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The book cover matches my love for this story, but it doesn‘t quite reflect the dark realities that unfold within its pages. A story about two elderly sisters living within a walled garden, oblivious to the outside world, took me on an unexpected journey. I became attached to the sisters and invested in their lives. Several unexpected surprises awaited me.

Full Review abookandadog.com/blog/the-garden-newman

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I'm not really a sci-fi girly so this isn't my usual sort of book but I picked it for a reading challenge (& based on a recc by my bf). Surprisingly, I loved it. Its well-researched, very sciencey, and frankly emotional in some bits.

I walked in the morning, so it wasn‘t a hellscape out there. Still enjoying Foundation. I remember a fair amount of women in the tv series, but I think there‘s only been one in the book so far and she was a receptionist. #audiowalk #ClassicLSFBC

Up next for #192025. I'm pretty sure I read this in Grade 9 English so am interested to see what I remember.

I love this series so much! I‘m kind of forgetting some past characters at this point, but there are enough context clues that I‘m not lost.

In the metaverse with countless versions of earth there happens to be one populated by kaiju—yes, those monstrosities of movie fame. Our earth has found a means to set up a base there to study and protect the kaiju. This is the story of some newbies on that Canadian base via #Greenland. The story is fun, often hilarious, and not without its bad guys who need putting in their place. Loved it! Perfect vacation read. #authoramonth #foodandlit

This satire on our weird times makes excellent use of terrible cheese puns and is also very schadenfreudelicious... I half wondered if Scalzi wrote it as therapy. It suffers from not having a main character to follow and root for and inevitably comes off feeling insubstantial, like the lightest cheez whiz instead of a solid slab of cheddar. Just fine, if that's what you were wanting on your cracker. Pairing: Martians, Go Home.

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I had watched some of the tv series with my husband but never read the book. It‘s not what I was expecting, but I‘m really enjoying it. I‘m already more than half way through. #audiowalk #ClassicLSFBC

If you‘re a sci fi fan this duology is SO GOOD! It makes me think of that Keri Russell series The Diplomat but the politics are interplanetary. You have a colonising empire, a barbarian non empire station that wants to be left alone and now a new alien species that is creating havoc and looks like a civilisation ending threat. In THIS universe there just may be a possibility of peace.