Litsy

Of Monsters and Mainframes | Barbara Truelove

January #bookspinbingo board. I'm penciling in Oyinkan Braithwaite for #BIPOCIntlAuthorArtist2026 since @GatheringBooks challenged me to find my own list and to add in with all my other buddy reads. Currently reading the tagged #bookspin pick and greatly enjoying it, although my #USpresidents choice is forming a pleasant way to survive my morning commute.

Amiable, TEArificbooks, TheAromaofBooks

Amiable Happy to hear that George is being helpful! 😀 18h

TEArificbooks Oh I read that book a couple a years ago. My son had to a report on that battle so we buddy read the book. 17h

Larkken @TEArificbooks did you two like it? It's a bit mired in the backstory rn, but I could prob stand to learn more about the British army too, I guess😆 14h

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!! 14h

TEArificbooks @Larkken it is an interesting bit of history and one of the sneakiest under handed thing Washington has ever done. He really needed a win so you broke some moral rules to win. It picks up the pace after he starts crossing the river. 12h

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MatchlessMarie

Of Monsters and Mainframes | Barbara Truelove

Loving this one so far 😂

Jari-chan Relatable 🙃 19h

Deblovestoread I feel this quote on the daily, 😂 19h

Offmybookshelf Same. 19h

Larkken This is a lot of fun! I am also currently reading it 😍 18h

TheEllieMo I can relate to this… 17h

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Robotswithpersonality

Of Monsters and Mainframes | Barbara Truelove

Let's start the 2025 favourites recaps with my favourite genre: sci-fi.
Top row = best of the best,
Middle row = more robot-forward picks,
Bottom row= sci-fi horror and sci-fi mystery

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Eggbeater

Of Monsters and Mainframes | Barbara Truelove

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Cute horror and snarky AI combine to create this weird, wild adventure. The book is funny and entertaining, and I can picture it as a movie. The spaceship itself is enlisted in the fight against evil monsters. Ya gotta love it!

BookmarkTavern I loved this one too! 1w

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Texreader

The Revenge of Dracula | Peter Tremayne

We each open a gift on Little Christmas Eve (today), tradition husband brought from Norway. This book is from my husband. One of only 1250 copies from first American edition in 1978, signed by the author and the artist. Husband just rocks!!

BookishMarginalia 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 2w

AnnCrystal 🤩📚💝. 2w

LeahBergen What a wonderful gift! 2w

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Kboltz

Of Monsters and Mainframes | Barbara Truelove

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Our favorite monsters on a spaceship in the future. The AI on the ship, Demeter saves the day. Weirdly good and I loved it. Not for everyone unless you love to read something new. Dracula, the Werewolf, Frankenstein, the mummy all make appearances. 🧛🧛🧛🧛

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Robotswithpersonality

Of Monsters and Mainframes | Barbara Truelove

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I had no idea what this book would be when I picked it up but it turned out to be everything I wanted.
When it comes to genre distribution I think it's an even split between sci-fi and horror with a sprinkle of fantasy. I adore the writing, how the multiple POVs and time jumps were expressed via the formatting, the sci fi twists on classic horror/adventure figures, the banter, the occasional dark humour, the emotional heart, 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? the strong characterization and unique perspective of both ship minds/AIs and other beings, the burgeoning relationships, the rocky road to found family.
Definitely high stakes and trauma, strong themes of individuals getting their power back, of 'monsters' reconciled to their own nature, their own motivations, seen as more than something to be feared, which does not stop the Bad Guy from being truly loathsome. 1mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/3 There are aspects of this book that remind me of Becky Chambers' Wayfarers series, but it does earn its dark and gory horror tag, so be warned. 1mo

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Texreader

Powers of Darkness: The First Dracula | Bram Stoker

#wordoftheday

I didn‘t know the second “e” was silent

“Several hundred boats joined the cortège of the river, and almost the entire town participated in the funeral procession that followed the coffin, which was carried by eight sea-captains, up the steps to the grave…. Lucy herself, pleaded to attend the funeral, otherwise I would not have liked to suggest it, fearing it would upset her, and she also wished us to sit on our usual bench and…⬇️

Texreader seemed to have forgotten completely that it was here they had found our poor old friend dead after that awful night.” 1mo

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Texreader

Powers of Darkness: The First Dracula | Bram Stoker