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Today‘s haiku is inspired by the sliver of moon I saw in the sky last night as I was taking my trash out. So delicate and beautiful in the night sky🌙 (Note: not my picture but the closest I found online.)

barest sliver of
waxing crescent moon clothed in
the black velvet night 🌙

Finally got around to reading this one! It did not surprise me to find a whole economics essay at the end lol, clearly lots of research went into this book. I don‘t know why people were on about Jazz and Mark (the Martian protagonist) being exactly the same lol. I found Jazz quite different honestly. I liked her spunk lol

What happens when the moon turns to cheese. What do scientists do? What does the clergy do? What do the bankers do? And how does everything change when the end of the world is predicted in two years? Quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. Funny and quick paced.

This moon-based-murder-mystery might have been OK (albeit ridiculous) if it wasn't wasn't the egregious racism.

It was so badly handled by both the author and characters that I found it distracting and enraging.

The characters were mostly stereotypes and hard to root for, which was a shame because the hotel itself was an intriguing setting.

I love sci fi murder mysteries, but this one didn't really deliver.

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I usually like Scalzi's satirical sci-fi/fantasy novels and this had plenty of the elements that I found humorous and thought provoking. However, after reading this, it left feeling mid that easily could be a joking novella. When the moon suddenly transmogrifies into cheese, it sets off a chain reaction of a crisis of faith, scientific questioning, political turmoil, and conspiracy theories. It was a cool concept until it fell short.

Hmmm not sure what I was expecting for a book about the moon turning to cheese but as always John Scalzi with Wil Wheaton narrating is entertaining 🙃⭐️⭐️⭐️

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I had a lot of fun reading this. Perfect popcorn/summer read sci fi. I think the reason I love this sort of thing is that you don't have to read too closely to enjoy yourself and you feel like you've accomplished something when it's over.

A holiday means enough reading time to finish this book! I appreciate Scalzi's ability to develop so many characters in such a short space as each chapter provides. I'm surprised by how reflective a book this is - I was left considering what I might do in this situation more than Kaiju Preservation Society or Starter Villain (he considers these books a trilogy on the theme of characters dealing with the unexpected). Very enjoyable!