pickIn a not-too-distant future, California has seceded from the U.S. A group of bots awakens in the ghost kitchen where they‘d worked to find it abandoned. They decide to quietly open up their own biang biang noodle shop, each pursuing their unique passions in a way that complements the whole.
On the nose but sweet & timely with obvious political parallels of race & gender as the HEEI (Human-Equivalent Embodied Intelligence) fight for their rights.
I didn't read last month's #ClassicLSFBC selection due to a library delay, but I am reading this month's (not least because I nominated it, so I really should! ?).
I had an uncertain feeling that I had a "Potteries" bookmark that would be an appropriate match, and I was right - in my uncertainty! I don't have one. So the pictured is not the best example of #BookmarkMatching but it shows elements from the baked clay Minoan Phaistos Disk ⬇️
pickThis picks up where the first book left off and follows our protagonist as the world around her continues to devolve into further into violence and chaos. There are more events that feel uncomfortably prophetic, as well.
Dark, thoughtful, compelling, and haunting: this book and the prior one are two of the books I tend to think everyone should read.
Yay, Art! I think. Art‘s a little ambiguous in this book. #audiowalk
pickWhen three strangers of different species are trapped at something like a small galactic motel, they find themselves getting to know each other while dealing with all the frustrations of their situation.
Chambers shines a light on learning to respect and embrace differences and how diversity can be a strength in this final entry to her Wayfarer series.
Beautiful, thoughtful, cozy, and uplifting: in my experience, Chambers never disappoints!
pickI picked this up based on a recommendation, and I'm so glad I gave it a chance.
This is a unique time travel story, published in the 90s, but set in a near future pandemic that feels eerily prophetic, while paralleling a story set in an outbreak of illness in the 14th century.
Part sci fi, part historical fiction, part tragedy, overall, this book examines how human circumstances change, but love, fear, hope, and mourning still remain.
I‘ve been sick with bronchitis for the last week, so I haven‘t been walking. Today was my first walk in over a week. I‘ve had a little trouble getting into Network Effect until today. Now I‘m enjoying it. #audiowalk
pickAwww - lots to love in this story of marginalized folks who found pride and courage and community in each other. (Also California is its own country in this… 👀) 🩷
pickScalzi seems to love to throw his characters into unique and unexpected circumstances and then venture even further into thought experiment territory from there!
While this one is absolutely still infused with his trademark humor, it also takes on a somewhat more introspective tone that I enjoyed, as well.
Overall, anther hit from an author who has become a personal favorite!
Lots of folks are showing who they really are of late. It's been noted.
#mondaymood
