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RamsFan1963
The Cruel Stars: A Novel | John Birmingham
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive, and ever growing, TBR shelves. Some are old and some are new, some were gifts and some I don't remember why I bought them.
#ABookADay2024

Lizpixie I‘ve been wanting to read this one! Let me know what it‘s like please🙏 I‘m currently reading Alastair Reynolds Prefect Dreyfus series and loving it so much I‘ll be acquiring the rest of his back catalogue as well. Then I thought I‘d try Ian Banks or Adrian Tchaikovsky. What did you think of those authors? 3w
TheSpineView This is on my TBR list too! 3w
RamsFan1963 @Lizpixie I'm a bit fan of Ian Banks, but I haven't read anything by Tchaikovsky yet 3w
CatLass007 I have a few books by Birmingham in my Audible library, also books by Alastair Reynolds, Iain Banks, and Adrian Tchaikovsky. They all are included with my subscription and I think it‘s a great way to discover new authors. Adding them to my library is one thing but having the time to listen to everything in my audio library or to read everything in my physical library is never going to be done in one lifetime. I want aaaalll the books. 3w
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TheBookHippie
Weatherman | Lois McMaster Bujold
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By January 15 we had gone 30 plus days without sunshine 😵‍💫

For the ten days preceding February 1, we saw 6 minutes …

Meaning we were are cloud-covered 99.958% of the time. Since before December 15 ..

😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Oy.

DebinHawaii I wish I could share some with you! 2mo
TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii 💛🌝💛 2mo
Mimi28 We saw some sunshine today until about 4:15pm and the temperature had gotten to 50 degrees!! You and I both know that‘s a heatwave in these parts, lol. Then the temperature dropped 10 degrees in 20 minutes and it got extremely foggy especially near the lake where we are. Does it get foggy up there? I bought my mom a mug that reads - You are my sunshine- and I bought her a tiny music box that plays the same song. I wish I could send you a set 😎😉 2mo
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TheBookHippie @Mimi28 massive fog, very dense!!! At times I cannot see across the street!! 2mo
Mimi28 Wow!! Sorry to hear that 😔 Yikes I bet driving in that is scary. Stay safe!! I bet you wish they would can school for fog 🌫️ 2mo
Mimi28 Cancel school, lol 2mo
TheBookHippie @Mimi28 sometimes we get a 2 hour delay, but not often enough! 2mo
Mimi28 Yikes I was just joking!! They really do that?! @DebinHawaii don‘t they have something in Hawaii called vlog that is like volcano dust mixed with fog that makes you physically ill? Sorry if I explained it wrong. I may complain about Chicago and fear going outside because of crime, but I really would not to relocate because everywhere is dangerous, lol. ( although I would switch places with your cat any day, lol 😻 2mo
TheBookHippie @Mimi28 yes they delay for fog IF the buses can‘t be safe, we wait. 2mo
Mimi28 Wow I bet flying is even worse! You are in MI right? I can‘t remember sorry. My friend‘s husband is from Detroit and they go up there often. This weather talk is depressing. Let‘s pray for sunny days and much vitamin D absorption (that has become a serious problem!! ) sorry. So what book are you reading? What is your favorite subject to teach. My friend who is a teacher said she had a bad day because her students feel entitled 😲 2mo
TheBookHippie @Mimi28 I‘m just 2.5 hours north from you up the lakeshore. Detroit is other side of the state almost 4 hours. I‘m reading literacy so I read with little ones. No entitlement at my school it‘s a title one school, 22 different languages, and like a little village. They are grateful for a chance to be in school and very respectful. It‘s a joy. I‘ve been looking at cookbooks today!!! Ha. 2mo
willaful It's been very rainy here, but we had a sun break and a rainbow this afternoon, made things much easier to bear. I love rain but my mental health starts to complain after awhile. 2mo
TheBookHippie @willaful Same. It‘s a battle when it‘s grey every day for days weeks months.. 2mo
Gissy 😱Wow! It seems all of you are managing the situation pretty well by doing things to balance emotionally that weather condition like reading. 🙌 2mo
Mimi28 Sorry it took me so long to answer. I have been all night babbling on here, lol. Your school sounds awesome!! It‘s great that places like that exist 😊 2mo
Mimi28 My friend teaches middle school and also has 3 teenagers and a husband. She‘s sick now, has almost lost her voice, but she was mad 😡 yesterday!! I‘m praying for her life to calm down she‘s always so stressed and I am an empath I take in peoples emotions sometimes physically too. I haven‘t seen her since 1994 ( in person) but at least she is in my state. I have a ton of great fulfilling relationships with people who live eons away!! 😭😭oh well… 2mo
Mimi28 @Gissy we‘ll be complaining about the heat pretty soon but hopefully not too soon. Dark and gloomy keeps allergies away most of the time. It‘s not that bad. Honestly I like winter better because the air is crisp and I would rather throw on a blanket than complain that we don‘t have AC, lol. Reading and writing and artsy stuff works though- survival mode kinda 🩷🤷🏽‍♀️ 2mo
JenReadsAlot I'm starting to lose it.... lol 2mo
TheBookHippie @JenReadsAlot right?!?! Ughhhhh 2mo
TheBookHippie @Gissy it‘s a bit 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫at times. Reading is a good escape! 2mo
TheBookHippie @Mimi28 I prefer the winter too. 2mo
Gissy @TheBookHippie It seems that no matter what, sun or not sun, winter has its charm 🙌❄️ 💙 💙💙💙 2mo
dabbe I wish I could send you some of ours! 🖤🩶🖤 2mo
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jennirl
Ninefox Gambit | Yoon Ha Lee
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i remembered loving NINEFOX GAMBIT (i have been raving about it for years) but the glorious truth is, as i reread it for the first time, it‘s even better than i remembered

#AmReading

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Jedi_Bruno
Pharos | Guy Haley
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Twainy
Columbus Day | Craig Alanson
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AFTERMATH! Expeditionary Force, Book 16! I loved it!

10 years have passed. Margaret & Joe are married with 7yo twin boys & a girl on the way. Joe‘s taken the family off-planet to play archeologist in a trash dump.

The fate of the universe is in question again so Joe gathers the merry Band of Pirates for another mission.

Skippy‘s baaack! But so are the race of aliens the ancients feared.

I can‘t wait for book 17!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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PageShifter
Mechanical Failure | Joe Zieja
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I found Rogers to be quite hilarious main character: I loved this antihero who didn't want to do anything else than drink, play cards and take it easy. And somehow he suddenly have to be the hero. I also seem to love droids/robots as characters.

The plot was quite simple but I didn't expect much this being a sci-fi comedy.

#SeriesLove23

Andrew65 Brilliant 🎄🎄🎄 3mo
TheSpineView Fantastic! 3mo
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Jedi_Bruno
Deathfire | Nick Kyme
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Book 32 of the series. Loved it.

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Jedi_Bruno
War Without End | Laurie Goulding
Mehso-so

Book 33. Anthology of short stories. Some of the short stories were great but some of these side characters I couldn't connect with.

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majkia
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Quite good military sci fi without an alien in sight. Or... Is it AI or something else?

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Jari-chan
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Yes! I finished this junkster! And volume three was intense, very intense. At the end I almost forgot to breathe. This time it often was hard to read a Warhammer novel, since in this one the decisions made by the ruling warriors were way too close to reality. Are we heading towards a Warhammer 40K reality? As much as I'm into this universe, I do not want this to become real. But seems like we're on our way there...

#doublespin @thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo
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