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Chambers, Becky-- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet informal buddy read starts May 12, 2019
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I have read this twice already, but I don't mind doing it again. I am curious what others reactions will be.
I just got the book but probably can’t start reading till the weekend
You're good, I think this starts on the 12th. Not that you have to wait until then...
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Have you read #3 Jenny? Record of a Spaceborn Few. If not, fancy reading with me?
I read it the moment it came out. But, I will read it with you again!
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:) start on Saturday 4th?
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Excellent, I shall get it set up :)
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Excellent, I shall get it set up :)"
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I've had this book for what feels like years, hopefully this will be the kick in the pants i need to start reading it.
Just a few more days! Welcome everyone, and I'm looking forward to reading with you!
i think i'm gonna start this tomorrow, i am just not feeling motivated today lol
Finished through day 131 today.The crew...
I love the assortment of alien species working together on the ship. They are well described and interesting, and I'm looking forward to get to know more about them as I get to know them over the course of the book.
Rosemary - (view spoiler)
Kizzy - (view spoiler)
Tunneling - I confess the attempt at explaining tunneling and subspace left me completely confused. It seems a bit like building stargates maybe?
Worldbuilding - I'm a little confused at this point, because it's like only having a partially built puzzle. (view spoiler)
I finished listening to this (again) this morning. This has become a comfort food book for me- actually the whole series has. The feeling I get from the ship is similar to the one I got from watching Firefly- disparate people living and working together and caring for each other. In this case, add aliens to the different personalities.
I think that Rosemary is my favorite, perhaps because we are introduced to this world through her.
ok i listened to about a third of it so far today, up through the end of the port coriol chapter. i am liking it overall, although i honestly can't keep half the characters straight at this point but that is generally a problem for me when a large cast is introduced very quickly at the beginning. like obviously i know who rosemary is because she's the odd woman out, but the rest of them are pretty fuzzy still. i also wonder what rosemary's real identity is / who her family are. my first guess would be someone high up in martian politics, although i guess the more high profile her family is the more likely it would be for her to be recognized / for them to be looking for her so not sure. i guess on the other hand it would be embarrassing that she ran away so maybe they literally aren't looking for her at all right now.
i haven't read anything by this author before but the characters and her general writing style remind me a lot of Seanan McGuire, especially with all the thought she has obviously put into these different species of aliens and their cultures and prejudices and stuff.
i admit the scientific specifics of tunneling went right over my head as well but i'm good with just thinking of it as wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff ;) lol
Up to 52% now.The characters are starting to grow on me. I love watching their interactions, and the author definitely has a quirky sense of humor. (Dr. Chef and Sissix laughing about the soap was great.)
Rosemary - (view spoiler)
The big job - I'm not really sure why anyone thinks creating a tunnel to an unstable region controlled by a species perpetually at war with itself is a good idea. I really hope they don't end up in too much trouble.
i'm nearing the halfway mark as well. the soap thing was hilarious. and i love how they were just like 'we're making fun of humans' and then ashby [i think?] was like mmmm cool i'll just go then
i agree that the tunnel seems like a bad idea but ...i guess it seems like a bad idea to us obviously but with them the place basically HAS to be connected in order to function as a part of the society so leaving it unconnected isn't really an option. i mean they can't viably trade with the place if it takes everyone a year to get there because i'm sure these people are in even more of an 'instant' society than we are.
i am still enjoying the book although i feel like not much has really happened yet. i don't necessarily mind because i think that the author is very good at writing little character interactions, but it is maybe making me start to listen slower because i don't have a sense of urgency at this point
There is action in this book, but it is not the central point of it. One of the reasons I love it so much is that there is a deep dive into the characters, so when things do happen, it is easy to care for how the characters will be affected by it. I have read a lot of hard sci-fi recently, and it is nice to encounter a somewhat quieter story.
One of my favorite books ever, Tam Lin, has a similar feel. Not much action, but oh is the story good. It divides opinions though. Some readers just need the action, and some love the story of what happens between the action. If the writing is good, as it is here, I am ok with either.
I love the soap scene too...
I (finally) finished what I was currently reading so I’m finally starting this book and I’m so excited for it 😁
i'm at around 73% now, right after corbin talks to his dad :( (view spoiler)also re: sissix and rosemary (view spoiler)
I think I'm at about 77%...@Devann - I feel the same way about Corbin. (view spoiler)
Quelin - (view spoiler)
Pei on the Wayfarer - (view spoiler)
I’m only 10% so far but I’m loving the characters 😁
done! it was definitely an interesting book and i enjoyed it but i probably would have liked the plot to be a bit more ...plotty lol. i gave it 4 stars but that's probably technically a 3.5 rounded up.i liked all the characters and their interactions but i feel like the actual plot part of the book was literally only in 2 or 3 chapters and the rest was just like ...them wandering around space. guess the title of the book makes sense at any rate ;)
also i wish that there was more equal time spent on all the characters and that certain thing weren't kind of just brought up and then dropped. (view spoiler)
overall though it was enjoyable, for me probably a lot of that had to do with the incredible narrator for the audio as i think i would have gotten bored if i was actually reading it. i think this author is really good at characterization but the plot did seem a bit like a bunch of random scenes thrown together so i would like to see something more 'coherent' in the next book.
speaking of which i'd be up for buddy reading the next one if anyone wants to, but i'd like to wait til june to start.
I'm glad you liked it, even if it didn't have quite as much action as you like. If you haven't read
yet, give that one a try. Plot, action galore. And some really fun characters.
So I finished this book yesterday and am ready to give some insight on this. As I usually read fantasy/sci-fi, I kind of missed more action in the book, but in some way, it also didn't bother me as much as it would if I was reading any other book. I definitely hope this was a plot to build up tension for the next books in this series, as I would love to see these characters in more stressful, dangerous situations. Speaking of the characters, they really grew on me throughout the book and I enjoyed all of them quite a lot. I do agree that some things were hastily brought up and then just never (or rarely) mentioned again, like the situation with Rosemary's parenting or Corbin after he came back. I did also want to see more of Ohan, especially towards the end of the book. There were some plot twists that I enjoyed a lot, but mostly I was really focused on the characters and relationships between them. There hasn't been a book in a while where I really connected to the characters, but in this one, it really felt like they were somehow real.
Overall, I gave this book 4 stars. It was a chill, quick read, and I am looking forward to reading the next couple books in this series.
Finished!@Devann - I agree about the lack of plot. With a better plot, this would have been a five star read for me.
@Sunny - I loved the characters and relationships as well. Although I felt like she could have done a bit more with Corbin and Ohan as well.
The ending felt a bit rushed to me. (view spoiler)
Devann, I would be up for a BR of book 2 in June.
@Deanna the ending definitely felt very rushed to me, especially since they were kind of just drifting along for 90% of the book and then the end was like andthentheydothetunnelbutstuffgoeswrongbutthentheyremostlyfineyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay lol i do agree that it would have been a five star book to me if it had a more 'traditional' plot style.also is there a day that works best for you for the 2nd one?
Devann wrote: "@Deanna the ending definitely felt very rushed to me, especially since they were kind of just drifting along for 90% of the book and then the end was like andthentheydothetunnelbutstuffgoeswrongbut..."Anytime is fine with me.
do you want to just do the 1st then?
Devann wrote: "do you want to just do the 1st then?"Sounds good.
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Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space—and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe—in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star.
Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain.
Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.