pickNext book .. Done ✔️
I have always wanted to read this book! It did not disappoint.. though it did frustrate me .. and good books will .. highly recommend!! And frankly .. this book scares me!! We can never ever ever let this happen!! Hell No!!!
pickI can understand the hype around this young adult series.
pickImpressive feat.
Well-written, this dystopia is uncomfortable to read by its realism.
It's clear reading it that Butler had a deep knowledge of human nature (the good and the bad).
Written as a diary, it's interesting to follow the thought process of the main character, how she develops Earthseed, her idea of God.
I'll definitely read the next book in the series, Parable of the Talents.
pickOur narrator is known to the 40 women she lives with in a gated, guarded bunker as the child. The other women remember their past lives but not how they got there. When I wasn‘t reading this I was thinking about it. I loved the writing; simple, straightforward, matter of fact. The story is told with such unflinching yet gentle respect of the realities our narrator faces. It was a beautiful read that left me feeling, thinking, wanting more.
I don't know that I'll make it through the whole series if this kid keeps saying bro or brah every few statements 🙄
The Gone series has been on my TBR for years so I decided to check the 1st book Gone. I like it so far but I didn't realize how long this series is. There are 6 books in the original series and then 7-9 were add ons later in guess.
So I decided to calculate how long the series is because just the 1st book is 560 pages. In case you are curious too the total page count is - 4,245 pages and the audiobooks at 1 speed is approx 136 hours long. 😱
pickI assumed this was a new release when @Hooked_on_books and others were reading it for a recent prize longlist, but no it‘s a translation from the original German written in the 60‘s.
A woman wakes after a night alone in her family‘s hunting lodge to find that an invisible wall separates the property from the town. She is alone with a cow, a dog, and a cat, and apparently everyone else in the world is dead? ⬇️
Doing the late 80s SF thing with my favourite schnauzer. THE CHILD GARDEN is definitely ideas-over-people, which is often a hard sell for me, but I love the vibe Ryman gives off. This book is creepy in all the right ways, with lots about theatre and opera.
