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Oh Murderbot, how I LOVE you so!
This is another fantastic adventure for Murderbot and ART. I laughed out loud many times.
After reading the book, I immediately listened to the audiobook. These books on audio are my favorite bedtime stories right now.
Full review on Goodreads.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4785361015
Thanks to #Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Ruthiella I ❤️ Murderbot! 6m

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Jaimelire

The 5th Wave | Richard Yancey

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Went swimming with my son and his friend. After an hour I was done and they wanted to stay. So I downloaded this book and read it over the next 3 hours while they had fun. It was entertaining and I really enjoyed that little slice of free time to just read in peace!

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rwmg

The Genocidal Healer | James White

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Lioren prematurely deploys a cure for a pandemic which is slowly depleting the intelligent population on Cromsag so they face extinction, only to find that the cure allows the side effects of the disease to flourish to the point where they wipe out the Cromsaggars remaining on the planet. Denied the death penalty for the crime of genocide, how can he learn to live with himself?

Not as episodic as earlier entries in the series and stronger for it.

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RamsFan1963

Classic Science Fiction Stories | Adam Roberts

Here are the August choices for #ClassicLSFBC.
A Fall of Moondust - Arthur C. Clarke
Earth Abides - George R. Stewart
Sundiver - David Brin
Starman's Son 2250 A.D.(Also called Daybreak 2250 A.D.) -Andre Norton
This Island Earth - Raymond Jones
A Canticle For Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr.
Voting is now open until the end of July.
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rwmg Hard to choose. My vote goes to A Fall of Moondust, but I hope some of the others come up again later. 2h

Ruthiella @rwmg @RamsFan1963 Should we pick the top three winners as the next three month picks? That also gives everyone a little more time to get copies as well. 2h

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Robotswithpersonality

Ancillary Justice | Ann Leckie

so-so

1/? There's a risk with sci fi that the character development, even the plot will suffer in competition with the author's need to explore important ideas or inventive concepts.
Case in point: Seivarden's change of mind after the bridge accident felt a little too convenient for where the author wanted to take the story next, and I just wasn't as invested from that point on.

Robotswithpersonality 2/? I'm not big on aristocracy/monarchy/military hierarchy, pretty clearly fascist, and the none-too-shocking idea that they could be corrupt/corrupted, and that was a big part of the story.
And then with the genocide and colonialism and enslavement and taking over people's minds, which kind of all felt like background to the protagonist's journey. 3h

Robotswithpersonality 3/? I think there was supposed to be a bit more interpersonal drama, but due to the unlikeability that Radchaai society fosters, I wasn't as invested in the relationships, so even if the narrative was leaning towards fraught exchanges it didn't quite land for me.
So far as the exploration of ideas went, I felt like much was touched on but not necessarily explored in depth: 3h

Robotswithpersonality 4/? The notion of identity, sense of self, going from Ship to Ancillary, the limits of a single human body/mind.
The denial of a split self for political cohesion, different bodies/copies of a mind, acting against each other.
Parallel of split self, horrified at actions - Justice of Toren and what various ancillaries did, and then Mianaai and their actions with the Garseddai.
3h

Robotswithpersonality 5/? There's also the less emphasized pairing of an individual who lost their ship (Seivarden) and a ship who lost its self, it's people (Justice of Toren).

Compelling descriptions and hints of world building I can appreciate but again, definitely felt bogged down by the societal structure concerns.
3h

Robotswithpersonality 6/6 It's hard to view it as social commentary when it just feels like the stated reality next to what the main players' current revenge plan is, and really only seems to become the focus of the last tyrant standing at the end of the book.

I'm assume that much of this goes further in depth in future books, but I just didn't like any of this enough to want to read on in the series.

⚠️Drug use, detoxing, mentions of suicide 3h

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wen4blu

The Ministry of Time: A Novel | Kaliane Bradley

Perhaps he‘ll die this time.

#firstlinefridays
#currentlyreading
@ShyBookOwl

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Robotswithpersonality

Ancillary Justice | Ann Leckie

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Fortifiedbybooks

Gemina | Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

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This was my #BookSpin for this month, and I finished it with mere days to spare. With over 600 pages, I'm a little surprised at how quickly I flew through this book, but then again, it was awesome and didn't feel like 600+ pages. I need to get the final book, Obsidio NOW #SciFiSummer

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Roary47

The Infinite Sea | Rick Yancey

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2✨ Okay… ummm. Second book in the series and it took me a day and checked on other peoples spoiled reviews so I could figure out what the heck I just read. I‘m not sure what was actually happening and not sure who actually died. The alien downloaded race I still don‘t quite understand, and my emotions were pulled all over the place. I think the point was the aliens are messing with people so they either turn on each other or give info away. 🤷‍♀️

Andrew65, TheSpineView

Roary47 #SeriesLove 10h

TheSpineView Fantastic! 10h

dabbe #fanofthepan! 🤩🤩🤩 8h

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HeyT

A Canticle for Leibowitz | Walter M. Miller

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If you would have told me I'd enjoy a book dealing heavily with organized religion and philosophies of mankind's destructive nature I'd probably not believe you but for some reason this worked for me. This had a lot more humor than I'd expected and even though most of it was sort of a downer there were moments of hope. It still feels relevant today despite being written in the late 50s

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