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Robotswithpersonality
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Rainy April day means hot chocolate and curling up with a big book.

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AlaMich
Caliban's War | James S.A. Corey
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I‘m enjoying this series a lot, but the constant references to this character‘s size (once she was described as having a “massive head”) are irritating and a bit sexist. The author doesn‘t do this with any other character, but he makes this woman sound like she‘s 7 ft tall and built like a linebacker.

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jodyroyer
Empire of Silence | Christopher Ruocchio

If you like good sci-fi, the Sun Eater series is for you. Christopher Ruochhio is an outstanding writer and he has crafted a galaxy that I can't wait to explore.

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majkia
The Captain | Will Wight

Okay, I read about a third of this and all it is is a narrative of a guy playing a video game. Boring...

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TheSpineView
A Desolation Called Peace | Arkady Martine
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#SpringSkies @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#AwardWinner

This book won the Hugo award in 2022.

Eggs 🏆 🖤🥇 4d
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Robotswithpersonality
Chilling Effect | Valerie Valdes
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Panpan

Well shucks. In reading this review, take into account the fact that I skimmed the last third because I just couldn't take it anymore. I like the idea of a found family crew, a badass female protagonist, various hijinks, emotional investment in relationships between characters. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? But I don't enjoy so much bad luck heaped on our heroes that the jam-packed action scenes leave me nothing but tense, especially when they are frequently accompanied by the self-flagellation shame spiral of the protagonist, and the frequent vacillation of interpersonal relations. 5d
Robotswithpersonality 3/? It took four missions for Eva to realize things had to change; considering the risk to her crew mates in missions two and three, that is an absurd buildup for no other reason than bulking up the text and ratcheting up the tension, at which point, I just get pissed off and impatient. 5d
Robotswithpersonality 4/? When the plot shifted to accompany the inevitable eventual epiphany of Eva that she couldn't keep this up, yet more shit hit the fan, again in an emotionally overwrought fashion. Somehow this character has time to get in and out of all kinds of trouble despite the amount of time she spends worrying about family, crew, friends and potential lovers, upcoming plans, recent and past mistakes, etc... it's just exhausting. 5d
Robotswithpersonality 5/5 I fear I'm failing to convey what bothered me because it all looks reasonable typed out. Maybe there are those who have the patience/temperament for it, but this wasn't leisure/entertainment reading for me, it was big ball of stress reading and I don't need that from my erroneously pitched as wacky 'it's got psychic cats and fish emperors!' sci fi. No, I will not be reading the sequel. 5d
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Robotswithpersonality
Chilling Effect | Valerie Valdes
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Does that count as a good trip, or a bad trip? 😵‍💫🌻

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Decalino
Lords of Uncreation | Adrian Tchaikovsky
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"Andecka Tal Mar: Intermediary in a three-crew ship named the Skipjack, currently operating with only two because every resource was stretched right now, especially the human kind."

Very happy to be reading this last book in the Final Architecture trilogy!

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

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Robotswithpersonality
Chilling Effect | Valerie Valdes
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Aaannd now we come to the downside of programmable tattoos. Which otherwise sound totally awesome, btw.

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majkia
Lords of Uncreation | Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Wow. Good wrap up for the series. The VUlture God crew is on the run from the Architects and from the creature(alien, whatever) that is making them attack and alter planets with intelligent life forms. What do they want? What can stop them?

I love the characters, who are exceedingly diverse. The story is imaginative, full of humor even in the face of terror. Brightly written, with great visuals throughout.

#Bookspin @TheAromaofBookd

tpixie This it? Nancy Pearl‘s Rule of 50 for dropping a bad book. Pearl, a famous librarian with her own action figure and author of Book Lust, acknowledged that the world of books is immense, but time is short. So “If you‘re fifty years old or younger, give every book about fifty pages before you decide to commit yourself to reading it, or give up.” Over fifty? Subtract your age from 100 and use that as your guide. 1w
majkia Yup 1w
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