I can't believe we're almost to the July #BookSpin draw! New to the list this month are the tagged and The Dragonbone Chair. I have to keep my fingers crossed that the draws are closer to the single digit end of the list because the way mine's set up the chonky bois are towards the bottom.
pick60/100 Book 2 of The Hot War trilogy. Like most middle books, not a lot happens, the plot is moved forward a little, and sets up the conclusion for the final novel. The various POVs, from both sides of the war, is the main point of interest. Some lives get better, some get worse, but the war is seen from all angles, both military and civilian. Onward to the concluding volume, Armistice. 4.5 ⭐ #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025
pick54/100 Alternate history has always been my favorite subgenre of science fiction, and few writers do it better than Turtledove. What if Truman used the atomic bomb to end the war in Korea? The results are horrific, and this is only the first book of the trilogy. Moscow, Kiev, Leningrad, Portland, Seattle and Los Angles gone up in atomic mushrooms. I did find it a little unrealistic that that much radiation from this destruction wasn't killing ⬇️
Somewhere to the south and east lay Hungnam, the North Korean port on the Sea of Japan.
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This is one of the strangest SFF books I've read in many a moon. I'm not sure what I think of it. It morphs about halfway through from a fairly straight up alt history to a sort of SFF/Sci Fi mix.
I'm glad I read it and I'll be thinking about it for awhile.
This took me a while to get into. Now that I‘m about a quarter of the way in I‘m getting hooked.
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pickI *nearly* bailed on this ‘hardboiled detective‘ novel from the #ToBlonglist but persevered and, about 30% in, found myself caring for one of the MCs which turned the book around.
It could also be called speculative fiction as it‘s set in an alternative 1920s USA, where First Nations people live side by side with Blacks and whites, but still with the KKK on the rise and a ritualistic murder on a rooftop setting the whole town on edge.
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I loved the top 6 books. The Fated Sky was probably my favorite followed closely by Legends & Lattes.
The bottom four prepper books were awful. Bought these to read for hurricane season. They were so general and focused on apocalypse type events. Not helpful for the person Prepping for Tuesday, not Doomsday.
pick100% pick. Since the sequel takes place mostly in space, there‘s less focus on events from the 1950s and 60s, but the way the characters relate to one another is the reminder. I especially liked seeing how the relationship between Elma and Parker developed. Now I need to buy this series because my library doesn‘t own #3 The Relentless Moon and book #4 comes out in 2025👩🏻🚀🚀
Dr. Elma York takes Miltown for her anxiety. I freaking love her character. Incredibly relatable even though she‘s a math savant who started college as a kid. These were the final sentences of Mary Robinette Kowal‘s author note🧡
