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Many years into the future, Earth has welcomed countless alien immigrants. Main characte/human Ashley is on her first day of the job serving the myriad aliens with constituent services—a sort of help desk—for the Third District. She helps a number of them right off the bat, with an upbeat, can-do attitude putting her on a collision course with a terror no one else in the city is aware of. Unbelievably all the little threads of stories come ⬇️

Soubhiville

Texreader together perfectly. I‘ve enjoyed almost all the Scalzi books I‘ve read, and this one might top them. I loved it! #authoramonth 4d

Soubhiville Sounds great! 4d

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The_Literary_Jedi

The Stardust Grail: A Novel | Yume Kitasei

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📚📚📚📚📚 Fast moving quest story set in the future and in space/ other planets. Interesting collection of characters too. #LSFBC

Pictured are books read in May 2025

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melissajayne

Beautyland: A Novel | Marie-Helene Bertino

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3.5⭐️ Read for an online #bookclub; very different from what I usually would read. Thought it was quite good, but the #audiobook was a bit creepy at times (I listened to the audio while I read it). Liked the perspective that it gave. #2025 #genremashup #literary #sciencefiction

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TheSpineView

The Stardust Grail: A Novel | Yume Kitasei

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so-so

#LitsySciFiBookClub #LSFBC
I could sum this book up as an Indian Jones wanna be in a SciFi setting. I liked the idea but I thought the execution was all wrong. It felt like the characters rushed from one heist to the next with something always going wrong in between and yet it was too quickly resolved. I think less scenes and more time spent struggling to find a resolution would have worked better. I also thought some of the interactions between

TheSpineView ...characters were off-putting. @Larkken @bnp @Johanna414 @BookmarkTavern @julesG @BookBelle84 @Readergrrl @CSeydel @Roary47 @Lizpixie @PaperbackPirate @PageShifter @kwmg40 @majkia @Bookwomble 6d

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CSeydel I‘m about two-thirds in and I honestly can‘t tell yet whether this will be a “pick” for me. I felt it started a little too tedious, but once they went to space and the plot got going, I enjoyed it more. It doesn‘t bother me that they are chasing the MacGuffin all over the galaxy, but right now it feels like she‘s set up a lot of loose ends and my ultimate review will depend on how well they‘re resolved. 6d

CSeydel I‘m listening to the audio and the narrator is terrific. I think it‘s also enhancing my enjoyment that I‘m listening together with my 23-year old son and we‘ve had some interesting discussions as we go along 6d

CatLass007 @CSeydel I think that‘s awesome! I frequently listen with my cats, but they‘re not exactly great conversationalists. I have listened with others on occasion and it does enhance the experience most of the time. I think it would make it extra special to listen with my godson or one of my other nephews. I have a great niece, but she‘s 10 1/2. I don‘t think she‘s really gonna sit down long enough to listen to a book just yet. 6d

CatLass007 There were things that I liked about the character, interactions and things that I didn‘t. Finding common ground with other human beings is difficult enough. Finding common ground with a member of an entirely different species with no real single frame of reference would be near impossible. I think the author shows that and I think that her characters managed to work through many of those difficulties together. 6d

CSeydel @CatLass007 It‘s certainly helped me flesh out my thoughts on the premise, characters and plot. We got on a roll last night speculating about what‘s really going on! 6d

CatLass007 Please let me know what the two of you think when you finish. If you remember, that is. 6d

julesG It's been a while since I read the book. Some things didn't make sense to me (like winning space fights against all odds) and I felt like a lot of information was missing - it could have been a book in a series where I hadn't read the previous books. I still enjoyed it, but I wanted more fleshed out characters. 6d

julesG Well, I guess I wanted more in general. Like another book, more heists. 😂 6d

Karisimo I haven‘t quite finished yet, but I‘m listening to it and wondered-is the author using made up pronouns? I‘m guessing this is more clear in print! 4d

TheSpineView @Karisimo I didn't think about it while I was reading. However, now that you point it out, they might be. 4d

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Eggbeater

The Stardust Grail: A Novel | Yume Kitasei

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I really enjoy discovering new worlds and aliens cultures. The Frenro and the Belzoar, in particular, were well drawn up. The human main character was complex. This is a morally ambiguous sci-fi novel that makes you think. Different species just do the best they can, and they all screw it up.

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aa_guer2021

The Host: A Novel | Stephenie Meyer

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This book did not take me long to finish, because once started I couldn‘t put it down. I did not expect to feel so invested in this story but Melanie and Wanda touched my heart. The survival, the questions about humanity, the reactions and the love. The ending left me with a contented sigh. More like this, please. #recentlyread #nospoilers #dystopian #fantasy 💙

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Texreader

Constituent Service | John Scalzi

I‘m getting an early start on #authoramonth for June. This is my next audiobook @Soubhiville

Soubhiville I love the cover! 6d

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Zuhkeeyah

The Stardust Grail: A Novel | Yume Kitasei

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A far flung future where it‘s possible to travel all across the universe and interact with a wide variety of aliens. I enjoyed Maya‘s viewpoint. She just wanted to do the right thing even as that became harder and harder to discern. The world building was fun though there were a couple of plot holes that could‘ve been tightened up. A fast paced space heist full of interesting characters.

#jumpstartsummer @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Excellent!❤️📖🚀 1w

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Beautyland: A Novel | Marie-Helene Bertino

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I am missing something here. Maybe it is my mood. Maybe this just isn't for me. It was my most anticipated book to read this year but it has taken me a month to get 100 pages in and for the last week I have not been able to force myself to pick it back up. There is a distance she is writing from that is making it hard for me to connect or care about this kid.
I do sort of want people to tell me why they find it devastating? Spoil below!

BarbaraBB I can‘t help you, I was underwhelmed by it too and although I finished it, I can‘t remember much about it. 2w

ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB that is so funny, I keep seeing these reviews that are all "Devastated, I am bawling" and it lead me to believe something shattering happened 2w

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aa_guer2021

The Host: A Novel | Stephenie Meyer

We made it to the beach the first time this season on 05-17 to celebrate our wedding anniversary and although it was a windy, sandy, busy day, I had my toes on the sand and of course brought a book. I love the Twilight Series, and so wanted to give this book a shot. #currentlyreading #beachday #sandytoes 💙

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