so-soA bit too cozy of science fiction for me. Plus, I actively hate the robot. Think I need a story with a bit of teeth to keep me hooked.
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built | 
so-soA bit too cozy of science fiction for me. Plus, I actively hate the robot. Think I need a story with a bit of teeth to keep me hooked.
Feeling incredibly called out by this (so far) gem of a book. ❤
pickA soothing balm of a book about a troubled soul looking for peace and purpose in an optimistic, abundant future. Dex is a nonbinary travelling tea monk. They wonder off their life path, literally, into the wilderness. They meet Mosscap, a descendant of sentient robots who left civilization 200 years ago. Mosscap has been sent to investigate the current state of humans. A delicate friendship between these 2 oddballs blossoms. Cozy queer sci fi!
The robot arrives!!
Also Dex's delight at being alone in the woods where no one knows where they are deeply resonates with me.
pickThis was the most heartwarming thing I've read in a while. Becky Chambers as usual builds a future world that is realistic and relatable, with wonderful characters on their own journeys. The story is simple but profound.
The best description of the forest floor I have ever read!
I made peanut buns and an extremely unhealthy cappuccino to use up the last of the half-and-half. Now I‘m gonna see how I like A PSALM FOR THE WILD-BUILT. #gaymay
pickThis was good! Cute and philosophical, short but I think the right length for what it is.
Much prefer this to the Alchemist and will start convincing people to read this instead 😆
"It is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it"
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
1) A Psalm For The Wild Built; The Hacienda; Sweet Tooth (Mcewan)
2) star jasmine
3) Unfortunately work, then watering the plants and reading
Yo, yo, yo! This month Tor‘s eBook Club book is actually a bundle of three! Available for download in mobi and ePub formats before 11:59 PM ET, May 6th, 2022.
https://ebookclub.tor.com #TorBookClub
Available in the US and Canada.
pickTruly a spiritual experience reading this book. I got it from the library but will definitely be purchasing now because there were so many quotable nuggets of wisdom I want to revisit.
The world Chambers imagines for the future is one I really want to live in. Hopeful, clever, funny, cathartic, simultaneously so unique and so natural.
Highly recommend!!
For those who read it: Did you want it to be longer, or was it just the right length?
pickI simply loved this book. It was beautiful, not sure how else to say it. I would like to say more but don't want to spoil it so I will just say that the way a monk and a robot try to help each other understand the world, themselves and their purpose is really really beautiful and inspiring.
It instantly became a favorite of mine that I will not just have to own but it will be one I will gift every time I can.
pickAhhh. This small book (147 pages) is as wonderful as a hot cup of tea. In a fictional world where the robots have long since become sentient and have walked into the wilderness and never come back, one young monk encounters a robot in the wild. Their conversations about longing and purpose are profound. A lovely, soothing book. Perfect for our troubled times.
pick5⭐ While this book certainly made me think and discusses some difficult and profound topics (and even made me tear up a bit), it was a wonderful escape from the stresses of the world. I described this book when I was first reading it as a warm hug of a book, and that is still how I feel about it. I'm definitely going to have to add it to my personal library, so I can thrust it upon others to hear their thoughts. It is a book worth talking about.
It's a dreary day today, but I have a warm hug of a book to read while I finish my coffee. I'm really enjoying this one so far.
pickI expected to love this book, but found that I only liked it instead. It seemed to take too long before Mosscap entered the scene. I did love the character of Mosscap and its desire to know what humans need. I didn't like Dex nearly as much, but perhaps that was the point. The they\them as a singular pronoun was an unique approach. It was a little jarring at first, but after awhile, I didn't notice, especially when listening to the audiobook.
1. A Psalm for the Wild-Built
2. I do both. Most of my holds are e-books.
3. The Paris Apartment.
pickI have come to love Chamber's prose. Her books are uplifting and this one is no different. It is about searching for identity and is more physchocial than the others I have read by her. If a book could be comfort food then her books are most definitely that. 4⭐
“So, the paradox is that the ecosystem as a whole needs its participants to act with restraint in order to avoid collapse, but the participants themselves have no inbuilt mechanism to encourage such behavior.”
pickWhen the robots of Panga gained consciousness they came to an agreement with the humans, and went off into the wild, never to be disturbed by the humans. Centuries later, a tea monk is in search of purpose and feels they will find it in the wild.
Robot is searching for the answer to “What do people need?” In an effort to find out, Robot must enter the world of humans, the first time a Robot has done so in centuries.
"You keep asking me why work is not enough, and I don't know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don't need to justify that, or earn in. You are allowed just to live. That is all most animals do".
pickI'm not usually one for re-reading, but this book is so soothing that I find myself coming back again. I adore Chambers' immersive worlds, and am so looking forward to the next one.
I'm not religious at all, but the idea of a God of Small Comforts is one I could certainly get behind.
pickA very nice comforting book with the king of comfort for company. I really look forward to the sequel.
pick🎧 Robots gain sentience. Humans release them from servitude. Robots disappeared into the forest.
Sibling Dex is a monk that serves tea & Robot Mosscap has come to find out what humans need. The book explores this & their relationship as it grows during their search for answers.
Mosscap is endlessly curious & excited about minutiae.
Loved this simple novella that will make you think. It was heart warming. Calming.
#sharreadathon
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pickThis is a lovely little palate cleanser novella. It made me feel peaceful and calm and wanting nothing more than a cup of tea.
#pantone2022 #popsugar #pop22 ~ Hugo Award (author)
pickI don‘t know what I was expecting, but it was not this. This is slow and sweet, quiet and profound. Dex and Mosscap are delightful characters and the end left me in tears wanting to hug them both. I hope there are more Monk and Robot books because I want to spend more time with these two. 💖 Oh, and I also want a cup of tea now.
pickI am not a huge fan of short stories and novellas. I feel like you just get invested in them and then they are over. I read Becky Chambers other novella in the last couple years and it didn't stick with me at all, even though I liked it at the time.
I really enjoyed this one. I again feel like it really got good as it was getting near the end, but I guess that just means I will want to read the sequel. The characters were great!
What a wonderful start to my reading year! Thank you @monalyisha for organizing another awesome round of #NewYearWhoDis and for gifting me with a fantastic reading list! I've read and enjoyed all those pictured (well, I'm half way through Plain Bad Heroines, but I'm enjoying the trip so far!). Psalm for the Wild Built and Clap When You Land were stands outs, but really I loved every one. I hope you liked reading from my list as much as I did yours
The cover sucks but Littens think the story is GREAT! Best Short Story Novella (under 130 page I believe). #LitsyAwards2021
panSo this turned out to be Not For Me in spite of clearly being for me in so many ways. But it got under my skin in the wrong way and all the adorable robots and harmonious world building couldn‘t balance that out. Gah. Still making me irritated just thinking about it.
“The wilderness was not known for letting the foolish return.”
It speaks volumes that I‘m low key hoping Dex doesn‘t. But this is Becky Chambers, so I guess they‘ll be fine and will survive to get a bunch more side eye from me.
#LMPBC Round 13 - #GroupE
@rsteve388 @johanna414
@suvata has mailed a book to @DGRachel
pick• Read in January 2022 for Litsy Markup Postal Book Club #LMPBC Round 13 - GroupE
Read in one sitting. Couldn‘t put it down. Absolutely brilliant and thought-provoking.
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Bang, straight between the eyes with the first sentence. Yes, yes they do.
A little over halfway through January, and I have a bingo! And finished both book spin and double spin reads! 😋 it‘s been a strange month so far - two DNFs already, and January isn‘t over, when last year I DNFed only 3 altogether… it‘s ok, 2022, there‘s still time, haha #bookspinbingo #bookspin #doublespin
#LMPBC Round 13 - #GroupE
@rsteve388 just wanted to let you know that I received the book a few days ago. I totally forgot to post that. But, rest assured, it is in my hands and I‘m anxious to read it.
pickBeautiful, thoughtful, soul soothing. A sci-fi/philosophy/nature/buddy road trip novella that offers an opportunity to slow down and take a breath. I just pre-ordered Prayer for the Crown Shy from my local bookstore.
@monalyisha - this one paired nicely coming off of World of Wonders. The deep love and awe and just notice given to the natural world. #NYWD22 #NewYearWhoDis
You know when you just pick up the right book at the right time? We're back in semi-lockdown, virtual schooling, uncertainty and stress. This book is a balm for the soul. In reading it a lot slower than normal, because there's just not a lot of time in my days this week, but those little escapes are so soothing. I meant to read this when it first came out, and for some reason never picked it up. Maybe it was a sign, it was telling me to wait 👇
When a book makes you feel seen right from the dedication. 💗💗💗
#NewYearWhoDis #NYWD22 @monalyisha
My #12thBookOf2021 for #December is this powerfully told little charmer of a novella from the queen of sentimental SciFi. A metaphorical tale of what exactly is life, told through the wanderings of a disenchanted Tea Monk searching for his purpose, & a wild-built sentient robot on the same journey. It was sweet, it was kind & as all her books do, it makes you think. Cannot wait for more! #12BooksOf2021
Immediately charming + cozy. A perfect start to a new reading year!
