Mary Robinette Kowal
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The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
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2018
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The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)
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2018
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Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories, #1)
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2010
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26 editions
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The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)
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2020
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The Lady Astronaut of Mars
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2012
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The Spare Man
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2022
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Glamour in Glass (Glamourist Histories, #2)
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2012
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18 editions
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Ghost Talkers
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2016
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Without a Summer (Glamourist Histories, #3)
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2013
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20 editions
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The Martian Contingency (Lady Astronaut Universe, #4)
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2025
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If you are looking for a fun, cozy read, allow me to recommend Adventure cats. It is a choose Your own Adventure book that is utterly charming and filled with cats. (One of whom is based on Elsie) I backed it on Kickstarter and I've had my copy for a ...more |
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My cat's name is Elsie and she's a 7 year old Calico. Elsie uses Augmentative Interspecies Communication to talk. She has 130 words and has been doing this for 4 years.
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Sublimation is one of the most powerful debut novels I've ever had the pleasure to read. It began blowing my mind from the first page as it explores self and the way memory and experience shapes us. It's about diaspora and regret and longing. In this ...more |
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“One must not put trust in novelists, Beth; they create worlds to fit their own needs and drive their characters mad in doing it.”
― Shades of Milk and Honey
― Shades of Milk and Honey
“It's not about adding diversity for the sake of diversity, it's about subtracting homogeneity for the sake of realism.”
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Vote on a book to discuss in March. As always, read as soon as you want, and we'll begin discussing on the first of March. Please vote ONLY if you'll return to discuss if your choice wins. Happy voting!
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I'd recommend putting a library hold now on any books that appeal to you.
::: Voting is open through January 24th :::
I'd recommend putting a library hold now on any books that appeal to you.
The Last Dog on Earth by Adrian J. Walker
2017, 400 pages, 3.93 stars
PAPERBACK ONLY in the US, but UK has more options, NOT yet in library.

2017, 400 pages, 3.93 stars
PAPERBACK ONLY in the US, but UK has more options, NOT yet in library.

"Every dog has its day…
And for Lineker, a happy go lucky mongrel from Peckham, the day the world ends is his: finally a chance to prove to his owner just how loyal he can be.
Reg, an agoraphobic writer with an obsession for nineties football, plans to wait out the impending doom in his second floor flat, hiding himself away from the riots outside.
But when an abandoned orphan shows up in the stairwell of their building, Reg and Lineker must brave the outside in order to save not only the child, but themselves…"
After the End Amy Plum
2014, 352 pages, 3.66 stars
$2.99 Kindle, cheap used, at library

2014, 352 pages, 3.66 stars
$2.99 Kindle, cheap used, at library

"She’s searching for answers to her past. They’re hunting her to save their future.
World War III has left the world ravaged by nuclear radiation. A lucky few escaped to the Alaskan wilderness. They've survived for the last thirty years by living off the land, being one with nature, and hiding from whoever else might still be out there.
At least, this is what Juneau has been told her entire life.
When Juneau returns from a hunting trip to discover that everyone in her clan has vanished, she sets off to find them. Leaving the boundaries of their land for the very first time, she learns something horrifying: There never was a war. Cities were never destroyed. The world is intact. Everything was a lie.
Now Juneau is adrift in a modern-day world she never knew existed. But while she's trying to find a way to rescue her friends and family, someone else is looking for her. Someone who knows the extraordinary truth about the secrets of her past."
Angelfall by Susan Ee
2012, 288 pages, 4.17 stars
$0.99 Kindle, cheap used, not at library

2012, 288 pages, 4.17 stars
$0.99 Kindle, cheap used, not at library

"It's been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back.
Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel.
Raffe is a warrior who lies broken and wingless on the street. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl.
Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they have only each other to rely on for survival. Together, they journey toward the angels' stronghold in San Francisco where she'll risk everything to rescue her sister and he'll put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again."
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
2018, 431 pages, 4.24 stars
$9.99 Kindle, paper from $7.77, *may* be at library (it's fairly new)

2018, 431 pages, 4.24 stars
$9.99 Kindle, paper from $7.77, *may* be at library (it's fairly new)

"A meteor decimates the U.S. government and paves the way for a climate cataclysm that will eventually render the earth inhospitable to humanity. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated timeline in the earth’s efforts to colonize space, as well as an unprecedented opportunity for a much larger share of humanity to take part.
One of these new entrants in the space race is Elma York, whose experience as a WASP pilot and mathematician earns her a place in the International Aerospace Coalition’s attempts to put man on the moon. But with so many skilled and experienced women pilots and scientists involved with the program, it doesn’t take long before Elma begins to wonder why they can’t go into space, too—aside from some pesky barriers like thousands of years of history and a host of expectations about the proper place of the fairer sex. And yet, Elma’s drive to become the first Lady Astronaut is so strong that even the most dearly held conventions may not stand a chance."
The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
2008, 531 pages, 4.12 stars (note length)
$11.99 Kindle, cheap used, at library

2008, 531 pages, 4.12 stars (note length)
$11.99 Kindle, cheap used, at library

"The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out, but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best friend, our narrator, back to their own beginnings."
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“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others”
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“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.”
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