2025 was a worthy choice: These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by @izzyxen.bsky.social. There’s mystery, action, an anarchist commune in a dystopian future, evil corporations, a great trans MC with a terrible parent, all in the space of a novella. #BookSky
Good morning! I’m currently listening to Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao, out next week. It’s great so far! Look for a release day review episode on Narrated.
December 15, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Good morning! I’m currently listening to Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao, out next week. It’s great so far! Look for a release day review episode on Narrated.
A post-Halloween kindness from my ten year old. 😍 (Was Halloween really last week? It feels like months have passed since then.)
November 9, 2024 at 8:12 PM
A post-Halloween kindness from my ten year old. 😍 (Was Halloween really last week? It feels like months have passed since then.)
All the ghosts were shopping at Walgreens on Halloween night.
November 1, 2024 at 11:57 AM
All the ghosts were shopping at Walgreens on Halloween night.
Happy Saturday from Billy and Pepper ( @devrose.bsky.social, you’ll want to see this.)
October 19, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Happy Saturday from Billy and Pepper ( @devrose.bsky.social, you’ll want to see this.)
Child got a pumpkin head mask for Halloween. Sorry child, it belongs to Pepper now.
October 4, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Child got a pumpkin head mask for Halloween. Sorry child, it belongs to Pepper now.
Pepper’s getting ready for his podcasting debut.
October 3, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Pepper’s getting ready for his podcasting debut.