'Light shit on fire and see what happens' isn't science.

Finished this one today after prolonging the inevitable most of the week. It was so so good and now I'm just very sad and feeling bereft now that it's over!

I, for one, welcome our petty robot overlords.

Context, the number is the robot's "name" here and it's insulting the canister (also partly robotic) in question.

So excited to read this one... then immediately pass it on to my parents 😉

I don't think I've ever been fascinated by a book in which I so thoroughly hated the narrator before. Still debating whether I'll pick up the next one in the series.

I finished the last 200 pages in less than 24 hrs - 2x my usual reading quota for the day and a ringing endorsement to boot.

If you enjoy the settings of The 1,001 Nights or Aladdin, but with lots of political intrigue, history, and modern sensibilities, give this one a shot. Bonus: if you have some basic knowledge of Arabic, you'll get some fun jokes, too.

After breakfast on the weekend, Momo helps me with my reading. She thinks this one's kind of a snooze-fest, but I disagree.

Read through these all one last time before passing them along. I'll be sad to see the series end—it's been around for as long as I've been reading single issues! (Don't worry, I've still got the hardcovers) 😉

It's about time I read this one, eh @ph9k?

This month's #bookclub pick! I'm enjoying it so far, though I think it's one of those books that sets out to intentionally unbalance the reader.

I was honestly surprised to read mention of jewelry in this otherwise seemingly utilitarian society!

Took me three attempts to finally get really into this book (other reading obligations kept getting in the way), but we're finally in it now! I have so many questions.

A visit to my favorite book/coffee shop resulted in a few purchases! Plus lavender orange grey tea. #bookandabeverage

Now that yoga's done (no thanks to the layabout pictured here), I can finally get on with my #bookclub pick for this month! I've just barely started, but so far it's full of mafia-esque intrigue.

Not pictured: my OTHER cat also on the yoga mat, just out of frame.

One thing I miss about living in Chicago is that the lilac blooms were timed perfectly for an annual re-read. Here they bloom a whole month too early! #discworld

I think they know what I'm reading... #catsoflitsy

It was nice to get Mokoya's perspective in this second installment. I liked it a lot. Differently paced from its predecessor. Yang continues to be really great at efficient world-building. Interestingly, a number of folks in my book club read the first 2 books in reverse order, which apparently didn't ruin things? I hadn't thought of these as being standalones, but apparently, they work well that way, too. 🐲

This is great sci-fi—even better if you like your fiction with an extra dose of math.

Finally my book club is reading some Jemisin and I couldn't be more excited!

Definitely the first time I've prepared for #bookclub by candlelight

It doesn't have to be one or the other."

I think perhaps Valente's work just isn't for me (though Radiance is the only other book of hers I've read). The prose was very... intense in tone, and it felt exhausting to read. I enjoyed a couple of scenes, but the plot felt beside the point sometimes. I appreciate what she was trying to do, but the execution was overall not enjoyable. As I said to a friend: "like if reading Douglas Adams were instead a dental procedure."

Sure, they were all trapped in orbit around an alien space station that periodically changed the rules of physics and had killed a bunch of them, but now they‘d decided to start shooting each other too.

Cat meets snow.

The Earth changes only gradually, until it doesn‘t. And when it fights back, it does so decisively.

It is a truth universally acknowledged...

Momo loves boxes (second only to food). #catinabox

The galaxy nearly roasted itself to ashes over the question of which species were and were not sentient... And quite frankly, Mr. Rogers notwithstanding, you're a mess.

Any Littens at #alamw19? We're having a LibraryThing meetup at 5 today, at the Sheraton Grand. Details: https://www.librarything.com/topic/302879

I'll also be in the exhibit hall today and tomorrow.

This is made me chuckle, having spent the holidays around kids. Going out on a limb and saying Tana French has met her share of small children, too.

Oof, this was difficult. A book about and around social media by someone who admittedly neither likes nor engages with it. These always turn out to be pretty dull reads (reminded me of The Circle, which is not good).

Holy cow that was a sprint for the finish. I stayed up late and read the last 150 pages in one sitting. Incredibly well done. CW for gendered and sexual violence (especially but not only against women/NB folks). It's a mournful, haunting (and haunted, as the title implies) book, that somehow manages not to kill all its hope, despite the bleak setting and plotlines.

If she'd had pearls, she'd be clutching them.

Boy, this one was worth the wait!

You're just meat following rules.

Hubert Vernon Rudolph Clayton Irving Wilson Alva Anton Jeff Harley Timothy Curtis Cleveland Cecil Ollie Edmund Eli Wiley Marvin Ellis Espinoza was too old to be at a Communist party.

What even does a "face like a bag of frogs" mean??? #litsymovienight

(movie) Tristan is both somehow less hapless and more useless than (book) Tristran. #litsymovienight

The totally invented for the movie Humphrey character is weird, but am enjoying blonde Henry Cavill. #litsymovienight

Almost #litsymovienight time! Looking forward to an excuse to see an old favorite.

1) Land of Plenty by Fuchsia Dunlop
2) Nope
3) I don't know! I don't follow any too closely. Open to suggestions. 😉
4) blackberry jam + vanilla ice cream

#ManicMonday @JoScho

Break out the popcorn! #litsymovienight🍿📽️ Reposting from @litsy

Just started Stardust for our #OLOB group read! See @Litsy for more details!

I'm trying the unillustrated edition, this time around. I first read my illustrated copy about 10 years ago! #reread

Just home from the bookstore! Now I can finally get going on my book club read for this month. It's my first Connie Willis too, so I'm excited.

A re-read for book club this month! This one made my top five list for the year in 2016 - we'll see if it does it again!

If you like your sci-fi with a healthy serving of Feelings, this is the book for you (it certainly worked well for me)! Ostensibly about a crew prepping for a manned mission to Mars, it's also about their interpersonal relationships, their families, and how well do we really know ourselves, anyway? Made me want to call my mom a lot, in (mostly) a good way.

It's finally here! Happy bookday to Madeline Miller. Can't wait to start reading this follow up to Song of Achilles.

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I just could not get into this one. It's not bad, but reading the first 30 pages felt more like a chore than anything else. I'll try to give it another chance sometime -- I'm not convinced it's a bad book. Maybe I just need to be in the right mood to enjoy it.

1. Grew up in a tiny town (< 3k pop), moved to the big city
2. Rock
3. Literary fiction
4. No thanks. I'll eat the pineapple, but hold the pizza
5. Darcy
#thisorthat @readherwriteher