Missed yesterday so here are my June & July picks.
June - I read a lot but didn't love many. But tagged classic by John Wyndham has stayed with me.
July - was captivated by this somewhat creepy YA tale by Mahy
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Missed yesterday so here are my June & July picks.
June - I read a lot but didn't love many. But tagged classic by John Wyndham has stayed with me.
July - was captivated by this somewhat creepy YA tale by Mahy
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July was another light reading month, though I did log several excellent novella-length reads. My favorite for the month, though, was easily “Lord of Light,“ Roger Zelazny's classic novel about technology, immortality, and deity.
Honorable mentions to Liz Ziemska's “Mandelbrot the Magnificent“, Neon Yang's “Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame“, and Lauren Beukes's “Zoo City“
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panIt seemed like I heard a lot of recommendations on this one, but it disappointed a bit. The concept was unique, California‘s a sovereign nation now having been at war with the rest of America. The confusing history was revealed bit by bit. The theme of robophobia very much referenced all other kinds of people and culture phobias. It ended up almost feeling Hallmark-y with the town welcoming the robot-run business as a storefront and the teamwork.
pick(1996) A battle-hardened crew is assigned security for settlers of a new colony world. What looks like a milk run turns into an endurance trial when the world turns out to be full of flora, fauna, and enemy combatants that want them dead, colonists and soldiers and all. The ending felt abrupt, but overall it's a very good example of the kind of thing that David Drake does very well. Not usually my sort of thing but I enjoyed this one.
taking myself on a reading date to a local #readinglounge.
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Just some books I read this year.
pickHalfway through, but thoroughly nejoying Le Guin‘s constant links between societal structure snd linguistics. A very simple one being the literal title of the book, the word for dream being the same as root, the ‘two meanings in one‘ concept she uses the highlight the fundamental differences between Terrans and Athsheans‘ perception of life. We both experience this in the narration whilst also experiencing Lyubov experience it with us.
panThe handful of times that I chuckled did not make up for the writing that was as dry as an Encyclopedia Britannica. I wanted to DNF, but I felt that I had to finish for my boyfriend‘s book club. This is exactly why I didn‘t want to be in a book club 😂.
so-soI reaaaaaaally liked Starter Villain so I had to pick this one up.
There were a little tooooo many different POVs and I definitely got lost in them, making it hard to keep track of the story line.
But I do love his wild ideas and will continue to pick up his books!
