On the heels of reading/listening to the Paradox trilogy, I was in the mood for more spacey books. Space and French memoirs- that’s been my reading life lately! Dr. Jane Holloway, a linguist and someone who learning new languages comes unusually easy, was recruited by NASA to make a trip to an alien spaceship to make contact. What happened on the ship wasn’t in any of their “what if” scenarios. When they arrive, they find that the ship’s crew is…
My snazzy new kindle…the only good thing to come from the joke that was “Prime Day.” I just finished the audio book for Red Rising and… I don’t really know where to start or what to say. Honestly, it was a slow start for me. Where the main character, Darrow, is from, is not a pretty or pleasant place and was hard to hear so much about it. Once things picked up a bit, I was totally hooked. So Darrow…
source I was so, so disappointed in this book. It was on my TBR list for probably two years before I got around to listening to it. I don’t feel like the author connected the readers to her characters so the whole time I was listening to what happened to people I didn’t care about. When you don’t feel anything about the characters, none of what they go through makes you excited, anxious, or concerned. This makes for a very…
Lately I have been reading more and more short stories. I didn’t have a problem with them in the past, I would just always choose a novel over several shorter tales. Neil Gaiman’s Trigger Warning really got me in the mood so I decided to read this one from my TBR shelf. I’m glad I finally read it because it’s my favorite so far; I enjoyed the unique stories so much. Loory gives human qualities to unthinkable things like a house…
In the future, NYPD is made up by teenagers. One of the officers, Deyoung, goes back in time to 1986 to investigate a claim that the largest quantum mechanics company did something illegal that drastically altered the future. Only it doesn’t explain what, exactly. This was one of those book where, after reading it, I read the description on the back and thought, “Huh. I didn’t get that from what I just read…” The idea is neat and the art…
Alex & Ada is about a man who receives a robot from his grandmother for his 27th birthday. Seven months prior he went through a bad breakup and his grandmother (and his friends) thought it was time for him to move on. Alex thinks having a robot girlfriend is really weird but after going back and forth, he can’t seem to bring himself to return her. Instead, he reaches out to people who may be able to give her the bit…
Lunch in Paris is a real story. Sure, you have the normal Paris-colored glasses on while reading, but it’s not all pastries and walks along the Seine. It’s that and real life. Elizabeth met Gwendal while she was living in London (she’s from New York). They did the long-distance thing for a while (weekends in Paris? Yes please!) and after two years she took the plunge to move into his cozy Parisian apartment with him. She shares her struggles with…
Sheltered takes place on a compound of prepers hidden from the government. They have strong evidence that volcanoes will erupt and make the world uninhabitable for three years. The climax of the story comes when a group of younger people (late teen/young adult age) decide to kill all of the adults/parents so they will have enough supplies for everyone to make it three years. The ending is intriguing but not omg-I-have-to-know-what-happens-next good. I will be getting volume 2 through the…
I have been obsessed with French and Parisian things for almost as long as I can remember and it has only gotten more intense as the years have gone by. Amy Thomas’s Paris, My Sweet started me on the Parisian memoirs and I have been reading or listening to any that I can get my hands on for the past year. I think Seven Letters from Paris has been my favorite so far, probably because it starts out really really sad then just gets…
source Well, I just left the whirlwind that was reading the Paradox trilogy. It feels so weird though because I obviously can’t tell you allll about it, not even the good stuff! These books follow Devi Morris, a Paradoxian merc whose dream it is to become a Devastator (part of the King’s guard). In the hopes of gaining the experience she needs to do this, she accepts a position on Brian Caldswell’s ship, The Glorious Fool. Then everything you think…