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The Spaceship Next Door
The Spaceship Next Door | Gene Doucette
The world changed on a Tuesday. When a spaceship landed in an open field in the quiet mill town of Sorrow Falls, Massachusetts, everyone realized humankind was not alone in the universe. With that realization, everyone freaked out for a little while. Or, almost everyone. The residents of Sorrow Falls took the news pretty well. This could have been due to a certain local quality of unflappability, or it could have been that in three years, the ship did exactly nothing other than sit quietly in that field, and nobody understood the full extent of this nothing the ship was doing better than the people who lived right next door. Sixteen-year old Annie Collins is one of the ships closest neighbors. Once upon a time she took every last theory about the ship seriously, whether it was advanced by an adult ,or by a peer. Surely one of the theories would be proven true eventuallyif not several of themthe very minute the ship decided to do something. Annie is starting to think this will never happen. One late August morning, a little over three years since the ship landed, Edgar Somerville arrived in town. Eds a government operative posing as a journalist, which is obvious to Annieand pretty much everyone else he meetsalmost immediately. He has a lot of questions that need answers, because he thinks everyone is wrong: the ship is doing something, and he needs Annies help to figure out what that is. Annie is a good choice for tour guide. She already knows everyone in town and when Eds theory is proven correctsomething is apocalyptically wrong in Sorrow Fallsshes a pretty good person to have around. As a matter of fact, Annie Collins might be the most important person on the planet. She just doesnt know it. The Spaceship Next Door is the latest novel from Gene Doucette, best-selling author of The Immortal Trilogy, Fixer, The Immortal Chronicles, and Immortal Stories: Eve.
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Rachiiebookdragon
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Mehso-so

A odd book. 3.5/5
Read for the April - #Buzzwordathon - Space words

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TiffanyMichele
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Panpan

So I was really loving this book. 1/2 through and I was sure it was going to be a five star!
And then it took a strange and .... weird turn.
Ending up a 2 star.
It‘s a sad thing, but it‘s the truth.

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Squidapus
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Pickpick

A fun book with an almost "too smart" 16 year old girl. Squidapus thought the book sets up a cute mystery with a spaceship that lands in a quiet Massachusetts town and does...nothing. He thought it mostly paid off. The lighthearted and comedic story and dialogue hits a jarring change midway through when stuff behind to get real, keeping a comedic tone but it's almost like a different story. Both parts were good, just not seamlessly transitioned

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Squidapus
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We've been reading so much big fantasy lately it seemed about time for a little sci fi. The first few pages of this have a really fun tone that Squidapus really liked. He still can't get over how good The Belles were, just absolutely enjoyable throughout

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QuoteQueen
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5/5💚

It started slow, which is fine with me bc you get a good feel for the characters before ship hits the fan (😂). The main character is a sarcastic witty delight, though the books is not spent entirely focused on her. The aliens are incredibly unique & I loved them, even if some of their abilities totally freak me out (not gonna spoil how, but I‘m going to quietly curse my 8yo who keeps unknowingly doing this to me).

Now I gotta find book 2

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rjsthumbelina
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Pickpick

Finally finished this book on my lunch break, now that grad school isn't quite as crazy! Even though it took me so long to read, I did enjoy it overall. Especially once the ship did something! I really liked Annie's character, and I thought the idea of the aliens was clever and different. 👽🛸
 @Shadowfat I will get it in the mail to you this week, probably on Wednesday

Shadowfat No worries, thanks for letting me know! 5y
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QuoteQueen
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This books got me like 🤔🤔🤔🤔

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QuoteQueen
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Since I ran out of SAOP books I thought I would venture away from the anime/manga realm to test getting back into the swing of reading. 😊 My 8yo got this book for me, so I can‘t wait to see how well she knows me. 😉

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rjsthumbelina
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Finally getting through this book! (Its not the books fault, it's my crazy busy life's...)

@Shadowfat this is your book, correct? I will be working to finish it this week!

GingerAntics This book sounds really interesting. 5y
rjsthumbelina It can be a little slow, but I am enjoying it overall. It's interesting to see how the community has changed before the spaceship does anything (besides land, of course) 5y
wanderinglynn Sounds like a fun book. Stacked! 5y
Shadowfat It is my book @rjsthumbelina . No worries I'm not in a rush to have it back. I had forgotten who had it so thanks for letting me know! 5y
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Beatlefan129
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Mehso-so

This book started picking up about 3/4 of the way through, but I still felt like the ending fell a little flat for me. It‘ll be on its way to the next reader shortly. #lmpbc

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Beatlefan129
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Working on the tagged book for #lmpbc with my sleeping hound next to me #dogsoflitsy #readinthenewyear
Happy New Year Littens!

wanderinglynn What a sweetie pie! ❤️🐶 5y
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Beatlefan129
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Looking forward to starting this, it looks good! #lpmbc#groupQ

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TorieStorieS
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Pickpick

Though #SciFi isn‘t my go-to genre, I had so much fun reading and listening (the narrator at 2x speed reminded me of Bob Newhart somehow!) that I immediately downloaded the sequel! A genuinely fun read!!

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avalinah
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The Spaceship Next Door has it all – the X Files mystery, the sweetness of Sarah Addison Allen-esque characters, the helicopter view of Neal Stephenson... It's the perfect book. Full review: http://bit.ly/2OdNFGX

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fmcgeough
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Pickpick

A small town in Massachusetts has a spaceship land in a field and....nothing happens. I really liked this exploration of people puzzled by a town's non reaction to an extraordinary event.

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EloisaJames
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This is written in a deceptively simple manner, like a 50s sci-fi film: engaging, cheerful & just interesting enough. The 50s feeling comes from the idea that humans are kinder/smarter/nicer than aliens, which feels out-of-date--these days we seem to instinctively turn to a tribe of superheroes. But I did stay up half the night to read it. #scifi #aliens. #50s

charl08 Have you come across this one? I really loved it, having read a lot of the 50s/60s stuff some years ago, this was completely different. 7y
EloisaJames @charl08 yes I read that one too. I thought it was like a good Star Trek episode--like but not love. Did you love it? 7y
charl08 @EloisaJames that may explain why I liked it - good antidote to all the nasty Brexit stuff going around this year. Not a favourite, but certainly an author I'll read again. 7y
EloisaJames @charl08 that's my reaction too--not perfect but kept my attention (Brexit? Try Trump...) outer space here I come! 7y
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