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Annie Bot | Sierra Greer
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This is one I skipped over last year and I‘m so glad I circled back to it. I thought it was absolutely brilliant. It‘s such a good exploration of patriarchy and incels (without ever using that word). I loved it.

Erinreadsthebooks It‘s so good and has stayed with me. I think about it often and still get mad 😅 20h
Suet624 Darn it. I keep passing this over at the library. 19h
ChaoticMissAdventures One of my favorites from last year! The way she tackles domestic abuse was so good. I think it is very important to read today as places like Facebook change rules to allow women to be called "household objects". 17h
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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 16h
Hooked_on_books @ChaoticMissAdventures Wait, what? Women can be called household objects on Facebook?!? That‘s unacceptable! 14h
Hooked_on_books @Suet624 Pick it up next time you‘re there—you won‘t be sorry! 14h
Reggie The minute he forgives his bro and later he unplugs her for weeks. Omg, the rage!!!!!! Also, I love the fact that she was two thoughts away from an AI apocalypse when she thinks about linking up with future Annie‘s and helping them out. In Terminator 3 Skynet just connects to every machine and says kill the humans. I loved this book so much. 7h
Hooked_on_books @ChaoticMissAdventures When you decide to dehumanize 50% of the population just to compete, something is very wrong. 6h
Hooked_on_books @Reggie I hadn‘t made the terminator connection, but you‘re absolutely right! Yeah, when he tortured her for hours and just sat there listening to it, it was clear how little humanity he had. He had to have been a very hard character for the author to write, he‘s so despicable. 6h
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Sara_Planz
The Wild Robot | Peter Brown
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As the world feels scarier and scarier each day, I decided to find something to read that would be comforting and uplifting, and The Wild Robot was that book. For middle-grade readers (but frankly, anyone should be reading this), Peter Brown gives us a found family that will warm your heart and make you believe in unconditional love. I think it would be great for a family to read and talk about together. All the stars!!

Bookzombie I love this book and have recommended it multiple times. 🙂 5d
AnneCecilie Have you seen the movie? 5d
Sara_Planz @AnneCecilie I have not yet but will be 5d
AnneCecilie I loved the movie and didn‘t know it was based on a book until a saw it 5d
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TamTracy
William | Mason Coile
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I wish I felt the same way about the first 3/4 of the book as I did in the last 1/4. The story was very mediocre until the end. Once I found out what was really going on I was floored. I was also a little angry with myself for not figuring it out. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Angeles
Service Model | Adrian Tchaikovsky
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The idea is great, and the beginning is very intriguing. However, after a few chapters, I could not take more of Uncharles. I don't like the writing style, and the narrator's voice is plodding and grating, so I bailed.

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Soscha
The History of Science Fiction | Xavier Dollo, Djibril Morissette-Phan
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A visual comprehensive coverage of how the science fiction genre was begun, who the major figures are, where it seems going.

This doesn‘t only name-check the books but the graphics, the manga, the films and tv shows.

A smorgasbord in other words. I wouldn‘t say this is a volume you can just breeze through; write down the names and recommendations as you go. 🛸🚀👨‍🚀🤖👽

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lisakoby
Service Model | Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Slow start but worth it. What is justice? What is purpose? What is love and connection? Excellent end. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Robotswithpersonality
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TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 3w
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Robotswithpersonality
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It's been a minute since I read the first two Wild Robot books. I honestly don't remember them going this hard. The story conveys much in a way accessible to younger readers, it features the return of many beloved characters, but it also confronts: environmental pollution, undersea mining, the damage done in harvesting the minerals today (and likely the future)'s tech demands, 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? the extent to which individuals can make a difference, the limits of negotiating with for profit concerns, the possibility of more radical dismantling of harmful industrial equipment, the importance of the ocean ecosystem kept in balance. Yes, it's about a level of robot intelligence we've yet to see, and a bunch of anthropomorphic animals, but it also features humans who want to do better. 3w
Robotswithpersonality 3/? If this is the message that's going out to the youngest generation from a writer representing an older generation, then I am filled with a new wave of that all important HOPE. ♥️ 3w
Robotswithpersonality 4/4 There are, as the author states in the end note, other themes at play: home, parenthood, but they work best to underline the environmental concerns: all homes, all futures are threatened if action is not taken to clean up and protect the oceans, among other environments.
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Robotswithpersonality
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George is safe. George needs to change his shorts! 😅😆