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Beverage update: Tea and double-checking the pronunciation of a word that could be (but isn't) on the #HauntedShelf Word Finder list.

I'm not used to caffeine, so now I need to take a break to work some of it through my bloodstream so I'm not so jittery. Luckily, the laundry needs attention, so I can get my body moving and audio-chore with the tagged book for a bit while still being productive.

Ummmm…this one was rough! Not only is the subject matter unsettling but the audiobook narrator‘s lack of inflection or feeling in his voice was particularly disturbing and sometimes monotonous. I also really didn‘t like the ending either and there is a part dealing with puppies that I especially hated (which might sound weird given everything else going on). The overall theme though of the worth of humanity was intriguing. 🌟🌟🌟

Now this book of the series was better! For a YA dystopian some parts are a bit intense, creepy and just very unsettling the way Michael Grant describes things. The eyeball situation was almost too much for me. ? Though the mental imagery for the ending standoff with a "baby" made me laugh a little. That was a weird scenario for sure. I think adding in the additional point of view of what is happening on the outside made it better as well.

I‘ve finally finished this book! Partially because it took a bit to get into and partially because I kept having to return it to the library because others would put holds on it! The slow start was necessary to deepen the world introduced in Scythe. And so much of what it develops - the almost all-knowing AI of the Thunderhead, the corrupt and power hungry new order scythes, and the increasing schisms in global scythedom - feels too relevant today

Completely forgot this was #BannedBooksWeek, so closing it out by rereading Orwell‘s “1984” for the first time in 30 years. Good grief, it‘s been 30 years since I was 18!!!

It was a nice fall day, so I took a drive to a coffee shop a little farther away (that also stays open later than the ones near me!). Pecan sandy flat white and breakfast sandwich with egg, cheddar, and a hash brown on an English muffin.

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If you ever wondered where Roz in The Wild Robot got her name, this is it. This play written in 1920 about the rise of an army of robots, and the extinction of the human race was revolutionary for its time. It has tons of melodrama, and the one woman in it certainly feels like a fake character that all the men can‘t help but fall in love with, but there are some excellent sci-fi themes about man‘s hubris that stand the test of time.

It‘s creepy and chilling how familiar some of this felt. I‘m glad I listed to it this week for Banned Books Week.

This gave such insight to the villain of the Lunar Chronicles. It showed a whole other side of Levana. I do wish it would‘ve drove more on how Princess Selene escaped from Levana. Overall a great read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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