Tag: science fiction
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Book Review: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
I have been chasing the literary high I felt when I read The Child in Time, being especially drawn back to Ian McEwan. I thought the premise of this sounded interestingly different than other books/synopses of his books that I’ve read, and was excited to read it…
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Book Review: Lava by E.B. Roshan
E.B. Roshan has done it again! I’ve probably said this before, but I now have a new favorite comic by her…
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Book Review: All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall
Set in a dystopian future where severe climate change has all but destroyed civilization, Nonnie, her family, and what few remain in what’s left of New York City. They’ve taken shelter in the Museum of Natural History, balancing what they need to do to survive and trying to preserve what they can of what’s left…
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Book Review: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
This book wasn’t on my radar until it was selected for a group buddy read. I went into it fairly blindly and I think not having any expectations helped me to fully enjoy it…
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Book Review: The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
Romy Silvers is the sole survivor aboard the Infinity. Its mission had been to establish a colony on a new planet, but a terrible accident killed the other astronauts, including Romy’s parents, leaving the ship’s command to the only child ever born in space…
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Book Review: Anywhen by Beth Duke
’m new to the world of time travel fiction and I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the concepts. Anywhen sounded like a perfect book for me to delve deeper into this type of story as I love this mid-20th century era. Woodstock is such an interesting place and time to explore…
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Book Review: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Carlota has spent most of her life in a sort of isolation. Her father’s estate provides enough companionship and entertainment that she can’t picture her life anywhere else. She sees herself inheriting the estate someday and taking care of her father’s experiments — the hybrids…
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Book Review: The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
Given the title, I don’t know why I was surprised by the fact that this book is just as much a dystopian novel as it is a mystery. I don’t know if my opinion of the story would have been different had I gone into it knowingly, but it definitely did take me by surprise…
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Book Review: The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Choosing to read this book while vacationing in Florida was perhaps not the wisest decision, but I guess it did give me a certain level of appreciation that I might not have had otherwise…
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Book Review: The Martian by Andy Weir
I’ve had this book sitting on my shelf for years. In that time I built high expectations that grew larger whenever I heard people talk about it. Maybe I wasn’t in the right headspace or something, but it was disappointingly only an okay read for me…