Ninefox Gambit | 
pickI read this book for my Summer Reading Challenge. I chose it for the Locus Winner: First Novel.
Despite being confused for the first several chapters, I did enjoy this book. I always struggle to wrap my brain around sci-fi novels. I enjoyed the story and the main characters. It gave me Cyberpunk 2077 vibes. That helped me understand more of what was happening. It was nice when things finally clicked.
I am looking forward to reading the sequel.
I am once again being very ambitious, this is my reading list for August.
1. Mus of Kerbridge by Paul Kidd
2. Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
3. Can't Spell Teason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
4. The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette De Bodard
5. A Wolf for a Spell by Karah Sutton
6. A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
7. Discord's Apple by Carrie Vaughn
8. Foxglove by Adalyn Grace
9. A Tempest of Tea by Hafsa Faizal
10. Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee
i remembered loving NINEFOX GAMBIT (i have been raving about it for years) but the glorious truth is, as i reread it for the first time, it‘s even better than i remembered
#AmReading
In celebration of the #TransRightsReadathon, I'm highlighting openly trans and nonbinary authors this week. Looking for some intense scifi for adults or for kids? Check out Yoon Ha Lee!
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panI found this one to be very confusing right from the start and then just kept asking myself what the point to the book was. Why was I being told this story?
I read this for my family book club and it was a dud. Personally I would not recommend it.
Finished Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery this month and taking both Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee and A Gathering of Ravens by Scott Oden into July.
Reading this one in small chunks each week for book club and managed to get myself up to date. 140 pages.
I‘m also reading Anne of the Island along side this and I‘ve managed to get 150 pages into it.
Both books are just ok for the moment but hopefully they get better as I keep going.
#joysofjune
I‘ve been reading this scifi book on my Kindle over the holidays. I‘m not sure I‘m understanding calendrical heresy and mathematical space battles. Thought I would include a photo of my canine friend Tucker , he‘s as puzzled as I am.
pickI see why this book is so popular! It's military sci-fi that really leans into the horrors of war, so it won't be for everyone, but it's worth it if you can stomach it. I'm looking forward to the rest of the trilogy.
This was this month's #BookSpin book, and exactly what the challenge is intended for: making me get around to things that have been on my TBR forever. Thanks, @TheAromaofBooks!
pickI'm not a huge fan of sci-fi with distopian worlds or of books focused on war tactics (especially sci-fi), so most of this book was so-so for me. However, the last fifth of the book was highly captivating. I went from not planning to read book 2 to looking up where I could get ahold of it. Throughout, I loved that the author's background in math became an integral part of how the war tactics worked. Very fun!
#LGBTQAuthors #scifi #math
I'm sorry, did you write this envisioning people sitting on the floor in front of doors? 😂 This audio crafting has taken a weird turn.
Audio-crafting time! This craft is going well so far. #Craft #AudioBook #AudioCrafting
pickI tried to read this once before but was put off by so many terms thrown at me from the start that I couldn't understand nor picture. Deciding to try again, I found at about the third chapter in I was able to connect with the protagonist and let go of the fact that I didn't know what half the terms meant. After awhile, I got the gist of ships, factions, house names, etc. The key was to just ignore what I didn't understand and keep reading.
An unrelated but disturbing flower image, just for giggles.
I am giving this book another try even though I bailed the first time with a curmudgeonly review. Like China Melville's stories, I'm frustrated by the abstract that keeps me from understanding and thus enjoying them. Now that I have more downtime, maybe my brain will losen up a bit and they'll make more sense.
BWAHAHAHA I AM NO LONGER BEHOLDEN TO THE LIBRARY‘S ARBITRARY LOAN PERIODS!
pickI enjoyed this book, but I think it was a bit too sci-fi for me. I had a hard picturing what was happening for a lot of it. I definitely want to read the next book in the series, partly to see if I'll be able to understand it a bit more.
Here's my June #BookSpin list. Thanks as always to @TheAromaofBooks!
I'm starting to feel bad about how many of these books are on my list month after month but never get chosen. I haven't had much time for extracurricular reading outside of #BookSpin and #ReadHarder, but hopefully that will change soonish and I can pull some others off the list.
And I fixed the encoding issues I was having - see #16 for proof.
I‘m really struggling with all the new terminology and worldbuilding that has been crammed into the first three chapters so far. I hear it gets easier after a bit, though, so I‘m going to give it at least 100 pages. I also kind of wish I hadn‘t read the blurb on the back; it oversimplifies what‘s going on in the beginning in a way that confuses me.
pickExcellent. In spite of all the destractions as we shut down this week. This book kept pulling me back in. The world building is really interesting and unique. The characters are engaging and lively. High quality Space Opera.
pickMy review of Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
Full review here: https://wp.me/p21txV-Fj
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ of 5 ⭐️s
Coming back to play after two years, and whoo, there's quite a backlog. Getting to work on that now though - and this seemed like an appropriate thing to post.
Here's my #BookSpin list for March. This month I decided to be a giant nerd and write a script to take a tbr spreadsheet and sample 20 from it, weighted by priority. It's a work in progress but it works! @TheAromaofBooks
I, for one, welcome our petty robot overlords.
Context, the number is the robot's "name" here and it's insulting the canister (also partly robotic) in question.
1) Ninefox Gambit
2) A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
3) 4
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
Tackling this series as the final book in the trio is nominated for Hugo best novel this year. It‘s the last of the novels I need to read before voting so have to get through this whole series before month end.
Took me three attempts to finally get really into this book (other reading obligations kept getting in the way), but we're finally in it now! I have so many questions.
Because there's a sale and my wife is reading the series and loving it and because why not, here are five redemption links to get this book free on UK Kindle:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle/redeem/?t=GSQETH9DQ2ZBAJ5
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle/redeem/?t=GSFKD7LYBYAQ7Z5
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle/redeem/?t=GSWM3KTPVY8QRFJ
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle/redeem/?t=GS4G232JF2R48ZH
https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle/redeem/?t=GSAN8USH4AGA2HZ
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! My haul from the 3 stores I hit before my energy faded.
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