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My husband did an exceptional job at Christmas this year, giving me gift cards to TWO independent bookstores, Cannon Beach Book Company and Beach Books in Seaside. I went to both today and had a good, old fashioned browse, finding these, only one of which was already on my TBR. I tagged the book for the cover you can‘t quite see. #bookhaul

I found a lot of this to be a bit boring, but the second half of the book picked up and made things interesting. It barely reached 3 stars for me, but I might continue the story whenever the next book comes out.

This was a little too much “dude bro“ for my tastes and the second half dragged on. There was definitely some humor but Kevin R. Free's narration was flawless and the only thing that kept me going.

This book enlightens in a comprehensive and practical manner… we know we are not the only beings in the universe, so what if… what a way to hope for a better future and devise a better system. Loved Samantha, Adam, Athena, and Hamish all of the characters provided a different perspective and I wish this could be a series… great read … this begins me “Malazan bingo read for this year” one down📖

Some of these epigraphs just crack me up or present significant thought into the question “what if”

While “Automatic Noodle” is short in length, it is long in wisdom and a sense of fun.

A short listen from the queen of Futurism.
It was a bit unbalanced the first story being more than twice as long and in depth then the second. But this is a fantastic book for someone who needs an introduction to OEB both stories are unrelated but have the same themes and ideas as her series.

First book read from @Karisa ‘s #AuldLangSpine list! Cozy Sci-Fi: a genre I really didn‘t know existed but I really liked this one. We follow Detective Dorothy Gentleman who is placed in another person‘s body and works to solve a murder on the Fairweather spaceship. It even included a yarn shop 😊 Fairly straightforward? Not at all. It‘s sci-fi, so there is much more going on. I was happy to see that there‘s a second book in the works. #ALSpine

In this hilarious novella, failed astronaut and current drunk Walter decides to build a rocket when his cousin is left behind on the failing ISS. It gets very silly and I laughed my way through it. No horror in this one from Hendrix, and he includes a bit about his pivot to fiction at the beginning (a pivot I‘m so glad he made). This was previously published under the title Occupy Space.