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I reached my page goal for the week in The Three Musketeers, so I decided to start another Book Riot #MyTBR book from this quarter. It has a strong Annihilation vibe so far. I‘m definitely intrigued, but also exhausted, so I will be joining #Bailey in dream land shortly and will pick this back up tomorrow. 😴
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At the airport and had to leave my library books at home and start something new. My partner got me this for Christmas and I‘m excited to finally start it.

Ok, I am about to make things either very easy or very difficult for my #blitsyhistorymonthswap match... 🙈
🖤 I love coffee, tea, and hot chocolate (in that order); 🖤candles; 🖤 sweet and savory, but spicy most of all; 🖤 socks- bonus points if they‘re toe socks or super fuzzy 😍; 🖤 bookmarks and magnets. #bhmswap @Chelleo
Oh, and the tagged book is one from the tippy top of my TBR that I do not yet own.

I really wanted to like this book but I struggled with it. A father relentlessly pursues the idea of purchasing treatment for his son so that he will no longer have black skin. Interesting concept and his comments on race are to the point. The first half was slow & the second half worked better for me. It‘s a great book for a book group discussion because there is a lot to chew over, but the structure of the story seemed flawed. #TOB2020

Okay, I swore I was only gong to read my own books on my own shelves. The Tournament of Books is going on though and I needed to pick up one of the selections. How was I to know three other books would jump off the shelf into my arms? On another note, the tagged TOB book doesn‘t have great reviews. 😳🥴

This was a strange collection of short stories...sci-fi/fantasy/folklore/horror/erotica.

#weeklyforecast Will finish Emily of New Moon and start/finish Skin Folk. I need to ramp up reading for Hugo nomination process so starting Ten Thousand Doors of January and The City in the Middle of the Night this week and hoping to finish at least one of those as well.

A murder mystery that takes place in a surveillance state where truth is all and lies are punishable by prison time or banishment. I really enjoyed Lazlo, the main character, and the beginning of the mystery, but towards the last half of the book the plot became so convoluted that it lost momentum for me. It also failed to stick the landing.

#tob #tob2020

The last two books I expect to finish this year

The author stated he began writing this after hearing Kellyanne Conway talk about alternative facts. The premise is interesting & involves living in Golden State, a place where only truth can be told. Cameras capture everything, daily logs are kept and stored, and certain individuals have the ability to sense when a lie is being told. It‘s both a sci-fi & mystery. The mystery part, unfortunately, gets bogged down and messy.