pickWell, I‘m sure glad I didn‘t check to see what y‘all thought of this book before I read it because WOW, there is *no* Litsy Love to be found! Was it an alien story? Nope. Were there some plot holes? I suppose, yes, but can‘t that also just mean that we get to walk away with some questions? Isn‘t it okay to wonder, to allow some space for our beautiful brains to choose imaginative explanations of our own? Anyway, I‘m making this a pick. ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Current #librarybook that I‘m reading on my new Kobo! Do you use an e-reader? I love it for reading at night and limiting my blue light exposure.
Even though it‘s winter, we‘ve had some warm days and I‘m craving books set in a cold and snowy place!
#JoyousJanuary #Midwintersolace
Planned weekend reading, as well as finishing the tagged.
@Andrew65
bailedYeah, this is bad. The writing is way more tell than show. I gave it the good ol‘100 pg try and couldn‘t. I made to 25 years into the future where there are 3 settlements and the first one we read about he keeps writing there, you‘re like family. Everyone there, they‘re family. They hugged because everyone there, they‘re like family. I just started laughing. Shoutout to Olive Garden‘s marketing because when you‘re there, you‘re family. Lol👇🏼
panThis was one I was excited to read even before the #tob24 long list came out. Unfortunately, it didn't work for me. Great ideas, interesting setting, but ultimately the author has too many unanswered questions and giant cavern sized plot holes.
And don't even get me started on that terrible ending! 🤦♀️ I will be surprised if this makes the shortlist.
panHoly plot holes, Batman! The premise of this book is so poorly constructed it‘s laughable. Aliens give all humans 30 days to move to Antarctica, and the majority of us don‘t make it and even fewer survive the first winter. However somehow supercomputers and an inventory of the of the DNA of every species that ever existed were moved and put in service of a crazy geneticist to save the human race by making non-human creatures to its not clear…⬇️
Two #tob24 pans coming this afternoon/tomorrow. 🤣😱 I think Cold People is the worst book I‘ve read this year. If I weren‘t a #completist of the shortlist, I wouldn‘t have finished either, but I DON‘T want to come back to them!!
Well, finally, another book for these two challenges. It was not on my list for #SummerEndReadathon, but I added it. @TheSpineView #IspyBingoSept one more spot @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks
so-soThis book was kind of boring. Yes, it had Alians in it. But we don't know why. 🤷 it seemed to drag for me. Lots of unanswered questions. I don't think there is a book 2, so I am left with like Whaaaaaat.....? It did give another bingo spot for #NSR23 @Nessavamusic and another book for #RushAthon @DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES
I select/borrow books for my grandparents and somewhere in a reserving spree, I reserved this one for my *pretty much exclusively reads crime & thrillers* grandpa - and he absolutely loved it - which is great - because I somehow missed that this was dystopian sci fi!
He even requested further books from this author!
And I love that for him.
This is my list for the #RushAthon Readathon @DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES I couldn't put photos of all, but I'm hoping to read all through these for this Readathon This should be fun
pickWhen an alien armada surrounds Earth, humans are given 30 days to make it to Antarctica or else. Alternating storylines show the desperate race to reach an extraordinarily brutal destination before the clock runs out and, 20 years later, the efforts humanity is willing to make to survive, even engineering cold-adapted beings (not all entirely plausible) who may no longer be human. Thought-provoking high concept SF with a touching emphasis on love.
pickLoved this read. 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶 Aliens come to Earth and give the directive for humans to survive only if they reach Antarctica in 30 days. Love at first sight, survival, DNA engineering in a read that makes you shiver. 🥶
Me and Daisy are taking a mental health day, and getting a head start on #MagnificentMay Readathon. My goal is to finish 6 books. I‘m in the middle of four so that should be doable!
pickOn a fantasy sci-fi kick. In this one, an alien invasion forces the surviving humanity to seek refuge in the Antarctic. Establishing a new colony, this civilization resorts to science and human experimentation to create a new breed of living beings for the planet leading to conflict and questionable ethics. Jumping from pre-invasion to a future dystopia, this frigid read leaves reading from page yo the next.
so-soI‘ve read and liked TRS before, but for me this apocalyptic novel doesn‘t measure up. The apocalyptic event just feels contrived to get to the story he wants to tell, about a small group of people in Antarctica trying to survive and yet making some very poor choices. Enjoyable at times, but full of holes and with a weak ending.
Excited to read the new book by Tom Rob Smith the author of the best selling Child 44
Now Available! 🥳🎉📚
Cold People by Tom Rob Smith
Book Review- https://www.boleybooks.com/2023//cold-people/
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Tackle the TBR 🤓📚
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What are you reading? 😊
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