Welcome to Litsy!

I loved this, more than the Blue Beautiful World. After a disastrous event, the remnant of a community move to a new planet. Their attempts to work out a new way of ensuring the community survives, when most of the women were killed.

Lord explains in the afterword that this was inspired by the 2004 tsunami, when far more many women died than men, something that I had missed.

LT also recommends Becky Chambers, which feels apt.
Recommended.

When we landed, a part of me almost expected the Sadiri priest to come flying out, grab Dllenahkh by the head, look deeply into his eyes, and exclaim, "My God, get this man to a meditation chamber, stat! Can't you see his rudimentary telepathic in- tegument is about to disintegrate?"

Or not. But the image almost made me giggle, which would have been unfortunate

The 3. book in this series is on the #WomensPrize2024 longlist, and while it is allegedly a standalone I've heard that a lot of the world building takes place in the first 2 books. Book 1 introduces the reader to the different types of humanity in the galaxy through a diplomatic/humanitarian hail mary on a homesteading planet that is a melting pot of cultures. Expect telepaths, empaths, diplomacy bordering on mannerpunk, and a slow burn romance.

This novel has many things in common with Becky Chambers work, although published before Chambers first novel. Light on plot, heavy on characters and looking at how SF can envision better futures for humanity. It also has the slowest of slow burn romances. Tectonic plates have gotten together faster than the love interests in this book. Heavy on growing together as people romance, zero erotic content. Which is how I like. Strong Pick.

A cosy science-fiction/romance book to unwind to.

Overall I liked this but it was different to the kind of sci fi I normally read. This was very much centered on the characters and their interpersonal relationships instead of some call to adventure or other plot driven narrative. I found it interesting that the author was inspired by a real world event and then speculated what that would mean in a more galactic civilization. There's also a very very slow burn romance.

Heading into this with Callie by my side. It‘s the last of this month‘s library stack.
#CatsOfLitsy

Wasn‘t a fan. Seemed a bit confusing

I enjoy Karen Lord‘s books so much. In this one, an anthropologist on a world called Cygnus Beta must help a group of massively bereaved Vulcan-like telepaths make their way back into society, partly by finding their cultural heirs in other areas of the world and looking for those who would form new settlements. There are questions of time travel, agency, power, & love - the conclusion seems foreordained, but the journey is fascinating.

Also in my Kobo “unread” pile, also clearly something I read when I got it, six years ago. Still rereading and enjoying despite the massive stack of new books I SHOULD be reading. Ummm. At least it‘ll be fast! More on the content when I review. #sciencefiction

Inspired by @monalyisha , here are 6 books that I really enjoyed but almost never see on bookish social media! I would love to see these get more love. Has anyone read any of these? #unsungheroes

#7favesin7days day 1

@lauren.lerner - fun challenge, thanks for posting 😊

These couple of new additions came in from the MySciFi book club.

#sciencefiction #scifi

It's a rainy Sunday morning and feels like fall, perfect for tea and reading. Switching between these two for my last couple hours of #litsypartyofone time, at least for today. Have plans with friends later today.

#Litsypartyofone starting off today with tea and me deciding to chuck my current reads and tbrs out the window* and reread this instead. If you haven't read this and diverse sff in the vein of LeGuin is at all your thing, this is a book for you. The only thing I don't love about this book is the cover.

*not literally. No books were harmed in the making of this post.

I stayed up late finishing this the other night. Definitely a love story, but not at all sappy.

Felt like a little sci-fi today.. I've been listening to this for a few days, and I'm really enjoying it's gentle way of exploring hard (for some) issues - gender fluidity, abusive relationships, galactic Refugees.. Genocide.. It's pretty amazing, the different cultures within cultures, the different directions taken to become a part of a new world.. Gorgeous stuff!

Waiting in an airport for sushi with a good book...the best way to wait!

Touching, funny, and creative scifi.