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The City We Became
The City We Became | N.K. Jemisin
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lil1inblue
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"I sing the city."

#firstlinefridays

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mjtwo
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29-30 Oct 23 (audiobook)
First book in a fantasy series about the ‘birth‘ of New York as a living city. I enjoyed this concept - five boroughs of New York (and many old cities of the world) were embodied in quite different characters. At times I lost track a little, particularly when the woman in white appeared. Poor Staten Island - I did feel for her ignorance, anxiety and bigotism and wondered how Staten natives would feel.

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BookishTrish
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I haven‘t been to NYC in 11 years but you can feel the love for it on every page of this fantasy novel.

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DivineDiana
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My first N.K.Jemisin read.The #booked2023 #afrofuturism prompt pushed me to read this signed book that has been languishing on my shelf since I ordered it for the author‘s talk. New York City is under siege by an invader with tentacles from another universe. The avatars of the various boroughs come together to save the city, as soon as they realize who they are, find each other and make a plan.The audio was excellent. A wild ride. Image- deathogs

Cinfhen Yay!!!! I love the graphics you found!!! I still have this prompt to go 😅 8mo
DivineDiana @Cinfhen I was happy that I found a book that I owned for this prompt! Don‘t think this one would appeal to you. Felt YA. 😘 8mo
Cinfhen Yeah, I tried the audio when it first came out and it wasn‘t for me - 8mo
Lauredhel @DivineDiana Oh that's really interesting - this didn't ping at all YA-ish for me. The main characters are all adults, and many teens I would think would be unfamiliar with Lovecraft. 8mo
DivineDiana @Lauredhel Good points! Thank you. 8mo
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kellyann28
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I am late this month on posting my list. Looks like I can scratch off The City We Became and All of Us Villians! #bookspin

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DivineDiana
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My new audio/physical book combo. So far, it is a wild ride! Such fun!

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IuliaC
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Mehso-so

This urban fantasy was just ok, not great.
Five New Yorkers have to combine their forces to protect the city in an interdimensional war and stop an ancient evil from tearing down the city.
It tackles various social issues, but I particularly enjoyed how it celebrated the city itself in its tremendous diversity.

CoffeeAndABook What a gorgeous reading spot 🤩🔆 8mo
IuliaC @CoffeeAndABook A good spot indeed 😊 8mo
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wideeyedreader
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This book. Why did I wait over a year to read it?? It‘s so good, I‘m blown away. Also, I‘m counting it for my march #bookspin and #doublespin, as both were to read any of my BOTM books that month! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!!! 10mo
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jackilynn
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Book club meets 1 week from Tuesday so I should probably actually start the book. This week is going to be packed with wedding stuff (my best friend is getting married & I am in the wedding) so it could be interesting to see if I actually finish it on time 🤔🤦‍♀️

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Tonton
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#Innocence 💙💛💗 #InQuotes “🗣️💕”

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs Great choice 💗 13mo
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CyaneFillion
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Enjoyed this book a lot! It has a very diverse cast and a very interesting eldritch premise, which I feel is a deliberate move away from racist works in the genre. While there were not many big catalysts in the book (I reckon those will be for the sequel), I did thoroughly appreciate the themes of racism, xenophobia and other very real issues that ultimately drove the plot more than whatever eldritch horrors there were. Highly recommend.

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Centique
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The best way to describe how this book feels to me as a reading experience is NK Jemisin does Marvel. It‘s Jemisin so it‘s diverse, it‘s queer, it covers topical political & social questions but it‘s also a bunch of ragtag heroes taking on an other worldly enemy in big, gnarly, superhero comic strip style, bif, pow, smack, street battles.
Incredible concept, five humans end up representing the five boroughs of NY - ⬇️

Centique this would almost work better as a powerful Netflix series - highly visual, with fascinating characters and backstories. My only qualm is that some of the heroes were more fully realised than others - but hey it‘s a series, so roll on Book 2. 1y
rmaclean4 I love her writing. The broken earth trilogy is a fav. I am hesitant about this series. 1y
Centique @rmaclean4 I haven‘t read that series yet but I loved the Inheritance Trilogy. This is very different, as the world and characters are much more realistic, so for me that loses some of the delight - but it‘s still very good. 1y
DivineDiana I just started reading this, and immediately thought Marvel and cinematic! 8mo
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Centique
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My obligatory summer “boat and book” photo. First day out on the water this summer!
Got very exciting when the kids found an unexplored old artillery shell on the island and we had to clear the beach and call the police. Thought you would like that story @Reggie Adventures! It‘s like we‘re The Famous Five😂😂

rockpools I love everything about this post. Happy Holidays, Paula ⛵️ 1y
Centique Thank you @rockpools 😘 1y
Centique That should say *unexploded 1y
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BarbaraBB The Five! How I loved them as a kid! Great picture too! 1y
squirrelbrain Did you have lashings of ginger beer too?! 1y
LeahBergen It‘s totally Famous Five! 😆😆 1y
Centique @BarbaraBB thanks Barbara! 1y
Centique @squirrelbrain aw I missed out on the lashings of ginger beer! We had lashings of L&P if you‘ve ever tried that. 1y
Centique @LeahBergen that‘s a #lifegoal achieved 😂 1y
batsy It's absolutely Famous Five!! Too funny 😂❤️ 1y
CarolynM What a fun story to tell! Do you know if they defused it or exploded it? Looks like a lovely day on the water too 🚤❤️ (edited) 1y
TrishB That‘s so cool 😁 1y
Centique @CarolynM they were old and cracked open so my hub reckons they wouldn‘t detonate but there was gunpowder coming out of them. Luckily it was a quiet spot so they just asked us to all clear out and they‘d come retrieve them. They‘ll probably take them to the navy base that‘s not far away and explode them or something? 1y
Cathythoughts You are out boating in beautiful weather 🥰 1y
erzascarletbookgasm Sounds like a grand adventure! Happy holidays! 1y
Rissreads Wow! What a story! I always wanted to be Nancy Drew. 1y
Reggie Ooooh!!!! What a story to tell. And what a fantastic looking day! 1y
Centique @Rissreads it was a bit of a Nancy Drew day! 1y
Centique @Reggie a stunning day after weeks of storms and rain. Everything is very green and humid at the moment - and bugs galore 😂😂 Hope you are feeling better xx 1y
Rissreads What was this book like Paula? 1y
Centique @Rissreads really good! Just getting my head around how to review it 🧐 1y
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IndoorDame
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Did I say I was going to be better about book buying? Yes! Did I then immediately go and raid the #BlackFriday book deals? Of course! Through some combo of credits (I seriously no longer understand how Amazon works) and deals the tagged book and the Christmas novella were free on kindle, the rest were from Audible‘s sale. #NovemberNarrative @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Wow!!! Great haul! 1y
Eggs I‘ve read City We Became, Paris Hours (5⭐️)!! Also, Magic Hour is a 5 ⭐️ (edited) 1y
Bookwormjillk I don‘t understand the Amazon credits either, but I usually have some and that makes me happy. 1y
IndoorDame @Eggs ooh, two 5⭐️ reads! I think I‘m even more excited about these now! 1y
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IndoorDame
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These 4 made it on a list of the top philanthropy fiction of 2020. The Jemisin is the only one I‘m familiar with, but now I want to read them all. #PhilanthropyDay #NovemberNarrative @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Perfect 👍🏼 🤩 1y
CaramelLunacy I enjoyed Tuesday Mooney! 1y
BkClubCare I‘ve read Oval! But I don‘t remember much 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1y
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Teresereading
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Hitchhikerbooks
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Holy sh*t f**k. This is amazing!

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GatheringBooks
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#JulyJam Day 30: #FriendsDay as Five total strangers representing NY‘s boroughs needed to team up and have each other‘s backs to save the world. Review is forthcoming.

Eggs That was such a clever premise by Jemisin. Pretty photo 2y
SamAnne I‘ve been wanting to get to this one for awhile. 2y
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GatheringBooks
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#JulyJam Day 9: #CookieDay with that lotus cake goodness along with Arabic sweet luqaimat.

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GatheringBooks
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#JulyJam Day 2: #IForgotDay is perfect for this novel with the main characters forgetting who they are as they gradually come into themselves and turn into breathing, living, walking cities. With mango mojito, lemon mint, and passion fruit mojito for refreshing beverages in the sweltering summer of Dubai. All non-alcoholic of course, just the way melikey.

Kimberlone Those passionfruit drinks 😍 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Those look delicious 😋 2y
Eggs Jemisin is clever🙌🏻🙌🏻 2y
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myellenbee
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All set for July! I just finished my June books! Potions are for Pushovers and The Whispering Dead. I also caught up on the May books! A Glimmer of Death and Mexican Gothic!
#bookspin #doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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GatheringBooks
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#BookMoods Day 28: I am expecting something #Bizarre from this (not so) new novel of Jemisin. In preparation for our upcoming trip to NY! 💕💕

Eggs I actually read this last year-futuristic! 2y
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Roary47
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Mehso-so

3✨ Five individuals lives change when they become parts of the cities of New York. They discover super powers to protect their city from what appears to be intergalactic or cross demention tentacles. If this bad force wins the cities on New York will be destroyed. This book was out there and I had a lot of trouble really focusing to the audiobook, but the background sounds were amazing and even made me jump a few times.

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Roary47
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Thanks for the tag @peanutnine 1.) The tagged book it set in Manhattan 2.)I finished it last night: Five feet apart. 3.) I‘m always behind the times in my reading, but The Paris apartment my Lucy Foley or The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St James #wonderouswednesday @Eggs Would you like to play @Ruthiella @Littlewolf1 @MariaW

Eggs Great reads📖👍🏼🤩 2y
peanutnine You're welcome! I've been wanting to read the tagged for a while, hopefully I'll get to it soon ☺️ 2y
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Roary47
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I had a long week and I came home to this luxurious bath, sushi, and my home town book club read ready to go. 🥰💛

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BehindthePages
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An amazing deep dive into modern society and all its complexity and nuances. The depth of imagination and the way prejudice portrayed is astounding. If you can, listen to this on audiobook. Being able to hear the different dialects used in New York City and the audio effects will add to your experience. I recommend this to fans of complex world-building.

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myellenbee
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May went a bit sideways, I started both picked books but ended up reading 2 others. They are back on the list. I'll try again.🙃🤷‍♀️

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Amandajoy
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I‘m home early. My husband won‘t be home for at least two hours. Which means I can listen to the last two hours of this book while doing a puzzle. I‘m so glad you picked this one for #nywd @sprainedbrain

wanderinglynn That looks like a fun puzzle! 🧩💜 2y
tracey38 What a cute puzzle! 2y
sprainedbrain Love the puzzle! 2y
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Amandajoy
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I got fancy new headphones for Christmas & am discovering the joy of #audiopuzzling. Puzzle people, what do you do with your puzzles when you finish putting them together?

EvieBee Yay! It‘s so fun! I disassemble them and put them in my closet to trade out with friends or work on again in the future. They‘re like books for me. 2y
JamieArc We have a local puzzle swap group. A few people have spots on their porches/in their garages where they keep puzzles for people to swap out. 2y
Kimzey I‘ve gotten into audiopuzzling in a big way this winter! 2y
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LiteraryinLawrence I take them apart and put them back on the shelf to do again in the future! 2y
monalyisha We stayed with friends of the family who would frame their favorites. Kinda neat! 2y
janeycanuck I pass mine on to my mom who seems to lead some kind of puzzle circulation syndicate. She‘s always shuffling puzzles around between people. 2y
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Clare-Dragonfly
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Mehso-so

I can see why people love this. I liked the concepts and the character relationships. But it just didn‘t do it for me.

2nd book for #NewYearWhoDis @HOTPock3tt @monalyisha #NYWD22

monalyisha Oh, bummer! I still need to read her. Planning on starting with The Fifth Season when I do. 2y
Clare-Dragonfly @monalyisha I bailed on The Fifth Season! But I‘m glad I gave her another try. 2y
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Kenyazero
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I'm joining @Andrew65 in #12Booksof2021, sharing one book every day that was our favorite read from a select month. The City We Became won May hands down, and I read several excellent books that month. This incredible urban fantasy might even be my favorite read of the whole year. Every time I pass a Starbucks I chuckle and imagine it coming to life as a monster. #Fantasy #LGBTQ #DiverseBooks

Andrew65 I really enjoyed that back in January. 2y
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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If you have this book and google on your phone have you seen the Google lens bring the cover to life? Very 😎
This is epic. The world inside our world Jemisin has created is layered complex and not going to be everyone's cuppa.
This reminds me a bit of Gaiman's bigger reads. My only complaint is I could have used more time getting to know some of the cities, but I understand why the action was more the focus, the pacing is excellent.

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RaeLovesToRead
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I've just discovered that this cover is interactive.... never come across this before! Wiggly tentacles surely improve any book 💚🐙

rockpools Very cool. I‘m going to have to look out for that. 2y
RaeLovesToRead @rockpools You have to look at it through Google lens and it becomes animated. I'm glad I noticed the icon 🙂 2y
DivineDiana I hope my copy has that! 🤞🏻 8mo
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IReadThereforeIBlog
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N. K. Jemisin‘s urban fantasy (the first in a trilogy) is a smartly imagined rejoinder to H. P. Lovecraft‘s racism by using his concept of “eldritch horror” and updating it to the ever-present problem of racism, “gentrification” and white privilege while making clear that New York‘s strength comes from its vibrant, cosmopolitan population. It‘s a clever, vivid read that really conveys the city‘s vibe and I look forward to reading the sequel.

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j9brown
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So cool and imaginative!
Took me a bit to get into it (I was a little more into her other novels, the high fantasy types of books) but this was really great and fun and well written. I ended up really enjoying it!

behudd Is this a standalone novel? Or part of a series? 2y
j9brown @behudd It's the first in what's supposed to be a trilogy, but the next one isn't out yet. 2y
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BookmarkTavern
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5 people wake up one morning to discover they‘ve become Avatars of the boroughs of New York City. Added to dealing with mundane problems like racism, homophobia, pice brutality, and gentrification, they also now have to worry about an Enemy that wants to erase NYC.

Took a while to get into with a lot of POV switching. It felt a little in your face with the messages, & the ending was too abrupt, but I‘m looking forward to the sequel. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern Also, I would be super interested in reading a review from someone who actually lives in New York, so if you‘ve got a link drop it here! 👇🏻 2y
BookmarkTavern @NikkiM5 Here‘s my review! 💕 2y
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BookmarkTavern
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It‘s doorknob time, y‘all! #AudioRepair

Ruthiella Good luck! I suck at that kinda thing. 3y
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Books88
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Adding to my #TBR

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vlwelser
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This #audiobook is amazing. The sound effects were great and the narrator does a really great job. This is (in a way) an ode to NYC. I'd be curious if the author could pull this off in other settings. You'd have to be pretty familiar with all the nuances of each place.

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Mitch I‘ve heard sooo many good things about this on audio. I have the book but tempted to go audio instead! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3y
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SilverShanica
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I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 251.
#bookstoread
#tbrpile
#bookstagram

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RaeLovesToRead
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Did somebody say SPRAYED EDGES??!!!!!! 💕

vivastory Love me some sprayed edges 3y
RaeLovesToRead @vivastory 😁😁 I'm a complete sucker for them! 3y
Ruthiella I‘ve read three of your four purchases and approve (Jemisin. Baldwin and Ried) ! I hope you like them all. 😀 3y
Mandoul Great choices! I enjoyed Kiley Reid and loved Jemisin. 3y
RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella @Mandoul Thank you both! 😊 I'm looking forward to reading them 😁 3y
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SignedBooksJunkie
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Finally finished this one. I'll admit I put off reading the last chapter for a while because I just didn't want this ride to end. :')

This acknowledgment makes me very emotional. My only wish is that we all find a home to love as much as New Yorkers love theirs.

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Minervasbutler
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The idea of cities having human avatars is a great concept, though I thought the actual book struggled to make the whole thing clear to the reader, or maybe I'm just deficient in whatever's necessary to make the imaginative leap. This is only the first in a projected trilogy, however, and I think I'll reserve judgement until the whole thing is published. For now, 3 stars.

Ruthiella I had trouble with this one too. I‘m not sure if I‘ll read on in the series. Maybe I‘ll wait for your review of the second book first! 🤪 3y
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SignedBooksJunkie
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Was anyone ever going to tell me how GOOD N.K. Jemisin is??! I'm in love.

Nute Girl, we needed a 1-hour conversation so that I could clue you in on her brilliance. Looks like now you know! She‘s on auto-buy for me!🙂 3y
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Caryl
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A friend loved this one, so I promised to read it as well so we could discuss. I liked it. Makes me want to see more of New York City someday. Looking forward to our book chat later this week! This was my June #BookSpin pick.

#BookSpinBINGO

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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