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Wow really enjoyed this world hopping dystopian fiction.

Felt like a Mad Max movie and I can totally see this making it to the big screen.

This is a great book for action but more than that it has characters you really care about even though they are not always good people. The best bits are the reveals that I didn‘t see coming.

HAPPY #BOOKSPIN DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE!!!

I'm pretty excited about these two because they are not chonky bois and I've been really looking forward to the tagged for ages but never got around to putting it in my to read rotation yet. I've been slotting in new titles from my list based on page count but I may have to be extra careful about what I put in slot 2 since it seems very popular this year!

Thanks you to @TheAromaofBooks for hosting.

It‘s always surprising—pleasantly so—to read a story in a familiar subgenre that feels like something you‘ve never read before. Multiverse stories all (or almost all) have in common an exploration of identity, of what makes us is. And this one does that, of course, but it stands out for the distinctive voice of its protagonist, and the way she moves not just between worlds, but within the world she inhabits.

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I‘ve received my #AuldLangSpine list from my match @Zuhkeeyah !! 💗🎊 And ready to dive in! I‘ve already read (and ADORED!!) Our Missing Hearts and I‘ve read How to lose the time war, so I‘m looking at The Space Between Worlds, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (already on my TBR!) Book Eaters, Irregular Witches, Chain Gang all Stars and Elatsoe!

I can't believe it's almost time for October's #BookSpin! New to the list this month is the tagged and Hyperion. I'm still slowly working on my previous picks BUT I'm always hype for draw day.

There‘s the marginalization of PoCs in a multiverse world with countless earths and doppelgängers. There‘s faith gone awry and bisexuality not multiversally acceptable. There‘s characters dead on one earth but alive with slightly altered motives on other earths. And Cara traverses these earths in her goal to become a citizen of a cooler city from whence she came. I‘m won‘t remember any details this time next week.

#DoubleSpin Cat: Pub 2020

⭐️⭐️ This book has a promising start. I love doppelgänger stories and multi-verses. But about 1/2 way through, the story completely dies. All of a sudden I was confused, didn't understand what I was reading or who the characters were. Complete lack of execution. I would feel dread when I picked it up to read. I tried to backtrack, thinking I missed something, but no, it just lost its way. #botm

This is totally enjoyable and entertaining. I highly recommend the #audiobook. If you like a good sci-fi/fantasy adventure.

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Sadly, my 100th book of the year is a DNF. I just couldn't get into this one. Way too much talking, and not much action.

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I really wanted to like this book but the whole time I read it I couldn‘t get into it. I expected so much more and I couldn‘t keep up with the writing.

#currentlyreading📖

Excellent speculative fiction debut novel with a well-written first person narrative, intriguing plot, and great pace. This made for a perfect vacation read!

I received your package today @wanderinglynn Thanks again for your generosity! I've heard great things about this one.

This was my brother‘s pick this month for our family book club. I really enjoyed it. It kept me entertained and wanting to keep reading.

Unseasonably warm today - doing some #audiogardening for the #screamathon with some fuzzy buzzy friends 💛 🐝

Uneven and ultimately disappointing. An intriguing premise that failed in execution. My two main issues: (1) there‘s no real plot. The MC just stumbled around reacting for a large chunk of the book. No driver, no motivation, nothing. (2) there‘s no science in this “Science Fiction” book. Not even one mention of physics, just that multiverse travel was “figured out” by this genius guy. 🙄 I skimmed the last 1/3 just to finish it.

Love the dedication to Grandma Tree 😆

Lisa - I‘m finally starting this one! 🎉

Here's my #August wrap-up!

I finished the #botm 2021 reading challenge! Particularly excited bc I didn't manage to complete the challenge in 2020. Excited for my socks in the next box!

Traveling between parallel worlds is possible, but only if the version of you from that universe is already dead. Because rich white men tend to live until old age many poor PoC youths are brought in to gather data from these counterpart earths. This is what happened to Cara, who happens to be a poor bisexual black woman who is VERY good at her job.

Johnson's writing is flawless. This book hits hard and fast and is so completely worth it.

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definitely a keeper.

The nice thing about having a laser is that I can do very specific requests from friends. My plan for today is to get all the staining done so that I can clear coat tomorrow.

My hold on the tagged book just came in and I'm really excited to start it!

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With the beautifully detailed world building and the great characters I felt in the beginning that I was going to love this one. Sadly, it became a little monotonous after the halfway point and I found myself not as interested in the trajectory of the story.

I'd try something else by this author though in the future because there was great potential with the writing.

So this was labeled sci-fi. Nope. Not really.

The summary was intriguing!!

The sci-fi elements were few & far between & only explored superficially.

It‘s a drama, subtle racial segregation, political posturing, class warfare, sapphic love story that felt very YA.

Characters were a bit flat & the romance felt forced.

I was disappointed that this was not categorized correctly. It wasn‘t what I expected so stars were lost.

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#bookspin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks Here is my June list!

This is a sci-fi story, not my usual genre but I enjoyed it. It has a multi-verse worlds, travelling, secrets and a plot that endangers not just her world but the entire universe. This is the Illumicrate copy!

I feel like sci-fi plots are meant to be dramatic in some way. And unfortunately this novel was a letdown. The author gave a half hearted ending. The worlds were interesting. The live interest I was rooting for. But in the end the book falls flat.

This is a solid debut. I would have made each chapter set in a different Earth and identified which Earth at the start of each chapter to make it less confusing. The main character made some stupid decisions through out the book and I kept thinking the character was too smart to make those choices. I did not expect the ending and could see it being made into a trilogy. The book did have good characters and world building. It would be a good movie.

A bit of comfort after a long ass day.

I can‘t tell you enough how much I loved this! I wish I read it earlier and I want to read it again! We follow Cara, a traverser. She lives in a world where interdementional travel has been discovered and implemented; the one catch being you cannot visit a world where you still live so only a select few are able. Action packed and thought provoking and filled with all the various types of love you can think of.

Maybe i‘ve become too impatient as a reader but i‘m past the first chapter and feeling very meh. The author is throwing a lot of exposition my way for world and character building sake, but since it isn‘t integrated into the scenes i‘m reading it doesn‘t stick.

#thespacebetweenworlds
#micaiahjohnson
#coolitwiththeexpositionplease

Love this!

" ... People edging out other people to make money buying and selling something invisible just sounds like rich-people problems."

Yup! ?

Proof that a reading slump does not necessarily slow my book purchasing. If anything, I think it makes it worse. Like, maybe one of these will excited me?!

My BOTM picks. Rom com/cozy mysteries are hitting the spot right now. I was just thinking last night BOTM should do a cozy mystery sometime.

Starting my #doublespin.
Yup, this one is right up my alley.

Halfway done with my #botm reading challenge!

First off, The Space Between Worlds is an absolutely phenomenal book. Beautifully written and I highly suggest you pick it up. While it discusses the multiverse and has other facets of sci-fi the book is just a masterpiece.

4 weeks, 7 audio books and the finished blanket. Not bad for a first attempt!
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My reading buddy 😴❤️
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This was great! I was impressed by the world building & the rules about who can & can't travel to other worlds. The MC is black, bi, full of snark & affection, only alive on 8 worlds & determined to stay that way. The secondary characters are fully fleshed out, except, perhaps the villain. I liked everything about this- esp that it appears to be a stand alone rather than the start of a series.
TW for domestic violence

“Because that‘s what a sister is: a piece of yourself you can finally love, because it‘s in someone else.”

― Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds

These got here yesterday! I‘m glad you guys got more out of my pick than I did. I enjoyed reading your comments. 😊
I‘ll get started on The Space Between Worlds soon. 😄
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