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britt_brooke
The Dream Hotel | Laila Lalami
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Mehso-so

⭐️⭐️⭐️

Imagine your dreams were government surveilled. Pretty horrifying! I loved this premise, but this dragged on for ages. Something about the execution just didn‘t work for me.

BarbaraBB I felt the same. All the ingredients were there but it didn‘t work for me 2d
britt_brooke @BarbaraBB Yes, perfectly said! 1d
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dabbe
Future Shock | Alvin Toffler
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#haikuhive
#haikuaday

This book (#futureshock) came out 55 years ago and is based on an article that came out in the summer of 1965, 60 years ago. Toffler's known for coining the phrase “INFORMATION OVERLOAD.“ Hence this haiku.

Information floods––
overloads us 'til we're shocked
into submission.

lil1inblue Oof! So timely. Excellent construction! 🤩 5d
JenlovesJT47 So cool! Love the pic 🩵💙🩵💙🩵 5d
dabbe @lil1inblue TY! 🖤🐝🖤 5d
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dabbe @JenlovesJT47 TY! 💙🩵💙🩵💙 5d
AnnCrystal Perfect timing 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📜🐝💝. 5d
julieclair You have managed to write a dystopian novel in 9 words. Wow. Well done. And you found a perfect picture to accompany it. 👏🏆🐝🖤 5d
dabbe @AnnCrystal IKR? 🖤🐝🖤 5d
dabbe @julieclair Wow. Thank you!!! 😍 I google-imaged the words “future shock“, and this was a picture that popped up. Very fitting, isn't it? 🖤🐝🖤 5d
CBee Super cool haiku and picture 😊 (edited) 5d
julieclair @dabbe So fitting. Did you teach this book? 5d
JenlovesJT47 It does look like a dystopian novel. Reminds me of 1984 for some reason. Would make a great first sentence for your novel! 🖤🤍🩶🤍🖤 5d
dabbe @julieclair Nope. I read it in high school for AP English; plus, I saw the movie narrated by Orson Welles. I came across an article yesterday referring to it, and hence this haiku! 😍 4d
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Now you'll know how old I am. I read that novel in English 101 in the year 1984. Because, well, y'know. 😂 And I wish I were that good! 4d
JenlovesJT47 I was born in 1984 😳 4d
dabbe @JenlovesJT47 Well, that's an eye-opener, isn't it? 😳😂🤣 4d
kelli7990 I‘ve never read this book. 4d
dabbe @kelli7990 It's an oldie, but a goodie. 4d
julieclair I didn‘t know there was a movie! 2d
dabbe @julieclair It's a 1972 documentary narrated by Orson Welles! Here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkUwXenBokU 2d
julieclair Oohhh… it‘s a documentary! Love! I‘m thinking I should read the book first?? Stacked. 2d
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Robert_Ragnar

Lessons that we should be attending to immediately!

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quietlycuriouskate
The Dream Hotel | Laila Lalami
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Pickpick

I'll rate it a pick for the scare value (the consequences of trading privacy and freedom for convenience under surveillance capitalism) and for daring to have a not especially sympathetic MC. But, oh, did it drag... right up until it got wind of the finish line, towards which it fairly galloped!

Maybe I've got the peri-menopausal rage-tinted spectacles on again, but isn't it also about how this economic culture depends on unpaid female labour?

Rissreadswithcats You keep those glasses on! 🤣 Important perspective! There is definitely not enough rage out there at the moment. (edited) 1w
dabbe ✊🏻💙✊🏻 4d
britt_brooke Exactly how I felt! 2d
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Lkempf
Dream Hotel | Laila Lalami
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May reads: 7 tense reads this month. Usually this month is my highest of the year, but due to my focus on my physical and mental health and a very busy time at work, it‘s a little low. Don‘t think I will make my yearly reading goals.
My favorite read has to be The Dream Hotel.

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Abe
Pickpick

Great read about possible future technologies of the future!

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suvata
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Pickpick

4 Stars • Yes, I do read non-fiction. Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari dives into humanity‘s next chapter. With hunger, sickness, and war mostly under control, we‘re now chasing eternal life, constant joy, and superhuman powers through tech like AI and gene editing. ⬇️

suvata Harari warns we might become “Homo Deus” (god-like) or get sidelined by algorithms in a world obsessed with data over everything else. It‘s a bold look at a future where we could rule like gods or lose our spark to machines. Mind-blowing stuff!

#HomoDeus #YuvalNoahHarari #Bookish
1mo
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ImperfectCJ
The Dream Hotel | Laila Lalami
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Pickpick

Lalami's writing is sometimes a little obvious in its intentions, but this one plays with nuance a little better than The Other Americans, which I appreciate. It's definitely paranoia-inducing, so if you're reading fiction to avoid doomscrolling or if you don't want to look at your smart devices with suspicion, this might not be your best option. But aside from those caveats, I quite enjoyed this one.

ImperfectCJ Bonus points because this is the first of Lalami's novels I've read that doesn't mention turtle doves living in North America (which they don't). Bird mistakes in fiction are a pet peeve of mine. I'm still irritated at The Memory Keeper's Daughter for a robin mistake, and I read that one in 2009. It's actually pretty much the only thing I remember from that book. 1mo
Ruthiella Small errors like that can really bug! 1mo
TrishB It‘s historical inaccuracies that annoy me! 1mo
Suet624 I‘m still thinking and talking about this book 1mo
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ImperfectCJ
The Dream Hotel | Laila Lalami
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I had a lovely time at the orchid exhibition at the botanic garden yesterday. It was a nice break from national news, unlike the tagged, which I started on audio. It seems pretty good, but I don't know if I'm in the right headspace to cope with the paranoia. (I also played at a piano recital and was so nervous that I pretty much blacked out during my performance, so I might need something lighter to read to help me even out.)

kspenmoll How beautiful! What a peaceful way to spend some time. 1mo
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BookmarkTavern
Moonbound: A Novel | Robin Sloan
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Thousands of years into our future, an AI bonds w/ a young boy who is only trying to survive in his small town w/ his brother. & then the local wizard tries to force a specific story into happening.

I LOVE stealthy retellings. Arthurian characters get thrown into a blender w/ post apocalyptic science fantasy elements + your basic quest storyline. The pacing got a little wonky in the middle, but I loved Ariel & all the side characters.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern Filing in Storygraph under my Power of Stories tag 😁 1mo
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