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Drunk on All Your Strange New Words
Drunk on All Your Strange New Words | Eddie Robson
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Eddie Robson's Drunk on All Your Strange New Words is a locked room mystery in a near future world of politics and alien diplomacy. Lydia works as translator for the Logi cultural attaché to Earth. They work well together, even if the act of translating his thoughts into English makes her somewhat wobbly on her feet. She’s not the agency’s best translator, but what else is she going to do? She has no qualifications, and no discernible talent in any other field. So when tragedy strikes, and Lydia finds herself at the center of an intergalactic incident, her future employment prospects look dire—that is, if she can keep herself out of jail! But Lydia soon discovers that help can appear from the most unexpected source... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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SaunteringVaguelyDownwards
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Not a bad reading year! Didn't hit my goal of 100 books, but I'm starting to realize that may not be realistic now I'm no longer involved in the curriculum review project. I'm amused at the discrepancy between the longest and shortest book - that's what comes of teaching children's lit! Will be interesting to see if Pratchett is top next year as I continue the Discworld series.

Tagged book was my favorite of the year for its original concept!

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rabbitprincess
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There was a lot for me to like in this book: translators, sci-fi, locked-room mystery, and a writer who‘s done good work for the Doctor Who Big Finish audio dramas. It took me a long time to pick up, but once I did, I read it in a day.

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Beachesnbooks
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August TBR! Taking part in #ARCAugust and the #newreaseathon , so it'll be a lot of 2022 books for me.

Clwojick I‘ve heard good things about Women Eating🖤 (edited) 2y
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Wow! What a fun and inventive read! Set in the future, Lydia works as a translator for the cultural attaché of an alien race. This species, the Logi, communicates telepathically. Lydia is able to translate, though like all such translators, prolonged communication renders her feeling drunk! Part locked-room mystery, part comedy, this is a fun and fast read that took me by surprise! I loved it- and can‘t wait to check out more from this author!

kspenmoll Sounds good! 2y
annahenke Intrigued! 2y
TorieStorieS @kspenmoll @annahenke I really had a great time reading it- I hope you enjoy it, too!! 2y
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