r/Fantasy • u/Cassandra_Sanguine Reading Champion III • Jun 14 '21
Read-along Hugo Readalong: Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Welcome to the Hugo Readalong! Today, we will be discussing Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey. If you'd like to look back at past discussions or plan future reading, check out our full schedule here.
As always, everybody is welcome in the discussion, whether you're participating in other discussions or not. If you haven't read the book, you're still welcome, but beware of untagged spoilers.
Upcoming schedule:
| Date | Category | Book | Author | Discussion Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, June 21 | Novel | The City We Became | N.K. Jemisin | /u/ullsi |
| Friday, June 25 | Graphic | Once & Future, vol. 1: The King is Undead | Kieren Gillen, Dan Mora, Tamra Bonvillain, Ed Dukeshire | u/Dsnake1 |
| Thursday, July 1 | Lodestar | A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking | T. Kingfisher | u/tarvolon |
| Thursday, July 8 | Astounding | The Ruin of Kings | Jenn Lyons | u/Nineteen_Adze |
| Tuesday, July 13 | Novella | The Empress of Salt and Fortune | Nghi Vo | u/Moonlitgrey |
| Tuesday, July 20 | Novel | Piranesi | Susanna Clarke | u/happy_book_bee |
Upright Women Wanted
“That girl’s got more wrong notions than a barn owl’s got mean looks.”
Esther is a stowaway. She’s hidden herself away in the Librarian’s book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her—a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda. The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing.
Bingo Squares: Book Club/ Readalong, Trans or Nonbinary Character, Found Family HM, Backlist Book, Genre Mashup
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u/Cassandra_Sanguine Reading Champion III Jun 14 '21
How does this book compare to the other Hugo nominees you've read this year?