So close to being done w this book. It is so good. But it‘s a lot right now - it‘s a lot of “wait, is this supposed to be *speculative* fiction??” It‘s intense. And, look, I don‘t 💯 agree w the main character, but I do *know* her. She‘s pretty much my mom…. 😅
Also enjoying (tho struggling w focus) the 🧙🏼♀️ book.
And guys! 2 more Holiday swaps!! Wish I could do them all, but I have *done* them all and you should too!! 🎄🎁🤡❤️🖤
It‘s been an exhausting couple of weeks, but I‘m moved, unpacked, & mostly set up! I still need to get a few boxes of books out of storage, but happy to have my reading corner ready. 🥰
I‘ve been unable to read much, but have these 5 books pending! Christmas Pig, I‘m slowly but surely reading with bugga, I Killed the King is NetGalley (I know, I was supposed to stay away, but that cover!), Long Island is audio, & tagged is #RealLifeBookGroup… 😅
#CharacterCharm Day 24: Not exactly a sanctuary for #Voyager(s). Looking forward to reading this one soon.
pickThis was excellent though it definitely reminded me of The School for Good Mothers. The author gets into a lot of random topics without disrupting the flow of the story.
#DoubeSpin @TheAromaofBooks
pick5 Stars • The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami is a dystopian novel set in a future LA where surveillance is next-level creepy. Sara, a Moroccan American mom and historian, gets nabbed at the airport because her dreams—tracked by a brain implant—supposedly show she might hurt her husband. She‘s tossed into a shady detention center run by a corporation called Safe-X. ⬇️
pickThis came recommended by one of my book group members- the audio was really well done. Of course no I‘d like to delete everything and go off the grid…. But that‘s not feasible.
pickFinally got around to this futuristic story where you can have a chip implanted in your brain to help you sleep. Who wouldn‘t want to sleep better? On the down side, however, the chip company can see your dreams and then determine if you are a threat to society. Narrator Sara is thus detained at LAX and sent to a retention center, a prison of sorts, where she will be under observation for three weeks to determine if she actually is a threat. ⬇️
so-so⭐️⭐️⭐️
Imagine your dreams were government surveilled. Pretty horrifying! I loved this premise, but this dragged on for ages. Something about the execution just didn‘t work for me.
