How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel | 
pickEvery so often I encounter a book that feels like serendipity. If I had read this years ago, I would have panned it. I slogged through the beginning. I liked his world building, but had a hard time caring about the narrator. Then I got to the last 100 pages. I can see how it would be a bit of a downer, but he presents a very real articulation of life that is rarely heard in times where we must always portray our optimal selves.
so-soPathos and dry humour employed in the expression of the immigrant and first generation experience, slamming up against a wall of racial and class/economic privilege, seems to be Charles Yu's stock in trade. So does experimental writing styles. I'm basing this off of having only read Interior Chinatown before this one, but they do share some similarities.
Such satisfying descriptions.
"People who can't stop doing stupid things because of their stupid hearts." ?
Time machine use as distillation of the human condition. Damn.
Trying to decide if this would be better or worse than the real thing...
"...the strangeness of experience is no greater or less than intuitive notions of how things should be..."
What is reality and what is speculative fiction? How close do the two get in books these days?...?
Unorthodox how-to manuals...
An especially eclectic list for #bookspinbingo this month - sci-fi, fantasy, a couple of whodunnits, short stories, and rom-com! @TheAromaofBooks
pickTime travel books are brain melty and delicious 🤯💥🤯
I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description or reason for wanting to read the book. Some are old and some will be new. Don't judge me - I have a lot of books.
Day 109
#tbrmountain #bookbuyingdiet
so-soWhat the heck did I just read?
Leaving the farmer's market with three books and one bottle of wine. This feels like I'm winning at life.
“...unfortunately, it's true: time does heal. It will do so whether you like it or not, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. If you're not careful, time will take away everything that ever hurt you, everything you have ever lost, and replace it with knowledge. Time is a machine: it will convert your pain into #experience.”
#experience #QuotsyMay19
Yard work done for the day... time for a #readharder challenge read while my furry boy keeps a close watch for squirrels 🐿💕
Love a good...whatever this is 2/3 of the way through a piece of fiction. #scifi #scifinonsense #timetravel
Not sure this book is actually set in space? Like space space. Maybe more like L-space? But it is one of Book Riot‘s suggestions for this prompt so I‘m going with it. #abookbyanAOCinoraboutspace #readharder2019
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pickWhadayaknow, I got to finish another before 2018 goes out into the sunset!
This book reminds me strongly of John Dies at the End, it's all very meta in that the very book is a plot device & the author shares the same name as the protagonist. I was intimidated of this book a long time because science isn't my strength but you don't have to be a time traveler to appreciate the story of a guy trying to escape death and fix his life and family ties.
pickOne of the odder things I've read this year. Meta speculative fiction that takes time travel & turns the normal version of it on its edge. The author plays a lot with language & tenses & your brain gets a bit turned around trying to apply the linear-like concepts that help you keep track of things to a story that's not completely linear. An interesting read to be sure but definitely one where you need time to concentrate on what you're reading.
so-soThis really wasn't the "science fiction" book I was expecting. It's my pick for #lmpbc so I don't want to ruin it for #groupx. But I'll put some more thoughts in the comments.
Started this yesterday, as it's my pick for the Markup Postal Book Club. It's pretty good so far!
#lmpbc #groupx
@CarolynM @LapReader @thegreensofa
pickThis book is fascinating and boring, at once. The idea—a guy who does nothing but zip around various universes fixing broken time machines—is great. But he‘s depressed and fairly inarticulate so it feels like you‘re spending a lot of time with a morose 13-year-old even though he‘s supposedly 30-ish. I‘m half way through and I keep reading because occasionally there‘s something great, like the bit above. #scifi
pickLove love love love loved this book! I wanted an escape, but got so much more. It has depth and lots to chew on. It‘s a book I will read again and it will only grow more interesting each time bc each time I will find something new.
I can‘t put enough love stickers on this. Do you like science fiction? Do you find meta fiction fascinating?? Do you like smart writing?? READ THIS BOOK! Omg. I keep going “No way!” And “that‘s genius!” I don‘t want to post all the cool things bc I think that would detract from the experience of reading this. Holy 🐮 this is a good book.
Only a few pages in and already...*squeals of excitement*
Hmmm. I have two boys; one is 9, the other 6. My 9 year old has entered this, and it‘s been a struggle to know how to deal with it - as a Mom. I didn‘t realize it was such a universal thing...
1. Hoping to finish it today. 🤞
2. The story in the photo is my favorite I've read this week. #KittiesForLiteracy #KFL
3. I haven't signed up, but I'm planning to knock a book or two off my TBR.
4. My opinion on prison libraries? They have their prose and cons.
5. On it. 👍
#friyayintro @jesshowbooks
It's a beautiful day to start a new #bookclub read (and maybe get a little sunburned in the process.)
Kinda reading this for class, kinda reading it jus cause. I don't actually think I'll finish it this semester but I could use a little fun. Ft TARDIS lights! #college
Do I have any #timetravel books? Why yes, yes I do. (Day 8 of #sizzlinsummerbooks) #tbr #scifigirl @Tiffy_Reads
Love this book and it has little truths like this hidden all throughout it
More book buys 😁📚📚📚
so-soI dig the experimental structure of the book itself, and I loved the conceptions of a kind of mathematics to describe narratives...I just felt like there wasn't much more going on than huge passages of narration with not much happening in too many places. Be aware: the title might lead you to think this is a comedy. It is not.
This book describes feels I didn't even know I had. Soooo good
