Welcome to Litsy!

I did it! 🎉🎉🎉 Finished my last two books for #192025 this weekend! It took me exactly 3 years.
It's been fun wending my way through the decades. I may at some point post my highlights from each decade
Thanks to @librarybelle for hosting. Now to read whatever I want from whatever year! 😉

The basic premise is the same for both the book and the movie, Blade Runner. Deckard is a bounty hunter who kills androids that are hiding in society. The gritty, futuristic look of the movie is iconic but the book describes a world that is radioactive, wildlife that is almost extinct and people are living with a religion called mercerism that can direct their emotions. Quick read and excellent writing asking questions about empathy and reality.

My #Roll100 picks for July. Two are from my shelves and the tagged is one I‘ve long wanted to get into. Can‘t wait!

When the yogurt took over, we all made the same jokes--“Finally our rulers have culture,“ “Our society has curdled,“ “Our government is now the cream of the crop,“ and so on. But when we weren't laughing about the absurdity of it all, we looked into each others' eyes with the same unasked question--how did we ever get to the point where we were, in fact. ruled by a dairy product?

I got a little reading plant pot. Adorable x2

I am a big Scalzi fan and have read many of his books. This one didn't land as well for me. The first half really pulled me in, and then it started to drag a little. I did enjoy the vignettes of someone's life each day of the moon crisis. My favorites were the billionaire and the cheese feud.

My first time reading two #authoramonth books in a month! @Soubhiville

Husband was telling me initially this was serialized online, which might have been more fun.

Basically the MC is MacGyver every chapter, which is fine but it isn‘t balanced out with enough of a human psychological/emotional storyline. I had to gloss over all of the technical math & science stuff every time he had to fix something, of which there is A LOT. I would have bailed had it not been for a bookclub.

But, the humor is first rate! 👍🏾

Oh my gosh, I haven‘t thought about Sanford & Son in decades! The theme music is fantastic - what a groove. Back when music was actually written and played by human beings. 👵🏻😉

https://youtu.be/j9z4zPKHbrA?si=3lysXLU4OZ0ruRXA

"After all, Ignatius of Loyola, a soldier who had killed and whored and made a thorough mess of his soul, said you could judge prayer worthwhile simply if you could act more decently, think more clearly afterward."

I love this.