Announcing the Tag for April

[Nikki]

annapi wrote: "Nikki, I think you would enjoy Becky Chambers's books, and also Carrie Vaughn's Bannerless series (there are only two books so far).

If you like fantasy, then Anne McCaffrey's [bo..."

Thanks again! The Becky Chambers books look great but I just checked and there are big queues at the library for those. [book:Valor's Choice|772606] is available though, I'll give that one a go...

[Nikki]

Jen K wrote: "I would also recommend on for character/ plot driven with sci-fi background:

This Is How You Lose the Time War which is a love story told in letters (I think someone else recommend..."

Thanks! I read This is How You Lose the Time War last year & enjoyed it, but hadn't heard of A Memory Called Empire - that looks good too.

[Holly R W]

A book that I thought was wonderful is tagged sci-fi. It is The Unseen World by Liz Moore. In the book, a young girl is being raised by her brilliant father in a computer lab. The scientists there are working on advanced technology to enable humans to actually talk and converse with computers. Here is my review:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Joanne]

I second Dragonflight about Pern Nikki

[annapi]

I'm reading Station Eleven right now, and it's not easy in this time of Covid-19. I keep having to read other things when I start to get too gloomy.

[Theresa]

annapi wrote: "I'm reading Station Eleven right now, and it's not easy in this time of Covid-19. I keep having to read other things when I start to get too gloomy."

Wow, Annapi! I think I would have abandonned it for now. I am impressed. I read it a couple of years ago and it keeps popping into my head and I keep ruthlessly shoving it back out.

[Jen]

annapi wrote: "I'm reading Station Eleven right now, and it's not easy in this time of Covid-19. I keep having to read other things when I start to get too gloomy."

The last book I finished was The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus which is not sci-fi but is fascinating and very topical. Read it in a day it was so interesting but just haven't managed to get into anything since. We are teaching both FTF and online for vulnerable kids/families so work load has doubled here in the last few weeks.

[annapi]

Loved The Hot Zone, I read it so long ago, shortly after it came out.