Dead Astronauts | 
pickThis is a haunting fever dream of a book, with elements familiar to anyone who has read Borne, but told without a typical linear narrative structure. This makes for a challenging, trippy but ultimately rewarding read. I can't do it justice, but Arkady Martine wrote a great review for NPR: https://www.npr.org/2019/12/07/785536098/clarity-isnt-the-point-in-confusing-abs... Not sure it is 100% pick, but it's definitely not so-so.
Congrats on the litfluence and litsyversary @squirrelbrain ! Thanks for hosting this #giveaway!
1. Hmm... maybe Dead Astronauts. It was just so wonderfully bizarre and it helped with the reading funk I was in at the time.
2. I don‘t usually plan my reading much, so I‘m not sure, but I do have Rabbits for Food on hold at the library right now, and I am really looking forward to reading that, so I guess I‘ll go with that one. 😅
#nutsaboutbooks
pickWow. I found this to be utterly confusing and enthralling all at once. I was completely absorbed from the start and could not stop reading. It's a fragmented mosaic -disconnected & haunting; some parts are fantastical, others too familiar. The writing style is unique; the rhythm essential to convey a message howbeit unclear (intentionally so I think?). Definitely a perplexing, memorable read. One that I will chew on for awhile and likely revisit.
panMan did I hate this! If anyone else wrote this I would‘ve bailed but I kept hope alive and slogged through the whole thing. It‘s so pretentious and boring and kinda ruined a world that I loved.
Bourne is one of my favourite books of the last few years, and I keep putting off this one because I‘m so worried it won‘t live up to that one. Have any of yo I tried out these Page Anchors? I love it to keep hand strain away, but wish it had a couple extra features (like a spring for when you need to flip the page.)
Here‘s my 1st quarter wrap up for #booked2020. I skipped around a bit, as usual. :)
#MillennialAuthor: Educated
#HeadCoveringOnCover: Dead Astronauts
#FinishInADay: Grief is the Thing with Feathers
#RedWhiteOrBlueTypeOnCover: Growing Things and Other Stories
#BookClubWorthy: Nothing to See Here
pickWhat a remarkable, and perfect time to be reading this pitch-perfect novel. A warning siren about the evil we do to our planet. His best yet.
A blue fox, a Leviathan who may have been the Salamander. the “astronauts”, Charlie X, The Company. The Duck! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I had to stop reading it before sleep — nightmares!
“In space, discipline meant life or death. Here, there had been no penalty for freedom until the end. (p. 39)
So, I had to take a break from reading DEAD ASTRONAUTS in order to beta read a fellow writer‘s manuscript, and now that I‘ve finished beta reading, my ebook loan for DEAD ASTRONAUTS has expired. Looks like it‘ll be a while before it becomes available again, so guess I‘ll be starting something new in the meantime. #ReadingInterrupted
Due to COVID-19 I have cancelled my trips to Portland, OR and most likely having to cancel our trip to Italy this summer (but waiting to cancel that yet) and my bf and I are self isolating with tons of movies, books, and all the wines.
7 “What version is this?”
#FirstLineFridays
It‘s taken about a fifth of this book for it to feel like there‘s something of a plot taking shape. I‘m not sure I‘d have been this patient if this was an author I hadn‘t read before.
I‘m about a tenth of the way through this book, and I‘m still trying to figure out what I‘m reading. I‘m also on the fence as to whether I think this works, but I have faith in VanderMeer that he‘ll bring it together more soon. We‘ll see.
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This was super weird and not at all easy to understand, but apparently that‘s exactly the kind of book my reading funk needed. 😂
#booked2020 #headcoveringoncover #catsoflitsy #Ember
pickLike most of Jeff VanderMeer‘s books I am thinking “what did I just read?” But it‘s very well written and it is an interesting story. It‘s very surreal and strange but I had a great time reading it
#stack of board books for the baby. Some random books I found when at the library that sounded interesting (Tsushima & Winslow) but I may not get to as the other picture is my solid February #TBR - a chunkster, an arc, a bookclub read, and an anticipated read (tagged book - and seriously what a gorgeous book!)
pickEminently confusing, brutally well written, somewhat incomprehensible
Went to pick up my library holds & next to them was the latest Vandermeer on hold for someone else.
Oh, how I do covet my neighbor's goods.
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pickThis was such a weird book. A blue fox, people who are copies but also not. Was there a plot? Hard to say.
pickI know Jeff Vandermeer is the patron saint of weird these days, but even by those standards, his latest is truly out there. Varying life forms, including a behemoth, a blue fox, a duck with a broken wing and questionable intentions, and three humans (“humans”) try to survive in a dying city, killed by the nefarious Company from his previous book, Borne. Read with an open mind.
Holy moly! I‘m speechless.. I absolutely love these gifts! I‘ve been wanting to read this since it came out. I‘ve been waiting patiently for my library to get their copies in for months now. The wait is over! Fantastic book, super scrumptious chocolate (that I couldn‘t resist trying before I took my picture), and a Krampus card!? Thank you so much @bridge12 for the gifts! And thank you @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing! Happy #Jolabokaflod
I really hope Jeff Vandermeer melts my brain with this...
#bookmail
🎉NEW BOOK DAY🎉 The world of publishing winds down at the end of the year, but there are still a few great new releases on the way. There are a few more out today that I am excited about, including The Measure of Our Lives by Toni Morrison, This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay, Children of Virtue & Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi, A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh, and Blitzed by Alexa Martin. What are you excited to read? 📚❤️📚
🎶 Someday we‘ll find it, the rainbow connection, the covers, the readers, and me…” 🌈
Scheduled for publication in December, Vandermeer's latest, set in the same world as Borne, easily wins trippiest cover of the year. And being a Vandermeer, I imagine the story itself will be an equal experience.
